Windows 7 Home SP1 64 bit OEM should be your first upgrade. The 450 is a good card for CoH.
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Yep! Already have it. It's what allows the 3.12 GB RAM instead of 2. The problem with the RAM is with the motherboard, not the OS. :-)
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Originally Posted by fallenz
Windows 7 Home SP1 64 bit OEM should be your first upgrade. The 450 is a good card for CoH.
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Originally Posted by Rick_Tacular
I've come into a little bit of money from graduation, enough to upgrade one component of my computer. Question is, what should I upgrade?
The motherboard? I have a little Foxconn motherboard that's been very good to me. The problem is that it can't recognize the full 4 GB of RAM I bought for it, nor will it ever. Now, 3.12 GB RAM doesn't seem to be holding me back any, but I paid for 4, darn it! :kaola: Or, should I upgrade the Video Card? Currently I have a GeForce GTS 450, and while I can ratchet up the graphics options in my game to max with little difficulty, I know that a burlier video card will help when things get really busy on the screen. Or should I get an SSD? This one is likely the least likely to upgrade since I do have a second HD for my games and it's pretty spry. But still, an SSD. They're coool... So, there are the options I'm considering. Thanks for your opinion!  |
The topic of memory comes up, having tested the game with 2, 4 and 8 GB I found there is no performance difference.
If your MB won't recognize more than 3GB of RAM, well I guess that's the first problem to fix. Then it becomes of question of budget. Memory is dirt cheat ATM.
On most 24 player iTrials I am often the first one in there and I still use and old mechanical HD.
Anything short of 120GB for an SSD is a waste of time. Beware of older slower SSDs. SSD tech has been evolving rapidly.
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
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newchemicals has the right of it, without knowing exactly what you have, it's hard to say where's the best place to upgrade.
While it's not really a technical issue, you might want to repost in the All Access: Technical Issues & Bugs section. The people who hang out there are best suited to give you advice. Also, read the [Guide] Asking for technical help on the forums thread first and post the relevant info, as that would give the info that would be needed to help you.
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I've come into a little bit of money from graduation, enough to upgrade one component of my computer. Question is, what should I upgrade?
The motherboard? I have a little Foxconn motherboard that's been very good to me. The problem is that it can't recognize the full 4 GB of RAM I bought for it, nor will it ever. Now, 3.12 GB RAM doesn't seem to be holding me back any, but I paid for 4, darn it! :kaola:
Or, should I upgrade the Video Card? Currently I have a GeForce GTS 450, and while I can ratchet up the graphics options in my game to max with little difficulty, I know that a burlier video card will help when things get really busy on the screen.
Or should I get an SSD? This one is likely the least likely to upgrade since I do have a second HD for my games and it's pretty spry. But still, an SSD. They're coool...
So, there are the options I'm considering. Thanks for your opinion!