My Video Card or Ram?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by infoseeker, Sep 21, 2006.

  1. infoseeker

    infoseeker Master Sergeant

    This is my situation....

    Im playing this C & C generals and Zero Hour.
    First, i tot its normal that it runs so slow (the army and battle machine) like flies walking. it took me 3 hours just to finish one mission. i have:
    XP 1.6 gig
    256 ram
    Video card, i dont know what is installed in my pc, but im sure there is



    But one time i go in internet cafe i tried to play same.
    and it shockeds me, they all are very fast and it took me only 15min to finish one mission. The Pc in internet cafe has:
    XP 2.2 gig
    512 mb ram
    (video card, i dont what they are using)


    What i want to know is...

    * How do i know what kind of video car i have?
    * I want to upgrade my pc to get the game run faster, which one i will uprade:
    the RAM?
    or the video card?

    Your advice/help is appreciated


    Thanks in advance
     
  2. viper_boy403

    viper_boy403 MajorGeek

    first thing id do is add more ram; if Generals is the most intensive game u play then 512 will be enough. To find out what video card u have, right click on an empty space on the desktop and then go to Properties->Settings->Advanced->Adapter then under Adapter Type it will say the name of your card.
     
  3. infoseeker

    infoseeker Master Sergeant

    thanks for that viper_boy403

    that really help much and appreciated

    RAM=512 actually thats my plan already but my bucks is not yet complete (i need $41 for the new one, i cant rely on second hand here in our place)

    and of course for to be sure, i ask here for that


    Thanks again
     

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