RAM and resolution

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by hegemon875, Jan 2, 2008.

  1. hegemon875

    hegemon875 Private First Class

    Would upgrading from 2 to 4 gigs of RAM give me a performance boost when gaming with 3 monitors at 5040x1050?

    Current Setup

    Ram: 2GB PC 4200 (533 MHz) DDR2 SDRAM
    CPU: AMD 64 x2 5400 2.8 GHz Brisbane
    Graphics: 8800GT 512MB OC
     
  2. prometheos

    prometheos Staff Sergeant

    The added ram will allow the game to pre-cache several more cells surrounding your player character. The net effect will be a smoother transition across these cell boundaries because the game already had them loaded into memory. In games like Oblivion or Far Cry, this is very noticeable, since the player can free roam over the landscape. Other than that, if you still see noticeable lag, you'll likely have to reduce the resolution somewhat, if you enjoy high quality images.:)
     
  3. hegemon875

    hegemon875 Private First Class

    Awesome, Oblivion is one of the games that I was really looking forward to playing with my new monitors : )
     

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