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paintballman_13 
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Currently I have a 40GB 4200rpm HD and 256 ram and im wondering which is more important for gaming. Thanks guys.
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 1:13pm |
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 1:13pm |
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yep definitly RAM, which i have about none of.
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 1:13pm |
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 1:21pm |
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well, ram, unless you really really need space.
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Apache16
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 2:26pm |
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Both.
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 4:08pm |
Umm no.
Most HD's out there are the same speed, and game files are uplaoded into your ram and away you go.
BTW I would recommend faster RAM, I dont know what mobo you have soo.
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 4:14pm |
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while most hard drives are around the same speed, that isn't one of them. 4200 RPM is pretty slow. 7200RPM is a more common speed. that said, i'd upgrade RAM if i were you.
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 4:18pm |
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You have an extremely slow HD. But for gaming, more ram is the
key. Atleast in this case. In order of importance
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 5:11pm |
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Ram is defintly important. For todays games it's good to have a GB of it. I need to get some more. If you wana get a bigger HD and you get a like 130GB one you can make the paging file really big. I'm not sure if it works at the same quality as gettign more ram but it's an option.
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 6:13pm |
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RAM for sure...
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 7:59pm |
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ram and switch to a MAC
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 8:07pm |
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Ram. |
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 8:16pm |
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I think a faster board and prccessor if you really want get into that because, by the sound of it your computer sounds like its on the verge of becoming a dinosaur.
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Posted: 24 November 2004 at 9:49pm |
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It's not so much that you need a FASTER hard drive as it is that you need a bigger one. 40GB is okay for people who only use their computer for browsing the internet and some music, but for people who actually make good use of their computer for gaming, making things in powerpoint, word, excel, rendering 3D images, stuff like that, they need something like 80GB.
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Posted: 25 November 2004 at 6:46pm |
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a 7200 rpm hard drive couldn't hurt.. but RAM is pretty important.
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Posted: 25 November 2004 at 8:26pm |
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