Which is more important?
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Topic: Which is more important?
Posted By: paintballman_13
Subject: Which is more important?
Date Posted: 24 November 2004 at 12:58pm
| 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 By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 24 November 2004 at 1:13pm
| ram |
Posted By: jjclown23
Date Posted: 24 November 2004 at 1:13pm
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yep definitly RAM, which i have about none of. ------------- A-5 Response Trigger DOP Blade Trigger Polished Internals X-Chamber Custom Paint 14" J&J |
Posted By: ThEeViLcHiCkEn
Date Posted: 24 November 2004 at 1:13pm
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ram
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Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 24 November 2004 at 1:21pm
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well, ram, unless you really really need space.
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Posted By: Apache16
Date Posted: 24 November 2004 at 2:26pm
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Both.
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Posted By: Vitamin
Date 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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Apache16 wrote:Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Date 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 By: Glassjaw
Date 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 VGA CPU or Ram HD ------------- |
Posted By: MROD
Date 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. ------------- I need to find smaller pictures for my profile. |
Posted By: Trogdor2
Date Posted: 24 November 2004 at 6:13pm
| RAM for sure... |
Posted By: slacker guy
Date Posted: 24 November 2004 at 7:59pm
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ram and switch to a MAC ------------- 
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Posted By: Bunker_Attack
Date Posted: 24 November 2004 at 8:07pm
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Ram. ------------- 
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Posted By: the_blade
Date 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. ------------- 95 base neon 3.0 cai, knifedged crankshaft 60 mill throttle body,14 crane cam crane springs/retainers eagle rods port matched/ polished intake p&p head shaved .015 phantom grip diff dohc exuast |
Posted By: paintballman_13
Date Posted: 24 November 2004 at 8:43pm
You got that right. UT2004 doesnt like my 1.1Ghz duron very well. |
Posted By: canuck22
Date 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 By: SeaWolf
Date 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 By: *(New) Fnd Glry
Date Posted: 25 November 2004 at 8:26pm
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other - your mom
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