The computer I use to play Aces High at the moment is several years old, and here are it's current specs:
NVidia GeForce FX 5200
Windows XP Home (32-bit)
512MB RAM
Two hard drives, with about 240GB total
Widescreen monitor (1440x990 I think)
Intel Pentium 4 processor 3.00GHz
SoundBlaster 24-bit Advanced HD (this is what it says on the sticker on the front of the computer box)
At the moment, I'm running AH on 512 textures, and I usually get around 5-20 fps.
My parents have agreed to upgrade it to have 4GB of RAM, and I'm wondering what type of performance increase I should expect to see with this (mostly in Aces High, but overall as well). Would this be enough to allow me to use the High-res texture pack.
Thanks for any help,
Yossarian
You don't need 4 gigs of ram for Windows XP... 2 gigs is plenty... XP usually doesn't like 4 gigs anyway...
You need 2X1 gig sticks... Don't add to the ram you already have... Get RID of the stuff you have... Use it as a keychain, what ever.. Mix and matching ram is a bad thing and will give you problems... And more problems with mount if you have a crappy motherboard.. Also, get another video card... Geforce FX series cards are several generations old.. You can get a decent AGP card fairly cheap these days... The Geforce 6800GS, 7800GS, or ATI 3870 are all great cards for AGP(you may need a better powersupply if you upgrade videocard)... The difference will be night and day..
And by the way, don't listen to ANYTHING Krustsack (Krusty) says.. The Geforce 7600 GS/GT is substandard on any level... Why he thinks it's good when the facts show it's not a performer by any means is beyond me... And beyond him apparently...
You could upgrade that system pretty inexpensively, actually... It won't be on par with anything like a Core2Duo... But you CAN make a significant improvement especially if the only game you play is AH...
I'd got the eBay route... Older stuff is dirt cheap there... No sense in buying a brand new AGP card for top dollar when you can get a 2nd hand one for less than half AND still under warranty in more cases...