BTGBullseye

Did I just say that in my mind?

Misinformed isn't the part I'm talking about... I'm also not talking about promises to do things that end up can't be done... I'm talking about when he says he's going to do something, and then doesn't even try, or says he won't, and then does anyways. (read those sites again, there's an awful lot of them) Oh, and trees do produce CO2 at night, which is considered a greenhouse gas, therefore trees do cause pollution... Just sayin...

Yeah, but he was comparing the RAM to the CPU, not the GPU... He said he already has the GPU. And yes, if he didn't have that one, I would recommend it above all else. (though I would recommend a 2GB RAM version instead of the 1GB he has)

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Getting ready to go to a meeting at church.

At least it grew...

32! Wait... 13.

About to go shower.

Wow; that was a big snot bomb...

Absolutely nothing.

Might want to look at the rest of the stuff he lies about... http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/12/18/pinocchio-obamas-top-20-presidential-lies-89096 http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/01/11/5570513/here-are-obamas-top-10-lies.html http://obamalies.net/ There are more, but I don't want to get too off topic...

Yes, amount of RAM really never needs to go over 8GB unless you're doing a lot of high-RAM programs, debugging something (because everything needs to be loaded into the RAM), or doing high-end video editing. 1600MHz is a good high end for most people, though I personally have seen as much as 5FPS difference by going from 1600 to 2400 in an otherwise unchanged desktop system. (56 FPS to 61 FPS average in a Far Cry 3 Benchmark) As for the benchmarking Ross found... That was with older games that were designed for systems with 4GB RAM max, and their 'high-rez' textures showed it. Modern games are loading as much as 2.5GB of textures in mid-high settings... (if you use high-rez textures, some are addon packs, some are just enabled in the settings) And if you don't have the VRAM to handle it, it loads the textures into the shared system RAM, (DirectX automatically does it, mine doubles the actual VRAM of my GPU to 4GB) and THAT is when you notice the RAM speed. (not really before) So if you're not planning on using high-rez, or high settings games, the RAM will not be the biggest slowdown.

RC Cola.

Ok, good. I do recommend buying it for those that are interested, I just need to wait and see before I dedicate money I don't have to it.

If it's green, a smiley...

I've been doing computer hardware for over 18 years, I think I probly know a lot about hardware... You are entitled to believe what you want, I'm just providing suggestions. If your motherboard is one of the ones that doesn't have a dedicated controller, then yes, the CPU needs upgrading first. My suggestion was based on my experience of there being a memory controller on the moboard more often than not when someone is looking at upgrading something that runs AM2 chips.

If your motherboard has a dedicated memory controller (which many do) then the CPU integrated controller isn't the limiting factor. RAM speeds affect a lot more than you're portraying... Unless you're using lower settings, it significantly affects rendering speeds (up to 15 FPS) due to the system having to load textures into the system RAM instead of the much faster GPU RAM. (with only 1GB GPU RAM, it would likely do so at medium settings on most new games) Manufacturing tech size really only affects the heat generation, and power consumption... Additional cores and higher speeds aren't reliant on the size. The reason we don't have DDR4/5 system RAM is because it costs so damn much to make... Last I checked they were planning on rolling out DDR4 RAM, but it would cost ~$1000 USD for 8GB at 3000+MHz, and current DDR3 at the same speed is only around $550. As I already said, it's always going to be up to you... Whatever you want to upgrade is your choice... It's not like someone's holding a gun to your head and telling you to follow my advice.

Yup, still listening to the same Trance station... http://yp.shoutcast.com/sbin/tunein-station.pls?id=707146 (it's British, and it had live mixes all last night) I run it through MPC-HC and AC3Filter... (K-Lite codec pack) Cranked up the bass on the AC3Filter equalizer, resampled to 192k, using 32-bit float format, and one-pass normalization... Best way to listen to radio IMO.

I do have the pirated version, and it works perfectly for me. Do you still need a copy?

The CPU shouldn't affect the system RAM capabilities... I'd say upgrading your RAM would have a far more significant performance impact than a new CPU, but it's up to you.

Titles, yes. Rep, no... Unless it comes back with me having at least -500.

Banned because even math uses spaces.

Your system RAM is going to be the slowdown on your system... DDR2 is SLOW. Other than that, you have a very decent rig... Too bad you aren't visiting the USA anytime soon, you could upgrade the entire system (except the video) to beat your current setup, and it'd only cost $420.

Or for the world having ended at a previous date...