Help me with my PC configuration upgrade

[dihan91]

Hi, I wanna ask you for some advice. I have a pc with this configuration:


Intel core2Quad Q8400 2.66 GHz
Gigabyte G41M-ES2L motherboard
2GB 800 bus RAM
1GB ATI Radeon HD 5450
17" LCD



I played GTA IV on my pc. It runs but I can't go up to 1024X768 resolution. I just have to play at 800X600. It lags at 1024X768 a little.

Assassin's Creed Brother Hood runs pretty good at 1440X900, that's highest resolution supported by my Samsung 733NW.

NFS Hot Pursuit 2 runs good.

Call of duty Black ops lags.

Mafia 2 runs good at 1440X900

Home Front runs fine at 1024X768

Fifa 12 runs much better.


..... Now, I wanna know one thing. Will increasing 2gb of more RAM show significant improvement on gameplay? Such as GTA IV will run at 1024X768 without lagging?
*I can't change any other hardware right now.
*Whats the best DDR2 graphics card that will run all my games with ease? Please name an affordable one. I found out that nVidia 9500 GT (512mb) gives much better performance with GTA IV compared to my Radeon HD 5450.

[LiNuX]

Might be more than RAM, could also be your graphics card.

Go to this site and run it for the games you want to play: Can You Run It?
(http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/)

It'll give you recommended and minimum settings - see which are red for recommended and that's probably what you'll need to upgrade.

And are you talking about DDR2 memory? Or graphics card?

And I'm not a Radeon guy, but I don't think going to 9500GT is an upgrade from ATI 5450.

[dihan91]

actually i was talking about RAM
its DDR2
my motherboard doesnt support ddr3
Which videoCard would u suggest?

[LiNuX]

Like I said, run the software and see what it recommends. I'm not familiar with minimum requirements of any of those games and I don't want to recommend anything too bad or too expensive.