Far Cry - Slow - Need To Buy Something

[bilko]

i have an amd 2600 with a geforce 5600 with 256 mb ram

when i play far cry it places me on medium settings, the game runns smooth for ht emost part but inside sometime the frame rate goes real slow

i have 512 ddr ram,

question is, if i get some more ram will it improve the game play?

[Spicker]

no not really its really the video card....

i have fx5600 128mb and i can play on medium settings i think the problem with urz might be because fx5600 256mb is worse than the 128mb version...

[Keikan]

if i get some more ram will it improve the game play?

no.

[bilko]

oh great

[Peerzy]

Radeon 9800 pro's, quick BIOS flash and there XT's £150 on ebuyer, my pc see below plays this medium with no frame rate drop, clear as much shit off ur hd as poss i ahve a brand new hard drive with ahrdly anything on it:

1.6 Duron
512mb ram
GForce 4 MMX
160gb hd

[blitz]

They key to gaming is having 1. A good video card 2. RAM - and lots of it. I'd say 768mb at minimum.

[Twist3r]

Originally posted by blitz81388@13 June 2004 - 02:16
2. RAM - and lots of it. I'd say 768mb at minimum.

im not so sure. 512 should be enough unless u want to play 3 games at a time

[cpt_azad]

Originally posted by Twister+12 June 2004 - 18:03--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Twister @ 12 June 2004 - 18:03)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-blitz81388@13 June 2004 - 02:16
2.&nbsp; RAM - and lots of it.&nbsp; I&#39;d say 768mb at minimum.

im not so sure. 512 should be enough unless u want to play 3 games at a time [/b][/quote]
lol ,get urself a radeon 9800, and it should do the trick. or atleast a card that&#39;s better than that crappy one u already got (Fx series kinda sucks)

[tesco]

Try following the msconfig and services.msc, and defragment part of my guide (link to it in sig).

hope that helps you, you shouldn&#39;t need to buy a new graphics card, the one you have is just fine, all your specs are fine.

[RGX]

I have 768Mb and its useful for quick loading times and no stuttering at the beginning of a map/game, but I reckon its mainly your video card holding it back. 9800&#39;s are still good cards and are quite cheap these days, go for a pro if you can.