To Upgrade Or To Not Upgrade???

[korax234]

Well I have a custom built PC running a 2.4 P4 OC'd to 3.0ghz, Radeon 9700 Pro and sadly 1 512mb and 1 256mb DDR266mhz Ram. The ram is also OC'd. Now would I gett better framerate in games if I upgraded to 2 512mb DDR400 modules???

Some games just seem like they should run better then what they do and I think my ram is bottle necking my system. I can post some benchmark scores later today when I get home from work. Thanks

 

[mpjesse]

Yes, going from 768MB to 1GB would make a difference in newer games. DDR400 RAM would also make a difference (assuming you have a 800mhz FSB that is).

-mpjesse

 

[korax234]

Im almost positive it's this

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=motherboard&ProductID=1841&ProductName=GA-8S655FX-L

motherboard. Not 100% sure since I havn't looked or cared in awhile. I used to be a computer geek but then I turned into a car geek and have spent most of my time/money on that. But in the summer in AZ i will problably be indoors most of the time so ill prob spend it with my computer tweeking it up.

 

[ikaz]

It would but going from a 9700pro to say a GTO card would make a bigger different but would cost you more as well

 

[mpjesse]

Yes but does your CPU operate on a 800mhz FSB? As you can see your motherboard supports 400, 533, and 800mhz FSB's.

If you have a 400mhz fSB P4, going to DDR400 ain't gonna do crap for you. If you have a 800mhz FSB then DDR400 will definitely help.

Intel made 2.4Ghz P4's at all 3 bus speeds.

-mpjesse

 

[Vile]

*Random* If he had a 2.4ghz with 400mhz fsb, what kind of ram would fit in the best?

 

[korax234]

Ok my Cpu Clock(MHZ) is set at 166mhz and the Dram Clock(MHZ) is set at 298mhz. So would it help to go to DDR3200 at all? Oh yea and I have the CPU voltage at +5% to let it stayed OC'd safely. Thanks.

 

[korax234]

**UPDATE**

Here are my Aquamark 3 scores if anyone cares....

Triangles Sec - 11,280,608
GFX - 5436
CPU - 6031
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37,473

Fps 34.47

This is with everything OC'd except the video card. I think I should hit atleast 40,000 with my 9700pro.