Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > Gaming is related to graphics card or RAM?

Gaming is related to graphics card or RAM?

Forum Graphic & Displays : Graphics Cards - Gaming is related to graphics card or RAM?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
ttc26   10-22-2009 at 09:20:54 AM

When i play a game, do i need a good ram or good graphics card to prevent my game from lagging? how does ram and graphics card relate when it comes to gaming?

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
jsc   10-22-2009 at 09:40:20 AM
- 0 +

For gaming, in order: GPU, CPU, then RAM.

Reply to jsc
shubham1401   10-22-2009 at 04:32:55 PM
- 0 +

All are important...If you have a mind blowing CPU and GPU but 512 MB ram then games won't work properly.

All components should be balanced in performance..

Reply to shubham1401
hallowed_dragon   10-22-2009 at 04:40:09 PM
- 0 +

Minimum for gaming :

2 GHz dual core CPU, 256 MB GDDR3 GPU, 2GB RAM.

Medium gaming :

2.5 dual core CPU, 512 MB GDDR3, 4GB RAM

High gaming platform (minimum requirements):

3 GHz tri-core CPU / 2.4 Quad core , 512 MB GDDR3 GPU, 4GB RAM


Message edited by hallowed_dragon on 10-22-2009 at 04:41:11 PM
------------------------------ Q6600 stock; GB-P35-DS3L; 4GB A-DATA Vitesta Extreme; Sapphire ATI 4870 760/1000; 1+ TB HDDs (Seagate + Maxtor + WD); OCZ StealthXtream 600W; ASUS VW222U 22"
 Reply to hallowed_dragon
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > Gaming is related to graphics card or RAM?
Go to:

There are 1068 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.551 seconds
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
  • 01:00 scione won the Freshman badge
  • 01:32 aford10 won the Home Brew badge
  • 01:00 Kevinator won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 adis won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 dabell won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 zebo56 won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 drkkmittal won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 jakesvdyk won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 artistjane won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 MasterSaji won the Uniformed badge