[nmX.Memnoch]

Other than faster load times. A faster hard drive isn't going to improve your frame rate.

More video RAM is becoming important as people start to crank up the AA/AF levels. The higher you have those, the more video RAM you need. At the same time, you'll also need the additional throughput for the video RAM. It's also true that having a better GPU is better for fast AA/AF processing. But the fastest GPU in the world isn't going to do you any good if it's starved for data...which it will be if you don't have enough video RAM with good throughput.



How much system RAM do you have? You're obviously running Vista so if you have anything less than 2GB with gaming then your system is paging...which will cause lower frame rates. If you have 2GB or more, then what applications/processes do you have running in the background while you're gaming?

Edit: Disregard the "how much system RAM" question...I just looked at the OP again. The question about what applications/processes are running still applies though.

This post has been edited by nmX.Memnoch: 20 March 2007 - 01:12 PM

[ripken204]

fater load times? a raptor shaves off only a couply seconds here and there, all depending on the game. most games is faster by no more than a second.

its impossbile to run stupid bf2142 on vista... between levels it gives me a memory.dll error and crashes, taskmanager shows bf2142 using over 1.6gb of ram?!

[nmX.Memnoch]

ripken204, on Mar 21 2007, 05:53 PM, said:

fater load times? a raptor shaves off only a couply seconds here and there, all depending on the game. most games is faster by no more than a second.

My point was that it won't help his frame rate. Shaving off a couple seconds from a ten second load time is a faster load time, is it not?

ripken204, on Mar 21 2007, 05:53 PM, said:

its impossbile to run stupid bf2142 on vista... between levels it gives me a memory.dll error and crashes, taskmanager shows bf2142 using over 1.6gb of ram?!

It specifically mentions Battlefield 2, but you could give the March 2007 Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update a try.

[ripken204]

the patch doesnt say anything about bf2142
lots of other ppl have this problem too.. its so annoying b/c i have to restart and go into xp x64 to play it, and i never get a crash with that OS.

[bonestonne]

but XP is so much nicer than vista, whats the point of vista anyway? blowing 450 to get nice graphics? blow 3 hours and install linux, beryl, 3d desktop, and a few others [i can't remember everything offhand] and you'll be able to do stuff windows can only dream of, such as the 3d cube, 4 seperate desktops...

vista isn't good enough to be a useful OS yet. at least in my opinion.