ok, i have 2.53gh proc 512mb ram and an onboard VGA card which takes it memory from the ram. My computer runs slow when playing games. Does this mean that i should get a stand alone graphics card or should i just upgrade the ram?
2007-01-27 12:13:23 · 3 answers · asked by simon.leigh 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
You would need an add-on graphics card, though it couldn't hurt to install more RAM, as well. 512MB is not a lot by today's standards anymore. I remember when everyone used to say, "128MB of RAM?! You'll never even need that much!". HA! Sorry, anyway - the add-on card will free up whatever RAM is being used by your onboard card, and 99% of the time it has it's own onboard processor (GPU) which handles graphical instructions - leaving the CPU for other tasks (though, the CPU is still required to process some instructions to the graphics card - most of the graphical instructions completely bypass the CPU altogether).
2007-01-30 16:03:49 · answer #1 · answered by d3v10u5b0y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting a stand alone card would help increase your performance a lot. It uploads most of the graphics processing from the CPU and ram which would make your computer and games go much faster.
2007-01-27 21:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a standalone card, you already havee plenty of RAM.
On board video is very weak compare to what today's run-of-mill cards.
2007-01-27 20:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋