If I put more RAM in my computer, will it make Anti-Aliasing process faster?

Question

See, I'm deciding whether to make my computer RAM 2 gigabytes for gaming or just hold out my money for future upgrades.

I have an nvidia 7600 GS video card, 256 mb pci-e, and I was wondering: If I put in more RAM, will the anti-aliasing on my games have a decreased impact in relation to my frames per second?

Basically, If I have more RAM and I have anti aliasing on in my games, will they run faster in comparison to my 1 gigabyte system ram now?

Thank you, I await anyone's reply.

As a side question, where do textures get stored temporarily when playing games? Is it just in the video card memory or is some of it saved in system ram too? This is kinda where I got the idea of upgrading my RAM..

Answer 1

I would go with more system RAM. Get as much as your motherboard will take. Visit http://www.coastmemory.com to look up your system, and buy the MOST that it will take. Thier prices are great, and they guarantee that it will work.

Good luck and Happy Computing!

Answer 2

Textures get stored in the graphics card's RAM. The way to increase anti-aliasing without making more lag is to get a better graphics card with a faster processor. I would recommend the 7950 GT with 512mb of memory. More RAM for your system wouldn't make it faster, but it would enable more applications to be open at once with less lag. Hope this helped.

Answer 3

For cheaper cards, your system can be configured to use RAM in as well as Video RAM to increase performance. Since VRAM is much faster than RAM, your performance relies more heavily on the VRAM. You would only notice a difference if your RAM is constantly being fully used.

It's much more cost effective to buy a video card with more memory, as well as faster memory access times.

While a 7950 would increase your performance, an 8800 can be had for near the same pricepoint, and would offer more of a performance boost overall (as well as giving you the ability to play sweet new DX10 titles). While it won't have as memory as the 7950, the 8800's memory can be accessed at a much higher rate, resulting in an upper hand over the 7950.

Additionally, if you were to wait for ATI's (AMD's) new lineup, and the release of nVidia's mid-range cards, price drops would allow you to afford more.

Competition = good for consumers.

Edit: Overclocking may be a good way to reap extra performance out of components, but only with adequate knowledge and tools.

For all we know, his CPU's multiplier may be locked, or his BIOS may not allow it. A successful overclock depends highly on luck (whether you get a great chip or not), so it might not even be feasable. Even so, overclocking your RAM or video card does not increase the amount of RAM/VRAM in your system. Besides, without optimizing the CPU clock, FSB, and memory speeds (or possibly synching them), your performance may actually be hindered, rather than improved.

Waiting for the price drops stiil seems like the best option to me.

Answer 4

NO!

NO COST solution: Overclock your processor or your 7600GS or BOTH. At higher overclocks, you may have to spend a bit on improving cooling of both.

MEDIUM COST solution: Sell your 7600GS then buy a 7900GS or a GT.

HIGH COST solution: Sell your 7600GS, buy a 8800GTS or the GTX plus a new PSU to support this monster card.

Anti-aliasing improves image quality but will slow down the frames per second, that's why you need a more powerful card.