I have a hp pavillion dv9008nr.
Will it play games faster even though I have...
-100 gig hard drive
-NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
2007-11-13 10:53:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
It might or it might not.
It would depend on whether you're running low on RAM when you play the games, if 1 GiB is enough for everything you play to run without swapping then upgrading the RAM will make no difference whatsoever to your gaming performance.
If OTOH you don't have enough RAM and are having to deal with it constantly swapping then upgrading will make a very big difference.
The GeForce 6150 is better than Intel junk but still not a very powerful chip, of course since you have a laptop you're stuck with it and can't upgrade (ignore the idiots who suggest buying a desktop card because it just isn't going to fit).
2007-11-13 11:01:35 · answer #1 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Get a better video card. Most games aren't going to use more than 1GB of RAM. You need a good video card with around 512MB of UNSHARED memory. This will cost you about $100 and you'll see a great improvement. RAM might help a little, but its mostly the video card. Games rely about 80% on video graphics wise. Ram will help, but not as much as a better video card will. If your computer supports it, go for a nice graphics card:
You might have to contact the manufacters and see if they offer a graphics card upgrade since laptops are hard to find good parts for.
Check out this site
http://tomshardware.com
Somewhere it has an article about 512, 1 and 2GB or RAM and how it affects gameplay. There is very little difference between 512MB and 1 GB and almost NO difference between 1 and 2GB.
2007-11-13 11:13:03 · answer #2 · answered by Game-Guy Pro 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what's the clockspeed, fsb velocity and RAM's velocity? an suitable tournament would have, for every physique MHz of CPU velocity, 1MHz of fsb and a million MB of RAM at 1MHz. Many goodcomputers would be close to to this. If the greater beneficial gig of RAM which you're including takes your computing device farther than it somewhat is now from the suitable purpose, you're probably journey a slowdown on your computing device, inclusive of gaming journey.
2016-10-02 07:24:32 · answer #3 · answered by smart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it definitely should if it doesn't, upgrade your video card. it is pretty old.
get the xfx 8500 gt ultra silent cooling 256 mb graphics card from tigerdirect for $60 rite now
2007-11-13 10:57:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yup
2007-11-13 10:55:10 · answer #5 · answered by icecold3301 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋