GreyKnight 0 Posted November 5, 2002 Yeah, that would help no end and RAM is SOOOO cheap these days (especially SD-RAM which your system is likely to use). Also make sure you have the latest drivers for your graphics card, you'll be amazed what a difference that can make to the game speed. One of my older computers (I have several machines on a small LAN) is a PIII 550Mhz with a 32Mb GeForce2 MX, however Flashpoint runs quite happily with the 384Mb of SD-RAM that's in there. I recently upgraded my P4 1500MHz to 768Mb RD-RAM and that runs like a whippet now! Even that machine used to sometimes struggle a bit with only 256Mb. RAM is the single biggest influence over PC speed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KDog35 0 Posted November 5, 2002 OK - RAM and SD-RAM, didn't know there was two different types. Well, better get to Frys and install some. I've got a P3 Dell 4100 series and they told me the max amount of ram for my computer is 512..?? that doens't make any sense. Maybe this SD-RAM "Thing" will allow me more; I have one more slot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreyKnight 0 Posted November 5, 2002 There are many difference types of RAM and each type has different clock speeds  The most common are... SD-RAM (Sequential Dynamic RAM) which comes in speeds of 66MHz, 100MHz and 133MHz. RD-RAM (Rambus Dynamic RAM) which is 800MHz DDR-RAM (Double Data Rate RAM) which is 2100MHz, or 2700MHz. Now, Celeron based systems normally use 66MHz SD-RAM, Pentium III's use 100, or 133MHz SD-RAM depending on the motherboard.  Early Pentium 4's often use RD-RAM, later one's use DDR.  AMD chips normally use the DDR-RAM modules. Like I said, there are others.  You have to know what your motherboard can take and you should normally not mix different RAM types together.  You can put different speed memory in your machine, but the motherboard will always work off the slowest chip's clock speed.  For a Pentium III machine I would just ask the vendor for a PC-100, or PC-133 DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) of whatever capacity you want.  This should fit the machine fine. Using different kinds of RAM won't increase the maximum amount your system can use.  If it can take a maximum of 512Mb then that's it.  Sometimes a BIOS update from the manufacturer may allow you to take advantage of larger memory modules, but if your computer has two DIMM sockets then your easiest option is to get two 256Mb PC-100 SD-RAM modules and plug em in.... Confused?  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KDog35 0 Posted November 6, 2002 No. Not confused. i started out with 256ram and a couple months ago put in another 256, but i don't know if they gave me 100 or 133 that you mentioned. Know I'm thinking about getting a new video card. Go 32MB to 64 or even higher. I wondering if that would help the "screen shifting" thing. Any woo, thanks for the info. KDOG-- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
