Just bought Mass Effect 2 online and should have it within a few days.
2.8Ghz Phenom X3 with 4GB DDR2 and a 9800GT on Windows 7 Home Premium.
Will it play smoothly on my 22" widescreen LCD?
"If you run 4 sticks your cpu will down clock, the memory controller on 939 mobos can only do 333mhz with all 4 slots filled. But as you said if you go 2gb x 2 of ddr it is hard to find and I'm sure it will be really expensive if it isn't server memory. I haven't seen any us store/websites sell...
In real world performance is there that much of a difference between DDR2 and DDR3?
I'm looking at a couple of AM2+/AM3 mainboards that will take DDR2. Would they be that much slower than an AM3 mainboard that takes DDR3?
Getting ready to upgrade and want to keep my 4 GB DDR2 1066 memory and...
Great news ..... nice to hear positive experiences like this. I usually buy Asus but my Daughter has an MSI board that has worked perfectly since day one.
5770 would be the way to go but they are a little over $100.
4850 1GB is right at $100 now. Could probably pick up a used 4870 for about $100 also.
On the Nvidia side a 9800GT 1GB is about $100 right now.
I would get a DX11 card if I were you ...
I use several XP programs in Win 7. No problems whatsoever, don't even use compatability mode.
I'm sure there are XP progs that have issues with 7 though.