Ram Vs Faster HD - Game Loading

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Alright, so I've done alot of research on this topic lately, and really havn't found any real conclusive evidence...

My main problem, inside a game (like, oh, Oblivion for instance) moving to a new place really kills my FPS. In battle, running around the forest is fine, but as soon as something needs to be loaded, (especially using a movetoqt command) just ruins me.

I've teleported to an oblivion gate, only to wait at least 30 seconds for the game to start showing frame updates before.


So, in light of this... I think something's holding my system back... Either the HD (Old Diamondmax.8 Maxtor) or my 1gb of Ram.

What should I upgrade? I know more RAM doesn't help FPS, but since I'm FINE with that, would it help cache more data?

Would a faster HD really help too? I'm thinking... Raptor... Because data needs to be accessed from the drive, obviously, is this my bottleneck.

Any input, statistical or anecdotal would be greatly appreciated... Christmas is coming up really soon!
 
RAM. Most programs are loaded almost entirely into the RAM, so any loading issues after the first load will probably be RAM.
 
What should I upgrade? I know more RAM doesn't help FPS, but since I'm FINE with that, would it help cache more data?

Would a faster HD really help too? I'm thinking... Raptor... Because data needs to be accessed from the drive, obviously, is this my bottleneck.[/qote]

RAM does help FPS, but only up to a certain point. I mean, if you game on 512MB then on 2GB you will notice a difference in the terms of FPS. Usually it has to do with texture quality.

I would honestly say it's the RAM dependning on what settings you're playing at. But, it's a combination of both since the RAM has to get information from the HD.

You're going to be better off getting another gig of RAM then a Raptor.
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