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Originally posted by Octavian41210;154106
Yay or nay? I want to come back to VG but the game runs like, well, crap on my system. I have an Intel DC 2.8GHZ CPU, 2 gigs RAM @ 533MHZ, EVGA GeForce 6600 256MB, Windows XP OS, 250 GB HD. The system is about 6 months old now so I'd like to think I don't have to replace it just yet. I've got this notion that it's time to replace the GPU.. On a budget I found the 8800 GTS SC 320MB. I have to factor in a new power supply, so over-all I'm spending about 160.00$ more than I had intended. I want to make sure this is a wise purchase.

I know I'll have a major increase in performance with most of my games, but what about VG..? This isn't even the top of the line from the 8800 series.

www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=320-P2-N815-AR&family=23



I want to be clear, this is my personal opinion based on my personal experience comparing my system at work (2.8 ghz Core Solo, ATi X800XL), my system at home (1.8 ghz Core Duo, X1950XTX), and several systems in between. Almost all of these systems have had at least 2 GB of RAM. You want 2 GB of RAM to play Vanguard. It's a big deal. I haven't noticed a big difference in adding more RAM, but this is largely a limitation of Windows XP that I do not believe exists with Windows Vista (though Vista's currently large system requirements may make the benefits of its larger memory capabilities negligible for the short term). Second, video cards and CPUs are fairly evenly balanced, imo. Framerate will be highly dictated by your video card, hitching will be highly dictated by your CPU. If you're upgrading, I'd consider which you notice more (in addition to the normal concerns of cost, basic improvement, and external forces). If I had problems running around, but could stand still at 20+ FPS in High Performance settings, I'd probably go for a CPU/HD upgrade. If I was fairly smooth running around, but couldn't run at anything but Highest Performance settings, I'd probably look for a VPU upgrade. In the gray area, always choose the video card. Hitching is a short term annoyance and can be mitigated. Poor framerate *always* sucks.

Again, take these statements for what they're worth. I'm no guru, and I'm not Sigil's official performance spokesperson, but I probably have more experience with Vanguard across multiple system configurations than most.

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