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i was saving up some money for when i got my laptop back ... and seeing as i have it back im a little stuck on what i should get ... im thinking either a new graphic card with shader model 3.0 or some ddr3 ram ... seeing as im not really the best with shit ike this i wanna know what you guys think ...
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graphic card or ram
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What do you currently have?
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my laptop WAS top of the range when i first got it 4-5 years ago (i refuse to let it go cos unfortunatly i have an emotional bond with it) ... it currently runs on 2038mb of ram (from my understanding thats about 1.538gb) ... and i have no idea what the graphic is ...
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I don't know much about upgrading laptops, and the laptop's specs, but I suppose you could get a new graphic card, if you have a shitty one at the moment. But if it works fine, please choose ram. Maybe 4 GB ram could be awesome for your laptop. At least you wouldn't have problem with Minecraft, unless you have a real shitty processor and graphic card.
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2GB (1GB is 1024MB or 1000MB depending on whether you ask a salesclerk or not) is enough for most tasks.
What are you planning to do with it?
What are you planning to do with it?
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my graphic card seems to work fine i think it is just ram but i just like to know other peoples opinion before i run off and fuck things up (as per usual) ... and i probably am just gonna get some ram for it
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Considering in a previous thread you said it ran fine until the service center stole your RAM card, seems to me that buying RAM would probably solve any issues you're currently having.
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yeah ... as i said i was just wandering wether i should bear with the lag and upgrade my graphics but yeah im just gonna get like 2-4gb of ram
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Are you even sure you can upgrade the videocard of your laptop? Most of them are integrated on the mobo.
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FillerB wrote:Are you even sure you can upgrade the videocard of your laptop? Most of them are integrated on the mobo.
can i get that in le-mans term please
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Most laptops have video cards that are PART of the Motherboard, rather than merely plug in to it.
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FillerB wrote:Are you even sure you can upgrade the videocard of your laptop? Most of them are integrated on the mobo.
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The only problem is the price and actually getting one.
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yeah ok im just going with ram ... can someone close this
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FillerB wrote:2GB (1GB is 1024MB or 1000MB depending on whether you ask a salesclerk or not) is enough for most tasks.
What are you planning to do with it?
1Gib == 1024Mib
1Gb == 1000Mb
1GB == 1000MB
Yes, the person (people) who decided that were a bunch of stoners.
Also, I have a really crappy computer, yet I can do pretty much anything... You just need to make it work correctly. (Step 1.- Take out Windows.)