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Upgrade Video Card or RAM?

Nov 22, 2006 5:17AM PST

I am looking to upgrade my PC for gaming, but I'm on a budget. I currently have 512 MB of RAM and a 128MB video card. If I had to choose, which should I upgrade? (I am looking to play games such as Battlefield 2 and Flight Simulator X)

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hmm
Nov 22, 2006 5:27AM PST

I would suggest ram

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Budget?
Nov 23, 2006 6:46AM PST

What's your budget? There are some great cards right now that are pretty cheap. Also, what's your graphics card?

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Nov 24, 2006 1:26AM PST

I'm trying to go for Day-After-Thanksgiving sales and spend under $100. I see some good RAM for about $40. I do not know exactly what my video card is, but it has 128 MB of memory.

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Hmm...
Nov 24, 2006 2:13AM PST

Is the video card using system RAM or is that a dedicated card? Also which type of bus is it using: AGP or PCI-e? That would help some I think.

Regards,
JB

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holy crap!
Dec 12, 2006 1:58AM PST

ive got exactly the same problem and exactly the same specs! my brother says i should upgrade my video card but i dont think so...id go for ram if you dont want to lag in games. video card is basically just for good graphics...ram is pretty cheap nowadays.