Sleipnir
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Hey, all.
I'm not sure exactly what needs to be upgraded in my system, here's my situation:
I'm running an AMD Phenom II dual-core processor at around 3.2 GHz, and my motherboard has a built-in ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics card, which has 256 MB of DDR2 RAM, runs DirectX 10.1, has an "Ideal" (don't know what else to call it, 'theoretical', maybe?) speed of 500 MHz, with an "idea" memory clock speed of 667 MHz.
I play a lot of RTS games, so graphics are rarely a problem for me on defualt or auto-adjusted settings because most RTS games do not focus on visuals, but other games I'd like to play do not run well.
For example: I tried to play Skyrim on my computer, and while it would run, it had an incredibly low framerate, making it unplayable.
I think the problem is my low memory on the graphics card, and so higher RAM (in the neighborhood of 1 GB) is what I've been looking for, but I want to be sure before I buy.
Can anyone give me any advice, confirm my suspicion, or debunk it, and if so, try to advise me on what upgrade I should be looking for?
I'm not sure exactly what needs to be upgraded in my system, here's my situation:
I'm running an AMD Phenom II dual-core processor at around 3.2 GHz, and my motherboard has a built-in ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics card, which has 256 MB of DDR2 RAM, runs DirectX 10.1, has an "Ideal" (don't know what else to call it, 'theoretical', maybe?) speed of 500 MHz, with an "idea" memory clock speed of 667 MHz.
I play a lot of RTS games, so graphics are rarely a problem for me on defualt or auto-adjusted settings because most RTS games do not focus on visuals, but other games I'd like to play do not run well.
For example: I tried to play Skyrim on my computer, and while it would run, it had an incredibly low framerate, making it unplayable.
I think the problem is my low memory on the graphics card, and so higher RAM (in the neighborhood of 1 GB) is what I've been looking for, but I want to be sure before I buy.
Can anyone give me any advice, confirm my suspicion, or debunk it, and if so, try to advise me on what upgrade I should be looking for?