cant choose lcd or ram

[El_Roberto]

ok im gonna get about $400-$500 (nz) tommorow and i wanted peoples opinoin on what they think i should get, i want either A) a 19' widescreen lcd monitor, or B) 2gb of ddr800 ram, i allready have a 19' crt but i cant really decide on what to buy

 

[Nitestick]

it would help us if we knew the pc you are intending to buy this for

 

[El_Roberto]

your prolly right lol;
c2d e6300 @2.3ghz
34gb wd raptor 10000rpm sata
gigabyte 965p dq6
512mb ddr667 generic brand
nvidia 7600gs 512mb oc to 636/450 (ram/core)
500watt psu
crappy dvd burner that wont burn dvds
lots of fans
logitech x530 5.1 surround sound
crap keyboard, crap mouse
dse 19' crt monitor (1600x1200)

 

[Trotter]

Go for the RAM!!!!

Only 512MB... you're choking your CPU and wearing out your hard drive.

 

[El_Roberto]

will the ram really make much difference with the video card i have(thinking framerates)

 

[Trotter]

It will make a difference in how much your computer has to use a swap file to keep stuff running.

Your graphics card is handling the video, but every program requires RAM, and Windows XP actually needs 512 itself to run well. You'll notice an increase in frame rates (depending on the game), but your hard drive should really quieten down since it won't be being used as a memory replacement.

 

[Nitestick]

the memory will improve just about everything. frame rates won't get better really but frame rates don't count for everything. in places where games choke up you may get smoothe game play. many things will improve

 

[El_Roberto]

hmm ok thanks for the replys ill prolly get the ram then, ive actually just been playing FEAR and about halfway through my pc had to increase the swap file size and this caused my pc to slow down so much i had to quit, and it took about 10 minutes to load after that