What kinda RAM is in this thing?

**slofox** · 19th November 2011, 14:18

So. How do I find out what type of RAM this puter uses - short of yanking the panel off and having a looksee? System just tells me how much is in there (not enough it seems), not what type...

Any ideas?

Ta.

**SMOKEU** · 19th November 2011, 14:25

Download CPU-Z and it will tell you.

**Reido** · 19th November 2011, 14:25

Pc wizard.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/pc-wizard.html

or CPU Z
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

handy little tools

edit: awww beat me to it

**slofox** · 19th November 2011, 14:42

Thanks Guys - done that.

Its just plain old DDR RAM. Needs be I increase the current 2GB if I want to play Crysis 2 with any degree of ease...

**nadroj** · 19th November 2011, 14:49

Check on the net what the maximum ram is your pc will allow, then buy faster ram to the maximum capacity, eg 2 slots / max 4 gig = 2 x 2 gig 1600mhz.

**SMOKEU** · 19th November 2011, 14:53

Originally Posted by slofox

Thanks Guys - done that.

Its just plain old DDR RAM. Needs be I increase the current 2GB if I want to play Crysis 2 with any degree of ease...

DDR is ancient. I doubt any computer that uses DDR RAM will be able to play Crysis 2. It's not a good idea to mix rams either as you may run into issues if you run different timings and/or voltages.

**slofox** · 19th November 2011, 15:02

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

DDR is ancient. I doubt any computer that uses DDR RAM will be able to play Crysis 2. It's not a good idea to mix rams either as you may run into issues if you run different timings and/or voltages.

It plays OK as long as I make sure the cache is empty first. Some heavy duty scenes get a little jerky but.

Yes, it's an old puter. But it pretty much belongs to the business now even though it did start out as my personal machine. I have a better one at home but play games here at work when the going is slow. Since this puter will stay here when I move on I just make the best of it. Not spending more money on this business anyway - it has already sucked up too much of my personal value...

Worst comes to worst, I'll move the game home.

**SMOKEU** · 19th November 2011, 15:03

I had a lot of fun playing Crysis 2. Great game.

**slofox** · 19th November 2011, 15:08

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

I had a lot of fun playing Crysis 2. Great game.

I spent all this week stuck on one mission - got wasted by those friggin' aliens all the time. Then I eventually figured out what I had to do and found where I had to go to do it and it all fell into place. Finally...

**SMOKEU** · 19th November 2011, 15:18

The game can be quite frustrating at times, I too got stuck for quite a while. It's still not as bad as the original Crysis where I got stuck for over an hour then gave up.

**sil3nt** · 19th November 2011, 15:23

Good news is RAM is cheap. DDR3 is the way to go so it means a new motherboard. But they are cheap as well. And since your getting a new motherboard you might as well get a new CPU (because it will probably be a different socket) and then you will probably need a new Graphics Card as the mobo will take PCI-E and not AGP. And hey look there goes $500!

And then you realise your HDD is fkn slow. And those have double in price since the flooding in Thailand.

Now you have a sweet PC that can run Crysis 2 really well. You just can't see it through that shitty monitor.

Oh look there goes 2 grand just to play a game

Computers suck! just kidding they are awesome

**slofox** · 19th November 2011, 15:59

Originally Posted by sil3nt

Good news is RAM is cheap. DDR3 is the way to go so it means a new motherboard. But they are cheap as well. And since your getting a new motherboard you might as well get a new CPU (because it will probably be a different socket) and then you will probably need a new Graphics Card as the mobo will take PCI-E and not AGP. And hey look there goes $500!

And then you realise your HDD is fkn slow. And those have double in price since the flooding in Thailand.

Now you have a sweet PC that can run Crysis 2 really well. You just can't see it through that shitty monitor.

Oh look there goes 2 grand just to play a game

Computers suck! just kidding they are awesome

Hehehe. Been there done that many times in the past.

I could always bring the home puter here to work and set it up on another desk just to play Crysis 2...if I had another desk that is. Oh and somewhere to put it...