Bad Company 2: upgrade ram or video card?

I have 2GB of ram and I'm using a 250GTS 1GB, AND a Q6600.

I'm pretty sure the CPU is fine since it's a quad.

I don't know if upgrading the RAM or video card would give more of a performance boost though, and right now I can only afford to upgrade one of those.

Any ideas?

I'd probably go for more RAM. 2 GB isn't very much these days for gaming. Go for at least 4 GB. The graphics card and CPU aren't amazing, but, at least in my opinion, they're not in dire need of upgrading compared to having just 2 GB of RAM.

Ram would help. Try googling on how to get performance boost for this game like dx9 mode and fog off, etc, all that will bring up the frames easily. Well this game along with black ops is pretty mediocre looking, so I think is just bad optimization in my book.

RAM it is! Thanks guys.

I'll upgrade the video card sooner or later...as for the processor, I really don't wanna buy a new mobo.

whoa whoa whoa..IDK why ppl are recommending ram here. but I highly suggest you upgrade your graphics card... since that will greatly improve performance and graphics.. I have 2 gigs and can play everything on high with my 4890

Ha, yes, if you don't have a 64-bit OS, there's no point in going for more RAM. And it's also true that a new graphics card probably is the best, actually. I was just thinking of overall performance, but a new graphics card would probably help more as far as gaming is concerned. Assuming you have the power supply to support a decent card.

whoa whoa whoa..IDK why ppl are recommending ram here. but I highly suggest you upgrade your graphics card... since that will greatly improve performance and graphics.. I have 2 gigs and can play everything on high with my 4890

devious742

2 Gigs of ram is very lacking in todays games. And also, ram is so cheap to upgrade for the performance boost you get.

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whoa whoa whoa..IDK why ppl are recommending ram here. but I highly suggest you upgrade your graphics card... since that will greatly improve performance and graphics.. I have 2 gigs and can play everything on high with my 4890

Chopmo81

2 Gigs of ram is very lacking in todays games. And also, ram is so cheap to upgrade for the performance boost you get.

RAM now and a GPU next when you have some more money.

RAM is only going to make a minor improvement in performance. RAM itself does NOT improve performance, but just lets you store more data so you can run more programs, or run more heavy programs. If your RAM gets filled, the OS starts using your hard drive for virtual memory, which is MUCH slower.

But, with that being said, the large majority of what bogs a video game down is the graphics. The rest of the code, including the audio and the game logic, etc., will easily fit into 2GB of RAM on a well optimized system.

Any time you can offload CPU cycles to a DEDICATED video processor, it's better. Period. A new video card is going to severely outperform more RAM on your system. And when it comes to video games, more VIDEO RAM is preferred to more SYSTEM RAM. Video RAM is preferred because it doesn't have to share resources with the system. You can FULLY utilize video RAM where as with system RAM, you are still working with shared space.

Not that you shouldn't get RAM, as 2GB really isn't much these days. But it's not going to make as much of a difference as a new GPU. And what might be most important is if you don't have a 64-bit OS, more RAM is going to make even less of a difference. Getting higher amounts of RAM on your video card will essentially add more available RAM for your games without having to deal with the 32-bit limitations.

Get the video card. RAM is cheap, get it later. Seriously, get the video card.

Brent

Your going to get more preformance from a new card vs 2 more gb of ram

Wrong forum but what is your OS? If you on windows XP then Bad company 2 would be pointless to upgrade anything as you the game is inferior on that OS.. More Ram is not needed for this game.. What resolution are you playing the game at? I had a e7400 at 3.8 ghz, and a gts 250 and had everything maxxed with x4 AA but at 1440x900 res with no issues months ago. Thats probably gonna be your biggest issue..jedikevin2

[QUOTE="jedikevin2"]Wrong forum but what is your OS? If you on windows XP then Bad company 2 would be pointless to upgrade anything as you the game is inferior on that OS.. More Ram is not needed for this game.. What resolution are you playing the game at? I had a e7400 at 3.8 ghz, and a gts 250 and had everything maxxed with x4 AA but at 1440x900 res with no issues months ago. Thats probably gonna be your biggest issue..poseidonwest

So there's no point in getting more ram if I have a 32bit system?

So there's no point in getting more ram if I have a 32bit system?

poseidonwest

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So there's no point in getting more ram if I have a 32bit system?

gmaster456

What is your OS? If you on XP.. its pointless to do anything for this game. If you on vista or 7 then GPU would prob be best.jedikevin2

With a 32-bit OS, you can technically handle up to just under 4GB of RAM. Unfortunately, any single program can't access more than 2GB. You CAN change some settings to let a program access 3GB, but still, the performance increase will be minimal.

If you upgraded RAM to 4GB, the one advantage is that the game would be able to have 2GB for itself while the OS takes what it needs. But again, the benefits are so minimal you won't even feel the upgrade while playing a game.

As mentioned so many times, get the video card. A 1GB video card with even lower specs will be MUCH better than 2GB more of RAM for your games.

Brent

Thanks guys! I guess I'll get the GPU for now, and maybe later buy 64-bit windows and more ram.