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More info?)
almost certainly he has PC133 and quantity is more more important than speed
in this case. DDR aint twice as fast as SDRam in practice. Levels will load
a little slower with SDRam but then should play fine provided he has enough.
"Daniel Crichton" <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Sleepy <nospam@here.com> wrote:
> > RAM - definitely. I've played Far Cry all the way through twice
> > on my XP2400, 512mb PC133 and GF4 4200 64mb (clocked to 4400)
> > at 800x600 medium textures, environment, water and light
> > everything else on low and it played smooth and looked very nice.
> > Higher settings produced stutter through Hdd access so more RAM would
> > have made
> > that smoother.
>
> Definitely RAM. On my XP2400, 1GB DDR, GF4 TI4200 128mb (AGP 4x model,
> slower than the 64mb, and not overclocked), I can play fine at 1024x768
with
> Medium settings and AA enabled, or High without AA, no stutter noticeable
> and frame rates around 40+. However, that PC133 might not help, and also
the
> 128mb on my card might be a benefit if the textures used by Far Cry take
up
> more than 64mb (which I'm guessing they do, at least on settings above
Low).
>
> The OP didn't state what sort of RAM they have - if it's PC133, then a
> better choice of upgrade might be to get a new board with DDR slots and
> 512MB (or more) DDR, although this might result in having to replace the
CPU
> too :\
>
> Dan
>
>
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