Shared ram

i just got my new Compaq, the specs are in my signature, i was wondering that since my vedio memory is shared, and i dont quite have the second 512 chip yet (my ram is currently 512)if my games would be slowed down by my lack of memory. if i run the vedio card at 128 that only leaves me with 384 megs of ram.

Compaq Presario R3000t
Pentium 4 -3.0Gh H/T
1 Gig DDR
15.4BrightVew (1280x800)
80 Gig 4200Rpm
128 Radeion 9000 IGP
4x DVD-+R/RW/CD-+RW/R
802.11b/g

 

what types of games are you planning on playing?

 

half-life2 (CS source)
Doom3
Quake3
Unreal tornument(i know thats spelt wrong) 2004
other demanding(if you can call it that) programs

Compaq Presario R3000t
Pentium 4 -3.0Gh H/T
1 Gig DDR
15.4BrightVew (1280x800)
80 Gig 4200Rpm
128 Radeion 9000 IGP
4x DVD-+R/RW/CD-+RW/R
802.11b/g

 

now i'm not as knowledgeable as some of the guys in this forum, but I can tell you that you'll have problems running those games with integrated graphics...when it comes to games, I believe that it's the graphics card that will make most of the difference, not the amount of RAM.....am I right? (still trying to learn![ ])

 

sry, i dont think integrated is the right word, its a shared vedio memory, radeon 9000IGP

Compaq Presario R3000t
Pentium 4 -3.0Gh H/T
1 Gig DDR
15.4BrightVew (1280x800)
80 Gig 4200Rpm
128 Radeion 9000 IGP
4x DVD-+R/RW/CD-+RW/R
802.11b/g

 

Yes, swervy, you are right.

Samwise592, Integrated is the right word, it is Radeon 9000 Integrated Graphics Processor, if I am not mistaken, but I do know the I stands for Integrated. But you are definetaly going to have problems playing all those super high graphics intensive games. I'd suggest if you just got it, and if you would still have enough money, return it quick and buy one with 128 9700 at LEAST.

Cards that will play those games well:

Mobility Radeons x800,x700,x600, 9700, 9800 (but the 9800 is only on dell inspiron xps)
Geforce Go6800, 6600 (if there is one), Go5700

The Mobility Radeon 9600 or the Geforce Go5650 are cards I think just won't make the cut, I would call these more moderate to Medium-High gaming, not the kind of State-of-Art gaming that hl2 and the others you listed are.

But if you really plan to play those games I would suggest returning for whatever the best you can get for the best price, even if it means fallin back into AGP with the 9700 or something, you really would need that more. If you have enough cash, well, the higher the number the better.

 

sounds like alot of work to me... can i just drop the eye candy settings alittle bit and hope for the best?

Compaq Presario R3000t
Pentium 4 -3.0Gh H/T
1 Gig DDR
15.4BrightVew (1280x800)
80 Gig 4200Rpm
128 Radeion 9000 IGP
4x DVD-+R/RW/CD-+RW/R
802.11b/g

 

yea, you could probably do that.

 

You can hope all you want, but these games will not run ok on that grafix accelerator!

Learux

 

now im assuming since it is "integrated" its non upgradeable, so i will have to make some sacrafices in the way of graphics deatale, another question, i was playing the sims2 the other day and it just froze up on me. stoped responding compleetly, i get the same problem with halo 1. anybody have any idea what this could be?

Compaq Presario R3000t
Pentium 4 -3.0Gh H/T
1 Gig DDR
15.4BrightVew (1280x800)
80 Gig 4200Rpm
128 Radeion 9000 IGP
4x DVD-+R/RW/CD-+RW/R
802.11b/g

 

Halo 1 is hallmarked by sloppy porting to the PC. Its system requirements are beyond screwy, and it can be fickle even on top of the line machines. Any problems you have with it can be attributed to poor porting. As for the Sims 2, I've never experienced any crashes with it; check your video settings, you might be overworking your graphics card.

Alienware Area-51m 7700
Pentium 4, 3.6; 2 GB RAM; 256 MB GeForce 6800 GO; 100 GB Seagate HDD
17" 1680x1050 ClearView Display
Dual optical drives, free mousepad

 

i think i fixed the problem, i was looking through my settings and then i realised that i was useing an excelerating program, its called hare from dachshund software, i like it but i realised that i was using an 88-bit codec, it pretty much fixed the halo problem, i havent had time to try the sims2 yet

Compaq Presario R3000t
Pentium 4 -3.0Gh H/T
1 Gig DDR
15.4BrightVew (1280x800)
80 Gig 4200Rpm
128 Radeion 9000 IGP
4x DVD-+R/RW/CD-+RW/R
802.11b/g