Disgrace

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by Bob_Marley

Yeah cool story bro (O_o) btw i come from Jamaica

I know, but you do not have the right to complain here unless you are Carlos Ray Norris Jr. from Oklahoma We expect him to register this Friday.

[taildraggernut]

Thou spaketh his name.....lord have mercy on our souls the wrath of Chuk will be upon us!!!

Originally Posted by SG1_Lud

And your ISP is from the UK...

The fact i come from Jamaica does not mean i live in Jamaica and why the rage is everything ok at home?

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by Ataros

I know, but you do not have the right to complain here unless you are Carlos Ray Norris Jr. from Oklahoma We expect him to register this Friday.

Luthier, Black Six and the rest of the development team better get the patch out by Friday if Chuck Norris is joining the Forum.

(Now I wonder if I've still got those VHS tapes of 'Walker Texas Ranger' about for inspiration!

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by StonedRaider

If i run such low res on my TV it just look plain awufull. Even on the 1600 hundreds res there are lots of squares which i hate.

I would think that if you are running an I7 core then you most likely have DDR3 RAM since the Motherboards for I7 typically only support DDR3 RAM. The difference is quite large between DDR2 and DDR3 mainly that DDR2 has 8.5 GB per second bandwidth and DDR3 is 12.8. What that means is faster read/write speeds meaning less time for the processor to get its data.

In any case 2GB of any RAM is limiting the I7 core. The GTS250 were great cards when they got released but you know with time they aged and now are old. Just surprised you are able to run CoD with it.

Your resolution is probably what is saving you from horrible performance, but still if you are getting CTD like me its pointing to RAM memory leak. What i mean by that is this: the Game has a flaw in memory code so that it writes wrong data to RAM or uses a lot of resources, eventually saturating available RAM and creating a dump.

The I7 you have has potential, although i dont know what generation it is. But pretty much all of them are good. If you could get 6GB RAM in your system and a better card Like a GTX480 or an ATI 5970 (bear in mind these are old now, 2 generations old) your system would fly.

Yes, I do get regular CTD after 20-40 mins which is a bit limiting to say the least.

Thanks for the advice. I am looking forward to upgrading. So....

Which OS - Win 7 64 Professional or Win 7 64 Ultimate - any benefit for gaming?

Is 6GB RAM enough do you think?

In terms of cards, I'm waiting for the next gen cards to come online and hope for some decent bargains. I guess 2GB+ is best?

Cheers

Stonedraider you seem like a cool guy have you got in any multiplayer games cus my server list has no populated servers?

[kilosierra]

Originally Posted by StonedRaider

I have this system:

I7 2600K
12 GB 1600 DDR3 RAM
Asus P8p67 pro board
2xAsus ATI 6970 overclocked to run at 920 mhz
64 GD SSD (with win7 and CoD installed only)

How did you get 12 GB into a P8P67?

Those are Double-Channel boards and AFAIK there are no 6 GB sticks on the market. Mixing sticks of different size and specification isn`a good idea either.

[Bokononist]

Originally Posted by Sutts

Yes, I do get regular CTD after 20-40 mins which is a bit limiting to say the least.

Thanks for the advice. I am looking forward to upgrading. So....

Which OS - Win 7 64 Professional or Win 7 64 Ultimate - any benefit for gaming?

Is 6GB RAM enough do you think?

In terms of cards, I'm waiting for the next gen cards to come online and hope for some decent bargains. I guess 2GB+ is best?

Cheers

Unless you need multilanguage support or bitlocker Win 7 Home Premium is all you really need. As for VRAM, the more the better it seems. Can't wait until I can justify a GFX upgrade myself.
RAM wise 6GB should be plenty, I have 8 myself, but CloD, freetrack, teamspeak and Afterburner all running together use just over 4GB.

[StonedRaider]

Originally Posted by Sutts

Yes, I do get regular CTD after 20-40 mins which is a bit limiting to say the least.

Thanks for the advice. I am looking forward to upgrading. So....

Which OS - Win 7 64 Professional or Win 7 64 Ultimate - any benefit for gaming?

Is 6GB RAM enough do you think?

In terms of cards, I'm waiting for the next gen cards to come online and hope for some decent bargains. I guess 2GB+ is best?

Cheers

OS: Is your preferance, just stay away from Vista at any cost! Win 7 and Win ultimate will have exact same performace in games and dont matter 1 single bit. Just make sure it is a 64 bit system otherwise you wont be able to have more than 4 GB RAM.

RAM: 6 or 8 or more will all be fine. It highly depends on what frequency they are running. I got a deal on 12GB DDR3 RAM running at 1600mhz for 40 quid (GBP its UK monies). 6 or 8 GB would be ideal unless you plan to do some very heavy computing like capturing or folding. Generally games will not exceed 4GB ram use, leaving you plenty for other things to run. Win7 Reserves 1GB to itself. So i would say get 8 or more to future proof yourselves a little. Again RAM modules come in different sizes you can get a module (stick) in different varieties like 1,2,4,6,8 GB. So its up to you. Just make sure they are DDR3 and have a good frequency 1600mhz or more!

Cards: The new generation has been released recently. Nvidia literally released their new card a week ago its the GTX680. And ATI about 2 months ago its the ATI 7970. These are Flagship cards and they come at a cost! You are looking at 400 quid (GBP) at the very least for one of them! If you do have the cash to spend on them then expect to be future proofed for 3-4 years! Otherwise get a generation below, like the GTX580 or ATI 6970, although a generation old they are still very powerful and for me the ATI6970 runs everything i play at full settings. Unfortinantley not CoD though. I still believe the optimization the developers will make will eventually take effect and fix this problem. These cards are also made to run at high resolutions and the Vram you refered to comes really into play only at high res. If you are not going above the 1600 resolutions then 2GB will do the trick just fine. Above that you would want 3GB.

Remember that you would also need to upgrade you PSU (Power Supply Unit). This bit i would not cheap out on, and get a quality unit! 750 Watts should be plenty and give you a little head room for later. Some of the good manufactures of PSU's are Corsair, Cooler Master and Antec.

You can always go to Steam Forums into hardware and OS section and ask for some advice. I've seen many people there asking for advice on what parts they need for their usage. Just dont forget to mention your budget! otherwise people go mental and tell you to buy the most expensive stuff!

[Bokononist]

Originally Posted by kilosierra

How did you get 12 GB into a P8P67?

Those are Double-Channel boards and AFAIK there are no 6 GB sticks on the market. Mixing sticks of different size and specification isn`a good idea either.

Ah yes but you can get 4GB sticks, so 3 x 4 GB dimms would be my guess, I have 4 x 2, but that's because I upgraded from my original 2 x 2 config.