il 2 sturmovik: Cliffs of dover (can i run it?)

[meshuggahs]

Originally Posted by Tacoma74

That videocard will put down in the minimum spec area. I have a GTX 260 and have a hard time getting good frames on "medium" settings with some of the new games coming out. On top of that your DDR2 RAM is going to need some upgrading soon. Only bad part about that is you have to upgrade the motherboard to support DDR3 RAM. But some good DDR2 1066 with 5-5-5-15 timings should be alright. Go with a 2 x 2gb configuration instead of 4 x 1GB for best results. But your CPU will be great, keep it.

Imo DDR2 to DDR3, even a triple channel DDR3 setup, is mariginal compared to the GPU/CPU. Just aslong as you have enough of it for the game to fit in. Changin a motherboard just to replace the ram would be a waste. If you do it you better swap the rest of the gear also for better.

Best bet would be to upgrade to that ddr2 to 4gb and then think about a new GPU after the release, when we know more about CoD performance.

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by meshuggahs

Imo DDR2 to DDR3, even a triple channel DDR3 setup, is mariginal compared to the GPU/CPU. Just aslong as you have enough of it for the game to fit in. Changin a motherboard just to replace the ram would be a waste. If you do it you better swap the rest of the gear also for better.

Best bet would be to upgrade to that ddr2 to 4gb and then think about a new GPU after the release, when we know more about CoD performance.

+1
Up the ram to 2 X 2 GB and see how it runs with your card.

[Hveding]

Thanks guys for excellent advice!
I know a little about computers, so i have always wanna go for 2 x 2gb :p
And then i can upgrade to 2 x 2 gb again, so then i have 8GB. But will see how it works with 4 gb first, then upgrade the video card...

Sorry about my english... It's a little bad.

[Hveding]

But would it not be best to upgrade to 8 GB ? Because many planes up in the air, and flak guns fire on you... That would give a hard job to the cpu and ram.. ?

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Hveding

But would it not be best to upgrade to 8 GB ? Because many planes up in the air, and flak guns fire on you... That would give a hard job to the cpu and ram.. ?

unless the progi can adress 8GB(which it afaik can't): No.

Originally Posted by swiss

unless the progi can adress 8GB(which it afaik can't): No.

It can, if you take the 64 bit exe.

But you're right, it won't make use of the extra ram anyway.

[Hveding]

So my motherboard can only take use of 4 GB ?

They say ypou need 12GB of RAM to play , that is just because the game is optimised horrible - 12gb is massive overkill. The plus is atleast 12GB isnt much more then buying the game itself.

[Nike-it]

You definitely should add RAM to run COD, especially for flying near towns and cities. The graphic card should be ok for normal settings.

[Tacoma74]

Originally Posted by meshuggahs

Imo DDR2 to DDR3, even a triple channel DDR3 setup, is mariginal compared to the GPU/CPU. Just aslong as you have enough of it for the game to fit in. Changin a motherboard just to replace the ram would be a waste. If you do it you better swap the rest of the gear also for better.

Best bet would be to upgrade to that ddr2 to 4gb and then think about a new GPU after the release, when we know more about CoD performance.

As i said, some more DDR2 should be fine. I ran DDR2 1066 just until about a year ago, I know that it's fine. What matters the most is how much of it you have. The difference between 2gb and 4gb is quite noticeable when your system is under strain. And another thing to think about are the CAS timings. Lower the better. Some slower, super low latency RAM will benefit your system better than fast RAM with high timings, especially when combined with a good CPU. But honestly I love my fast DDR3 1600, and comparatively I noticed a nice boost in framerate. But then again I'm running 7-7-7-21 timings at 1.6v... so the best of both worlds.