Hi,
So as of now, I have:
Sony Vaio VGC-RB54G
XP MCE 2002 SP3
Pentium D (2.8 GHz)
Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT (512 Mb onboard VRAM)
1024 MB RAM
I have the second latest video driver (June 2008) because the latest (September 26 2008) causes Assassin's creed to crash. I also have the latest DirectX 9.0c. My system is also very well maintained with less than 1% fragmentation (usually less than 0.5%).
My PC should be able to support 2 additional Gigabytes of RAM, and I plan to get them within a few months. But I'd just like to make sure that the performance issues with my games that i am noticing are because of my lack of RAM. So, I'm going to use Assassin's Creed and The Witcher as examples of the symptoms.
Assassin's Creed:
-on Medium Settings, sound does not always match the animations (especially on cut-scenes)
-on medium-high settings, the fps is normal, but the game is slower
The Witcher:
-game runs ok on medium-low settings in open areas
-however, even on lowest settings in detailed city environment, HDD is constantly active and it takes a long time to be able to move after the area is "loaded" and after that the fps is still terrible
The symptoms seen in The Witcher seem to indicate that i need more RAM, but I am not sure what those seen in Assassin's Creed indicate. Can anyone tell how much my system would benefit from the additional RAM? And if I were to install the extra 2 Gigabytes, would I be able to run most new games on high settings?

























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