What should I do??

[Dinazzo]

my system

quad core Q6600 2.4g

8g of memory windows only seeing 2g or ram windows home xp goin to upgrade what do you suggest?

geforce 8600 512mb gt card should i upgrade this for better frames??

I box 5 chars in the pve away from the citys i get 30fps steady but when i got say like stormwind/Ironforge/and do even think about dalaran i lag depends on how many people are there

all i am asking is for advice on what i should upgrade right now i thinking of 64bit OS i really like the XP but if i have to i will upgrade to visa which i realy don't like



thank you all for you time and input

Dinazzo/fonda/fonde/fondo/fondi

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Cheers

[Bot]

you need a 64 bit version of something cause 2g most likely wont cut it. and that looks like your bottleneck. i have the same processor and a similar vid card but im running vista64 with 8 gig ram and its smooth as butter.

[Dinazzo]

this is the system i have a copy and paste from the website





(1) Systemax ATX Black/Silver Gaming Case



(1) Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition <<<<<<<<<<<<HOME VISTA 64Bit or what do you suggest



(1) Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 8M Processor



(4) 512MB DDR2 PC6400 800MHz DIMM Memory



(1) nVidia nForce 680i LT SLI Motherboard <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<SUPPORTS UP TO 8GIGs of Ram which i have



(1) Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drive 250GB (7200 RPM)




(1) GeForce 8600GT 512MB PCIE Video (1DVI / 1VGA) <<<<<<<<<<THINKING OF UPGRADING or what do you suggest




(1) 20X DVDRW Dual Layer Drive



(1) Ultra XVS 600 Watt Power Supply



(1) Logitech Value 100 Keyboard PS/2



(1) Logitech Black Optical Wheel Mouse PS/2



(1) Drivers and Applications DVD

Thanks all

Dinazzo/fonda/fonde/fondo/fondi

Icecrown server

[Dinazzo]

OK i go that route first and i hope this will make things alot better for me

thanks again

cheers

dinazzo

[spannah]

Hummm, if you have 8GB it should see at least around 3 or so but this line:

(4) 512MB DDR2 PC6400 800MHz DIMM Memory

shows you only have 2GB, did you have more installed?

[Dinazzo]

that was what was in the system when i bought it, I now have 8gigs of memory in it and on my system properties it shows 2gigs being use

so yea its not using them all

Dinazzo

[EaTCarbS]

you NEED a 64 bit OS if you want to use more than 2g of RAM

[Dinazzo]

Yes that what i figure i just didn't know that i was only using 2gigs till now

now my next question is should i upgrade my 8600 graphics card or not

reason i ask is that the prices have come down alot on the better cards and i can afford to get a new one

as i want to be as lag free as i can be and getting a newer better card might help or would it be worth the upgrade

Cheers and thanks to all here

Dinazzo

Icecrown use to be known as Icedown lol lol

[Bovidae]

Since the obvious (ram added, needing a 64bit OS) has already been covered, I would point towards overclocking your Q6600 then video cards.

What made this processor great was it's ability to OC to 3.0ghz and beyond with simple aftermarket air cooling. If your system has a decent cpu cooler and the bios isn't locked down, I would experiment with boosting the CPU frequency next. This should be a free upgrade, so I highly recommend it.

As you noticed, video cards have increased power and decreased in price A LOT since the 8000 series. I can tell you that an upgrade from my 8800gts to a new 285 made a world of difference and I now play at max detail on my main monitor. Video cards have price points to suit all needs, but a GTX260/285/295 should provide you a noticeable-to-considerable upgrade.

[Hairball]

you NEED a 64 bit OS if you want to use more than 2g of RAM

The number is actually something like 3gb of ram. And you can force WinXP to address more member by adding a /pae switch to your boot.ini file.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...AE/PAEmem.mspx