Q. Hi. Just wanna ask which factor greatly affects the performance in gaming, the video card or the processor. I'm planning to change my video card to Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT 512 mb, but I already have ATI Radeon 9600 XT, which is a good video card as they say but it seems so lag in playing Cabal and Ran Online. My processor is Intel Pentium 4 2.67 ghz and also I have a plan to change it to Core2Duo 2.67ghz. But I'm not sure what to change to improve my gaming performance in my PC. Which should I change? My video card or my processor? I want to have smooth and fast gaming experience so please help me! Thank you to those who will help me!
A. For most 3D games and first-person-shooter games, the video card is more important than the processor, although a fast processor is a good idea, too.
Much depends on where you see the lag, and how the game is designed. In some cases, it's the video card that is slow in rendering elements on the screen, but in other cases, it could be the CPU trying to catch up with visuals or with non-visual elements of game play. Certain types of games, such as flight simulations, are more dependent on the CPU than on the video card.
The change in CPU that you contemplate is more of a jump than the change in video card. A faster CPU improves overall system performance (not just in games). But it really depends on which games you play.
I once upgraded a video card on a machine and improved the performance of The Sims 2 by a factor of ten�but the performance of Flight Simulator hardly changed at all. Then, some time later, I installed a faster processor, and the Flight Simulator improved significantly, whereas The Sims 2 hardly changed at all. So it depends on what you are running. A game like The Sims 2 depends heavily on advanced 3D graphics; something like Flight Simulator has to generate most of the graphics with the CPU (because of their complexity), and can't profit as much from a fast graphics card.
A fast dual-core CPU will buy you more for games than a quad-core with a slower clock, by the way. Most games aren't multithreaded enough to profit from a quad-core, so two or more cores remain idle.
Much depends on where you see the lag, and how the game is designed. In some cases, it's the video card that is slow in rendering elements on the screen, but in other cases, it could be the CPU trying to catch up with visuals or with non-visual elements of game play. Certain types of games, such as flight simulations, are more dependent on the CPU than on the video card.
The change in CPU that you contemplate is more of a jump than the change in video card. A faster CPU improves overall system performance (not just in games). But it really depends on which games you play.
I once upgraded a video card on a machine and improved the performance of The Sims 2 by a factor of ten�but the performance of Flight Simulator hardly changed at all. Then, some time later, I installed a faster processor, and the Flight Simulator improved significantly, whereas The Sims 2 hardly changed at all. So it depends on what you are running. A game like The Sims 2 depends heavily on advanced 3D graphics; something like Flight Simulator has to generate most of the graphics with the CPU (because of their complexity), and can't profit as much from a fast graphics card.
A fast dual-core CPU will buy you more for games than a quad-core with a slower clock, by the way. Most games aren't multithreaded enough to profit from a quad-core, so two or more cores remain idle.
What is a high quality video card for computer games?
Q. I love playing the sims 2 on weekends but the video card for my computer isn't high quality enough to play the newer versions of the games. What is a video card that won't cost me a fortune and works well?
And I have no idea what kind of video card I have now, so if you ask I won't be able to tell you.
And I have no idea what kind of video card I have now, so if you ask I won't be able to tell you.
A. Most high-end video cards have discarded 2D rendering perfomance for greater 3D. The Sims 2 is 2D, so you probably won't be able to run with the best video card. Plus, you'd probably have a huge CPU bottleneck IF your slot is actually compatible
I recommend nVidia GeForce 7800 or equivilent, sounds like your computer is old and has an AGP slot, this is the best card you can get with an AGP slot.
I recommend nVidia GeForce 7800 or equivilent, sounds like your computer is old and has an AGP slot, this is the best card you can get with an AGP slot.
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