Processor or RAM?

icemanjimbo04 · 15-10-2006 4:38pm #1

Hi all, I just have a quick question about my laptop,
When playing a game i purchased the gameplay kind of freezes every second or two, I was wondering what can i do to resolve this?

My laptop has
2.6GHz cpu
512 MB RAM
60GB Hard drive

So what are my options? I could upgrade the RAM to 1024 mb, or would i need a faster chip?

Or would a re-instaling windows remove lots of junk which could speed it up?

Any ideas would be great??

plonk · 15-10-2006 4:45pm

Buy another 512 ram

Creamy Goodness · 15-10-2006 4:46pm

whoah, there's more info needed tbh.

what game
what graphics card

laptops aren't very upgradable bar the ram and hard drive.

optiplexgx270 · 15-10-2006 4:48pm

it will be the graphics card is the problem - good luck trying to upgrade that but another 512Mb cant hurt anyways.

Ruu_Old · 15-10-2006 4:50pm

Your graphics might not be able to handle the game too well and unfortunately they aren't really upgradeable.

Alkers · 15-10-2006 4:51pm

What game is it and what laptop do you have? You'd want to find out what graphics adapter is in the laptop before spending money on anything else.

icemanjimbo04 · 15-10-2006 4:53pm

Its a Dell Inspiron 1100

Maybe its time to get a new one.

philologos · 15-10-2006 4:58pm

You could buy Asus laptop barebones and build one either

Ruu_Old · 15-10-2006 4:59pm

Ah, I have an Inspiron 1000 and it has some 32mb jobbie that plays very little, so yours is probably similar. Afraid you are going to have to upgrade your lappy or if you want to play more games, then get a desktop as it will be easier to upgrade the video card.

icemanjimbo04 · 15-10-2006 5:12pm

I see ok tnx all.

Did you upgrade the RAM in you inspiron Ruu??

Ruu_Old · 15-10-2006 8:17pm

Yes, it was at 256 and I got another stick of 256, its all it could handle which was a shame.

Yours can handle up to 1gb afaik.

Processor or RAM?

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