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[Exor]

Does anyone know a good place online to order ram for a good price? I need to get some more because I lag like hell on a game I play atm.My pc only has 448 ram and im looking to have over 1K.Thanks in advance!

[Vodka]

Yeah, I was looking to buy more ram, also. I only have 256.. ;s Everywhere I've looked.. the places aren't exactly cheap to go buying more.

[Momba]

Tiger Direct

Best prices I have found on computer related items.

Edited by Momba, 07 January 2005 - 07:09 AM.

[jurian]

you might wanna say what country you are in cuz most internet shops don't ship outside their country or charge you a whole mooseinbg lot for shipping outside their country

[Vodka]

Hmm, I'm from the US. State to state shipping.. costs enough.. >.<

[Pandilex]

http://www.ebuyer.com or http://www.crucial.com

Particularly crucial, since they're offering free shipping, AND they're RAM specialists.

However are you sure it's not your graphics card that is making you lag? With 448mb of ram, a strange number, it suggests you might be using a graphics card that shares the system ram. These types of card are quite slow and generally quite old (unless it's a laptop, in which case just slow)

[Exor]

Yeah it is a laptop i am using. And yes I live in the US.

Im not sure if it would be my graphics card or not. Ive asked people on the game that I lag on what my problem is, and they all told me to get more ram.

Do you think it would be the graphics card that is the problem then? Seeing as I am on a laptop.

Thanks alot everyone for your help btw!

[jurian]

i played wow on a pc with 512 mb ram and it runs smooth (apparently the girls whos computer it was did turn down the graphic options) she had a 64 mb videocard

[Snoopy]

I find a lap top no matter how powerfull is just slow any way - dunno if this is a genral rul but my lap top has x2 specs on my desktop and runs slower :/

[Exor]

i played wow on a pc with 512 mb ram and it runs smooth (apparently the girls whos computer it was did turn down the graphic options) she had a 64 mb videocard

well how long did you play wow? I dont lag all the time.Its only when I enter a place with alot of people on their characters that causes me to lag out pretty much.I can't load everyone in big towns so I get an error and it crashes once in awhile. ;\

I checked out the sites and I like crucial best tbh.

It ran a test on my notebook to tell me what memory upgrade was best as well and to make sure it was compatible so that was good.But its also telling me I don't have any empty slots to add more ram to, and that doesnt seem right :|.

System Notes
Important! The Crucial System Scanner has determined that all of your computer's memory slots are full. You will have to remove some of the existing memory to make room for new, higher-capacity modules. But don't worry, that's easy to do. Simply identify which slot has the lowest amount of megabytes and replace it with a higher density module.


blast! ;\

[Exor]

Well I guess ill order 1GB of ram soon.Gonna cost me 340$

step dad is gonna kill me, but meh ;\

Edit: To someone who knows their comp stuff - how hard would it be to remove your old ram and replace it with new? Im on a laptop as I said so Im curious if its very difficult or not ;\.

Edited by Exor, 07 January 2005 - 02:48 PM.

[Exor]

took the cover off the back of my laptop to check the memory and crap... and this looks like its gonna be confusing as hell lol. Heres a pic of it.



Im worried im gonna feck crap up trying to remove my current ram and add more :-\.

and tbh im not even sure where to begin :|

Edited by Exor, 07 January 2005 - 04:27 PM.

[fester919]

get a pc instead of a laptop my help?

[Exor]

lol...i own a pc, but I dont play this game on it as much as I do my laptop so.... I need to upgrade my memory for this .

Heres another pic I took http://img.photobuck...lz/Peeking1.jpg

It looks to me thats another slot to insert more ram, but the test that was taken on crucial.com said there was no more open slots... Is it just me or does that look like another slot? Perhaps the test wasnt correct.. .

if that was indeed another slot then id rather spend 100$ and order 512 ram instead of the 340$ to get 1024 or w/e it was.

Pandilex or someone can you tell me whats the deal? As in if that is indeed another slot to insert more ram or what.

[MCM]

newegg

[Exor]

ah well I ordered a card of 512MB from crucial a few days ago, and it came in an hour or so ago.I put it in and im loving it . Thanks for the info though everyone.

Sometime soon I plan to order a 1024 card, but for now this will do .