Tetn1s
Member
+59|6920|Los Angeles
My friend only has 1GB of RAM, while he plays games (Bf2,HL2,TF2) it just freezes randomly. Is this Vistas fault, and will installing XP over vista help/stop the problem?

His computer is not great, but its good enough to play these games on low..

P4 3.00 GHZ
Geforce Go 6150
RAM 1GB
Windows Vista
Ryan
Member
+1,230|7121|Alberta, Canada

1GB of RAM with Vista is no good, 2GB minimum. And I dunno if that 6150 can support the Vista Aero Glass effect very well.
DUnlimited
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+1,160|6741|cuntshitlake

There are many reasons

1. Vista is a resource hog.
2. 1gb of ram on Vista won't mean good gaming experience.
3. It's a laptop.
4. The Graphics card is NOT good.
5. The Graphics card/as well as the other parts' temperatures might rise too high, that causes freezing.
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AussieReaper
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+5,761|6431|what

he shouldnt have vista on a system so crappy

Last edited by TheAussieReaper (2008-03-06 16:33:15)

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Tetn1s
Member
+59|6920|Los Angeles
Yea, hes gonna install XP soon. Thanks for the advice. Yes i know his system sucks..
DUnlimited
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+1,160|6741|cuntshitlake

Mkay, you should also clean the machine as well as possible. There might be a lot of dust inside.
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AussieReaper
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+5,761|6431|what

If you open the machine for cleaning throw in another stick of ram.
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DUnlimited
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+1,160|6741|cuntshitlake

TheAussieReaper wrote:

If you open the machine for cleaning throw in another stick of ram.
Probably not possible, since that is a lappy.
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Overdose
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+13|6393|Fort Worth, TX
noo, on a laptop you CAN change the RAM and harddrive. In some cases the wireless card too.
Gooners
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+2,700|6910

TheAussieReaper wrote:

he shouldnt have vista on a system so crappy
Fixed4u
DUnlimited
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+1,160|6741|cuntshitlake

Overdose wrote:

noo, on a laptop you CAN change the RAM and harddrive. In some cases the wireless card too.
Change yes, not add.

And the 1gb of ram is not the bottleneck when on XP. It's the graphics card.
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