I got a Core 2 Quad Q9550 and a GTX 260 216-core and 4GB (2x2) of G.SKILL PC2-5300 RAM
I bought the RAM because at the time I only went with what I knew, which is that the FSB and DRAM frequency are supposed to be the same, but people were saying Core 2s can take advantage of more bandwidth unlike older processors. So I'm wondering if it would be worth it get higher clocked RAM for my machine, like raising my framerates significantly, and if so, what should I get? My price range is around 70$. Or should I just save for when nVidia releases better DX11 cards? I'm mainly looking to get more performance out of BC2 and future DX11 games, as I can only play it on medium settings at 1680x1050, it runs a great at those settings with a little tiny bit of lag every now and then but other than that crystal clear framerates.
Also, why the fuck have RAM prices blown up so much? It's absolutely ridiculous, I saw 2GB kits that were like 35$ 9 months ago now going for like 55$ or some shit like that. Before you know it I'll be paying 90$ for 1GB like I did for DDR1 four or five years ago.
I bought the RAM because at the time I only went with what I knew, which is that the FSB and DRAM frequency are supposed to be the same, but people were saying Core 2s can take advantage of more bandwidth unlike older processors. So I'm wondering if it would be worth it get higher clocked RAM for my machine, like raising my framerates significantly, and if so, what should I get? My price range is around 70$. Or should I just save for when nVidia releases better DX11 cards? I'm mainly looking to get more performance out of BC2 and future DX11 games, as I can only play it on medium settings at 1680x1050, it runs a great at those settings with a little tiny bit of lag every now and then but other than that crystal clear framerates.
Also, why the fuck have RAM prices blown up so much? It's absolutely ridiculous, I saw 2GB kits that were like 35$ 9 months ago now going for like 55$ or some shit like that. Before you know it I'll be paying 90$ for 1GB like I did for DDR1 four or five years ago.
