So the skyrim runs pretty well on my current pc that I built back in 2007 to run crysis, the current specs are:
e6750 dual core intel cpu 2.66 ghz
evga 8800gt gpu
2 gb's gskill ram ddr2 800mhz ram pc6400
Now, I was thinking of getting more ram, the game runs pretty good and looks pretty good even on low/medium settings, but figured more ram would help with the occasionaly 3 second pauses when traveling across the map - however Im using xpsp3 so I won't be able to utilize all 4 gb's since it's a 32 bit system, but I do have a copy of windows 7 64 bit that I could install, so my question is - which would be better, installing 4 gb's total of ram and installing windows 7, OR, keeping xpsp3 and installing the ram and letting the system use as much of it as it can. I figured since windows 7 uses more ram to begin with, it might cancel out the extra gig that it has the ability to use anyways and the game won't run any faster
lastly, I'd be down to buy a new video card as long as it's under ~150 - I'd prefer to stick with Nvidia EVGA but if ATI has taken over the bang for your buck spot on the podium then that's good, I'll leave it up to you whiz's to know, as I've fell out of the loop over the past few years. I saw the new Nvidia cards on newegg, the gta 450-550 cards and those seem like they'd be significant upgrades over my 8800 gt, but what do you think?
Also, my power supply is 700 watts and 56 amp I believe, and my motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L so Im not sure if that will limit me on what kind of GPU i can even upgrade to. Example:
would this card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130625
work with my current motherboard?
Thanks for any help!!!
-Erik
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