Laptop and extra RAM?

[suzita]

<p>Hi all</p><p>I've been having performance issue with my laptop and I'm hoping an extra 2 gig of RAM will make a difference (currently 2 gig and upgrading to 4).  These are my laptop specs</p><p><p>Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.090302-1506)Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: ClevoSystem Model: M670SRUBIOS: BIOS Revision: 1.00.09          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T9300  @ 2.50GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.5GHzMemory: 2046MB RAMPage File: 894MB used, 1291MB availableWindows Dir: C:WindowsDirectX Version: DirectX 10DX Setup Parameters: Not foundDxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode</p><p>I know laptops aren't supported but if anyone could give me an idea of whether the extra RAM will help or whether there may be some other issue - I'd be really grateful <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  I'm having problems with lag, freezing, load times even when running in extreme performance...</p><p>(First time posting and not very techy minded - sorry if I haven't included anything else needed!)</p></p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>suzita wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hi all</p><p>I've been having performance issue with my laptop and I'm hoping an extra 2 gig of RAM will make a difference (currently 2 gig and upgrading to 4).  These are my laptop specs</p><p><p>Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.090302-1506)Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: ClevoSystem Model: M670SRUBIOS: BIOS Revision: 1.00.09          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T9300  @ 2.50GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.5GHzMemory: 2046MB RAMPage File: 894MB used, 1291MB availableWindows Dir: C:WindowsDirectX Version: DirectX 10DX Setup Parameters: Not foundDxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode</p><p>I know laptops aren't supported but if anyone could give me an idea of whether the extra RAM will help or whether there may be some other issue - I'd be really grateful <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />  I'm having problems with lag, freezing, load times even when running in extreme performance...</p><p>(First time posting and not very techy minded - sorry if I haven't included anything else needed!)</p></p></blockquote><p>More importantly - what video chipset is in the laptop? You can find the information in the same file that you posted a part of, just a little further down</p>

[suzita]

<p>Chip type: GeForce 8400M G</p><p>Thanks for response - hope that's right</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p>An extra 2gb of ram will certainly make a difference.  That said, the biggest bottleneck for your system right now is probably that 8400M graphics chip.</p>

[suzita]

<p>Thanks very much for the response.  I now have the extra 2 gig of RAM and it has indeed made a difference <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Does anyone have the time to give me any more information about why that card / chip is the biggest bottleneck or anywhere I can find that information?  We'd been told that it was quite a good one and I hadn't thought that was the problem <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>I'm happy with the performance now - able to run on high perf/balanced for most situations, but I am curious now and may look into upgrading the card if I can.</p><p>Thanks again</p><p>Suzita</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p>Greetings,</p><p>The graphics card is the bottle neck in that your CPU is performing at a higher level.  It should not be a major issue in this case, though, since the game is mainly based off the CPU.  The graphics card should only have a serious impact on your particle effects and you shadows(assuming you're using GPU shadows).  You should be able to run fairly well with your current setup.</p>