I recently posted about well basically rebuilding my computer with 3ghz pentium 4, a new asus P5ND2-SLI mobo and a ati radeon x1300 pci express graphics card... well when I play my games they're still running slow... I only have 256mb of memory and was wondering if I put in some more if that would help any..256 RAM is not enough for a satisfactory XP experience and ESPECIALLY if you plan to game. what would you suggest? like how much more should I buy? I play games like The Sims 2 LoL it RUNS real slow when I play thatI imagine it does and you're lucky it runs at all!


Here's EXACTLY what you NEED, but which to get depends on what chips are in there now and your budget. 512 is a minimum, and 1 gig seems to be popular with gamers. In your case I would say 2 X 512 makes sense.

http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=ASUS%2B+Motherboards&mfr=ASUS&tabid=AM&model=P5ND2-SLI&submit=Go

You may find RAM cheaper elsewhere and it MAY work, but crucial offers reasonable prices, fast shipping, a lifetime warranty and GUARANTEED compatibility. Some people save a few bucks and end up with a disaster as all RAM is not the same.
256 for todays games isnt good. But it depends on the games you play. If its games like First PERSON shooters like battlefield 2 the 1024 mb is the least you should have. If i was you and you like to game, then i would get 1024 MB2GIGS baby! Quote

2GIGS baby!