ok a little help......

[MarcwithaC]

so i got star wars galaxies and im trying to run it.......it works, but is real choppy like super lag, and my buddy doesnt get all that plus my sound only works sometimes on the game and then it gets so choppy and i lose the sound

im runnin a geforce 2 mx video card with a pentium 4 2.0 ghz and 256 megs of ram...........

this week id like to upgrade my video card, spare no expence what should i buy?............whats the best model nvidia offers and would a ram increase help? any help towards getting me in the right direction would be appreciated, thank you........

[Lemon[H]ead]

best model nVidia offers is exceedingly loud and not so great for the price. Radeon 9500 or 9600 would be a good idea for a fast card for cheap IMO.

re the RAM upgrade, more ram is ALWAYS gonna help, so the more you can throw at it then the better. I'm at 640MB at the moment on my main box (384 on my iBook) and i don't do much gaming

hope i've been of any help, mate.

-sean

[MarcwithaC]

yea definately a big help, i only said nvidia because this game supposedly runs real good on geforce cards, i figure im also gonna reformat my cluttered hard drive, that should help performance i think................

[vass0922]

Yes RAM would help a lot
Unless you're doing major video/audio/large photo editing or CAD I wouldn't bother going above 512 or 768 as your rate of return drops off drastically at about that point depending on your OS.. XPig sucks up a bunch of that on its own before the game gets to it so it needs a little more.
If you're using DDR, and you have a mobo that supports it make sure toget the same RAM for a 2nd slot to make sure of Dual DDR benefits.

[omalleytrading]

A new Video Card will help

More memory will help a lot -- not just this game, but everything.

If you do buy a new video card, you may want to consult this first: Video cards that are supported by Star Wars Galaxies

That aside, how is the game? Worth the investment?

[Omardeth]

the best video cards out there are the fx5900 they are about 400$ or more and the ati 9800 pro about 350-400$ . the fx5800 was the one that was LOUD the fx5900 isn't very loud .

[Auswak]

Originally posted by Lemon[H]ead
best model nVidia offers is exceedingly loud and not so great for the price. Radeon 9500 or 9600 would be a good idea for a fast card for cheap IMO.

re the RAM upgrade, more ram is ALWAYS gonna help, so the more you can throw at it then the better. I'm at 640MB at the moment on my main box (384 on my iBook) and i don't do much gaming

hope i've been of any help, mate.

-sean

The FX5900 Ultra 256mb is the best nVidia has at the moment, and it is quieter than GeForce4 boards. e-VGA FX5900 Ultra is the fastest one out at the moment for about $499.
The noisy board being referred to is the FX5800 Ultra

Also I agree that another 256mb of Ram for your motherboard would help you a little also.

[MarcwithaC]

wow thanx for the help...............im gonna go do an upgrade tomorow today im gonna reformat my drives............

btw: the game for the most part is killer, but i think they released it too early, there are major setup and in game bugs all over........but when you team up sony and lucas arts, you can expect some greed

[Eladijaz]

Greetings,
You're system with the gf2mx should run that game fine.
Is it a straight mx or a mx400 or mx200? If it's an mx200 then that may be the problem. Otherwise, I'd also look at your system drivers and sound card etc. for more issues. I have seen it running absolutely fine on a Duron 800/gf2mx system.
What's the soundcard you are using?
You don't accidentally have antialiasing or something like that switched on do you?
Regards,
Elad.

[MarcwithaC]

its the gforcemx/mx400 64 mb................. im not sure about antialiasing............maybe your right about those drivers, i tried updating my driver for the video card, and an error came up about windows xp not excepting the driver for the geforce, i didnt understand it that much..................