MAKDJ Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 (edited) gta iv lags on triple core should i buy on? my specs:amd athlon 3500+ 2.21GHz NVIDIA geforce 9400gt UPGRADE:AMD PHENOM 720 2.80GHz X3 and nvidia 9800gt Edited February 23, 2010 by MAKDJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 its your video card (9400) not your CPU most likely. upgrade your video card first to something new eg ATi 5770 or nVidia GTX260. Then if it's still laggy put the settings down or you can upgrade your CPU if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 The difference between a 9400GT to a 9800GT isn't going to be worth the money to buy it. If you're going to upgrade, you should make a decent investment, something that will last you a long time. A slight upgrade basically just proves you wasted your money the first time. You're saying your amd athlon 3500+ 2.21GHz is a triple core CPU? Not last time I checked. I have a 5600+ and this is an Athlon 64 dual-core CPU. Either way, the 3500+ is going to be adequate. Phenom would be good but the graphics card is going to make a much bigger difference. RAM is also pretty important. I'd really recommend at least 4GB these days. You'd survive on 2, but you can't expect huge games like this to work without having to load stuff every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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