Q: i can give all the details of my pc if it'll help. just ask about what you need THANKS!! I have 8gb of ram but a 'crap' integrated radeon x1250. Opinions?
A: Depends. Additional memory boosts up speed if pc had too much ram before the upgrade. For example if you have 1GB RAM, but vista takes 500mb and computer game 700mb, then this extra 200MB must be cached on hard drive, which decreases fps. If you have 2GB RAM, then all needed files can be stored in RAM and you get better fps. Upgrading to 4GB don't give performance boost, because it still caches only 500+700mb. I guess currently optimal amount of memory is 2gb. You can open performance monitor (ctrl+alt+del, performance tab) and find out if computer uses over 90% physical memory. edit: 8GB w/ x1250?? wow, it's like ferrari with ford sierra engine. Looks nice but completely useless.