job he already said hes running a frigging 512 MB graphics card that should be more then good enough you idiot.

Anyhow Jaxx im guessing its to do with memory could be your RAM

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go to run and type in DXDIAG and then print screen it and post ur exact specifications of your computer here and ill be able to further help you.
 
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Sorry Colonel, but do you actually have vista? because whoever told you that is full of it.

I myself have C&C3, I run it on almost max specs. I was running it on reasnoably high specs when I was only running 2 gig's of ram, now I have 4, and it runs smoothly and beautifully.

His CPU is a 2.2 Core 2 Duo Job, the 800 mhz reffers to the FSB (Kinda funny how they list the FSB speed but don't actually tell you the CPU clock).

I would suggest trying to run it in XP Sp2 compatability mode to see wether that allows it to run any better online? it may be that people running different operating systems do not go well together when playing Company of heroes.

As colonel said, the ram in your graphics card is not nessacarily what makes it good, factors such as the RAM type (My card is running 356 'GDDR3' even though there is no standard for what 'GDDR3' is, lol) and graphics chip generation. I upgraded from a GeForce 7300 to an 8600 Gt earlier this year, and I actually decreased in RAm, bur according to vista my graphics processing became twice as good.

Post your graphic's card specs for us?


 
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Sorry Colonel, but do you actually have vista? because whoever told you that is full of it.

I myself have C&C3, I run it on almost max specs. I was running it on reasnoably high specs when I was only running 2 gig's of ram, now I have 4, and it runs smoothly and beautifully.

His CPU is a 2.2 Core 2 Duo Job, the 800 mhz reffers to the FSB (Kinda funny how they list the FSB speed but don't actually tell you the CPU clock).

I would suggest trying to run it in XP Sp2 compatability mode to see wether that allows it to run any better online? it may be that people running different operating systems do not go well together when playing Company of heroes.

As colonel said, the ram in your graphics card is not nessacarily what makes it good, factors such as the RAM type (My card is running 356 'GDDR3' even though there is no standard for what 'GDDR3' is, lol) and graphics chip generation. I upgraded from a GeForce 7300 to an 8600 Gt earlier this year, and I actually decreased in RAm, bur according to vista my graphics processing became twice as good.

Post your graphic's card specs for us?

Thankfully I don't have Vista, I've tried it a few times but don't like it. This was when C&C 3 just came out and was supposedly 'Vista Ready'. This wasn't from just one person, it was a group of people. Of course there were others that said it ran fine, but loads of people said it was incredibly laggy on Vista, but ran fine on XP. I do know that it works fine on Vista now because some of my friends borrowed my copy and say it works great. I can't use it on my MacBook Pro unless I decide to install XP via partitioning my HDD which I'm not sure I want to do, and a VPC can't provide enough power to run the game.

In any case, chances are that isn't the problem anyway because Vista has been out for a while now, but I was just saying that as a possibility.
 
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This explains it all.

7300's are ****, there is no kinder way to put it. Realistically it could use about a third to a quarter of the ram on the card, the rest it physically could not address.

People do not realise, if you have an older generation of graphics card any ram over 256mb is totally pointless as the GPU cannot address it.

With your current PC spec's I would maybe look at another 7000 series nvidia card, but one of the higher end card's like a 7900 or 7950. One of those card's will still run COH very well, and probably won't set you back too much.

There is no point going for an 8000 or 9000 series card's as these card's are designed for running DX 10 on vista, so the main advantages of these card's will be lost on you with an XP based pc.

My Reccomendation would be to get;

A Nvidia 7900 series card (something like this: Ebay 7900 though try to find it brand new.) Post here if you intend to buy one first though, as spec's of graphics cards vary and brands can be shite (Leadtek etc.)

An extra Gig of ram.... find out the speed of your current ram first, and what your motherboard is compatable with.

 
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A gig should cost almost nothing.... I got 2 gig's for 70NZD a couple of months ago (Corsair Xms2 no less). 70NZ is like 25 pounts, so like 10 pounds for a gig of quality ram....
 
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An 8800 would be a waste, no non-DX10 game needs something that good, plus his processor isnt powerful enough to need it.

Any non-vista 32 bit Operating system can only address 3.5 gigs of ram or something like that, so anything above that is pointless. Make sure you check your manufacturers handbook befoe rushing off to buy any though, as you will find that only certain spec's of ram will work correctly in your PC.
 
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No i doubt a place like PC world would fit it for you. You would have to find a specialist store to do that and pay more cash. However it would be really easy to install this yourself. Also you need to really buy RAM in pairs as this makes it work better you cant just whack in 1 1gb stick in any old slot. All you do is unclip your old ram and stick your new ram in. I recommend buying 2 x 512 MB of RAM use www.Crucial.com/uk to scan your PC and it will give you a list of compatible RAM for your computer. Should be around less then 40 quid. or for around 40 - 50 you could get 2 X 1 Gb which you would not have to upgrade for a long time but its upto you.

As for graphics cards as 8th series would not be much use as your not running vista however even the fabled 8800 GTX is only around £100 and would be a great investment and serve you for years to come so this could be a very worth while thing to think about. The 9600 cards are around the same cost but i dont believe they are much better. Upto you really i might take a further look into it.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....s)%20-%20Retail
 
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Graphics cards are usually more expensive If it's a decent one
 
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