[Torran]

Computer Specifications
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.88GHZ
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 9500GT 512MB GDDR3 HDMI
RAM: 2GB RAM

Question
On games like NFS Shift and Just Cause 2 they run farely well
But when i film videos using fraps or broadcast on xfire it lags quite a bit
My question is what would i need to upgrade to either reduce or get rid of this lag

[weedarr]

We need a price range!!

Oh wait, you asked what you should upgrade, not what products. Anyways, I would say GPU.

WeeDarr

I should be a product advisor, already been helping someone buy something tonight...

[SaW_[VrTx]]

VGA. 9500gt is sh*t.
edit: WeeDarr, i didn't know that you can change gpu (Graphics processing unit) without changing VGA (Videocard or Video Graphic Array).

[Aleron]

i would recommend this:

Cpu: intel i7 is pretty good!
Gpu:nvidia geforce 9800 gtx2 (1gb) = (1024mb) :P (the price is quite low)
RAM: 6gb ram (2x3gb DRR3)(i would suggest kingston)

[SaW_[VrTx]]

I7 and 9800gtx?? If you're getting i7, go for GTX295 or GTX280.

[ineoncore]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zack. i would recommend this: Cpu: intel i7 is pretty good! Gpu:nvidia geforce 9800 gtx2 (1gb) = (1024mb) :P (the price is quite low) RAM: 6gb ram (2x3gb DRR3)(i would suggest kingston)

Intel i7 extreme edition

[dice7]

Tbh ati owns nvidia today, so if you wana be future proof, get an ati card.
And video card memory has absolutely no impact on performance, unless you have a 64mb.
And why upgrade in the first place ? Your FSB would probably bottleneck the whole system up, judging by the graphic card

[Torran]

Sorry im a new to computer type stuff, what is FSB?
Also like to point out im on a tight budget of Ј100,
Possibly more, Im not too sure yet

[mamorunl]

Even though I have a pretty good system, if I start to record with Fraps my FPS drops to about 8, and while gaming normally it is 80. I have no idea what is going on and I am not fixing it. I can't seem to bother anymore. I am just playing my games.

Reason I posted this? Just to mention the fraps part.

[iLinx]

If you want to increase fraps performance you need a better cpu, or really its dependent on the system. I have a C2D aswell and I run anything on top settings fine, fraps drops that to like 10fps however. Try checking your system resource usage while running fraps in a game and while not running fraps, if you find theres a cpu spike (most likely) then upgrade your cpu or overclock it, else upgrade your graphics.

I wouldn't say its ram, unless your using 95% before fraps.