Posts by Serb

The faster hard drive speed would only improve game/program load times. Its the CPU, Ram and or video card that will improve the overall game performance.

As I said it runs the games I have great. Havn't tryed doom 3 yet, as this laptop wasn't bought for gaming. Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 runs fine, Simcity 3000, deer hunter 5, ghost recon. Tiger Woods 2004 all run fine with No lag. I have...

I would also say 512 MB minimum. See if you have one or two slots that you can add memory to. One might be under key board as in my case. You might be able to add an additional 512mb of ram, if you have two slots, and end up with...

Try using this free program, www.fraps.com. It constantly shows frame rates in the corner as you play the game. My 4012US while playing GHOST RECON plays at 60 FPS with vertical sync ON, and ALL settings on HIGH. Resolution is...

With some recent posts about the ATI 200M, I decided to try a games on my R4012US compaq with its new 1 GB ram memory upgrade to see how it does. I have the 200 M 128 mb radeon video card and I have a small review. Playing Ghost...

I installed the 1 GB stik of ram purchased from memoryx.com in the slot under the key board. Was pretty easy to do. 4 screws in the bottom removed after removing the battery, ac power. Then pop up the on - off switch panel layed...

I installed the 1GB sik of ram under he key board in that memory slot, removed the 256 mb stik in the expansion slot and all is fine. I guess thats what you have to do to get it to work right in the R4012US compaq.

I have the 1GiG stk right now and am pondering replacing the memory in the slot under the keyboard. I think first i will run it past compaq. As memoryx.com has stated to me in tech emails to try it and report to them if it works. As...

As stated above the shared ram video card is not the best for gaming. Even with the 1 GB ddr it is not going to make much of a difference. The larger hard drive will do nothing to aid in gaming performance. Best bet save the money...

Ok I just got the new R4012US from Best Buy. A great laptop. BUT........ I only have 512 mb of ram. I've purchased two different types of new RAM. Both 1 GB stiks. I have only tried putting the new ram in the expansion slot, (which...