Right,
I am running a 64 AMD 4000  x 2 ( about 4.2 Ghz)

1Mb DDR2 RAM

and an old Radeon ATI x1800xl 256mb.

on a 1650 x 1050 screen.

These are all fairly average,

and can run COD4 fine with no problems,

and I get a steady FPS of about 25-30 on VG, which isn't great, but shouldn't cause too much hassle...

so why am i getting massive hitches?

If I upgraded one part, which should it be?

More memory would help significantly, especially if your running Vista (hopefully your using XP). But video card would be a close second. Consider an Nvidia 8800.

Good luck and Peace!

I thought as much,

but if my fps is ok, logic tells me it should be playing fine :(

I actually have 2 x 1gb sticks of ram,

but whenever I try put the second one in it beeps single beeps.

I've tried multiple things, both ram sticks work, I think it must be the slot.. :(

I'll try sell them and buy a 1 x 2gb stick instead.

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Your video card is far better than the system requeriments, but more ram will probably improve your performance.

But to be honest, you will have issues with performance even with a totally new PC, I would wait the next updates of Vanguard, then you will know for sure wich kind of upgrade will be good for you.

The game still has a lot of performance issues...

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Oh really? I thought my graphics card was fairly old? It wasn't exactly expensive...

I know there hasn't been a set date or anything yet, but is there a rough kind of time that the next mini patch or even GU6 will be coming out?

I kind of want to buy the game before my trial runs out, but I don't really want to buy it while it runs as it does, because although i can get used to it, when i'm paying i'd prefer a silky smooth, or even cotton smooth performance ;)
 

Glad to hear you are considering Vanguard. I would start with the simplest, least expensive option first: RAM. Put another stick in there and you should be fine on medium settings. Oh, and the game is stunning on these settings.

yeahh i put it on full settings, it was really stunning, even the figure was ok! Actually I quite like the figures atm, what am i talking about? =p

but good idea, a simple £30 for a 2gb stick, should be able to sell my old ones for about 20 quid or something.

In reference to your Ram, it may be important that your memory is a matched pair. I typically dont recommend mixing manufactures either. So, to clarify, if your computer came with a certain brand/type, get exactly the same thing. Otherwise, it may be worth avoiding the headaches by just buying a matched pair from the same manufacture (ex: Patriot, ICQ, Corsair.....). Also, before buying memory, check to see what your motherboard supports (ex: DDR266, DDR800, DDR1066....). Hope this helps a bit.

Good luck.