1GB Ram vs 2GB

[EndofSanity]

Hi i gota question for everyone here, is the peformance increase of going from 1gb to 2gigs of ram worth the money? i've been told you hardly use 1gb anyways. BTW i game alot so keep that in mind and multitask.

 

[NeedAcpu]

Yes, Battlefield 2 takes like 1.25 gb of RAM and thats not including other programs open in the background.

 

[efd753]

only for bf2 other then that no. u wotn get a perfomance gain what u gooan get is faster loadign time and no stuttering at the start of a map.

 

[Aesthetic]

If you are doing some high end video/audio editing, then it might also come in useful. For everyday gaming and all other applications, 1GB is usually sufficient.

 

[Dante_Caligari]

I have a question: are the 1gb that fit into a single DIMM better than going with 2x512?

 

[zerodayATK]

no ... most ppl agree 2 512 is better because of dual channel

 

[Dante_Caligari]

...so having 4x512MB in a system may be better than having 4x1GB??

 

[Alex81388]

No, thats not right because 4x1gig would give you twice the RAM.

But 2x512 = 1gig
1x1gg = 1gig
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the 512 sticks are better


Don't get 4 512 sticks unless you're sure your motherboard can do the 400mhz on each stick with every DIMM filled, many can't.

Right now you don't need 2 gigs. Anyone who has 'thought' they needed it or something because of BF2 and asked me about there has always been stuff on the comp taking resources.

BF2 runs PERFECT on a gig of ram, there is no need for more.

 

[Dante_Caligari]

My mobo only has four DIMM. I put two 512's in it initially, because at the time I had no idea that they even made 1gb modules for a single DIMM. I originally planned on getting 4GB, but you are saying that I should just stick in two more 512's whereas 2gb would be more than plenty...correct?

 

[NeedAcpu]

No, thats not right because 4x1gig would give you twice the RAM.

But 2x512 = 1gig
1x1gg = 1gig
___________
the 512 sticks are better


Don't get 4 512 sticks unless you're sure your motherboard can do the 400mhz on each stick with every DIMM filled, many can't.

Right now you don't need 2 gigs. Anyone who has 'thought' they needed it or something because of BF2 and asked me about there has always been stuff on the comp taking resources.

BF2 runs PERFECT on a gig of ram, there is no need for more.

There is a need for more because who wants to close down everything every time they want to play a game?