Need help with picking RAM :S

[labrat]

Hi everyone,

I have a new PC that I built a week ago, specs:

AMD 64 3000+
Abit AV8 3rd Eye
XFX 6800 standard
Truepower PSU 330W
Sata seagate Hdd
and Geil Value select ram 512MB: http://www.geil.com.tw/portal/product_400_tv_dc.php

My question is: Is it worth selling my current RAM and getting 1GB of decent corsair XL: http://www.corsairmicro.com/corsair/currents/CurrentsJUNE04.html

or shall I just buy another 512 of what I already have. Is what I have already good RAM or have i bought bad stuff?? Would there be a massive difference between the Value stuff, and the expensive stuff?

This is in regards to gaming, I cannot currently play half life 2 on high settings with a steady frame rate and no lag, and am thinking that it is my RAM which is the problem.

Thanks a lot.

 

[neosteve]

I say sell you old memory and get 1gig of decent corsair memory.
The reason i say this is that the corsair has better timings which makes it faster than your old memory by quite a bit. Although if you by this ram it will only help a bit in HL2 and wont solve your problem in the end.
If you really want to play HL2 on high settings i say get a better graphics card and not memory because your memory doesnÂ’t really make such a big difference in games as much as graphics card does.
Get a 6800GT or X800Pro to play HL2 on High settings.

Neosteve

 

[beedubaya]

Get rid of your memory and get Corsair XMS or Kingston HyperX.

 

[Regulus]

Yea, you'll need the 1gig eventually, and if all you have is 512megs then there will be probs.

 

[Trifid]

Would 1GB of value RAM be fine for gaming though, or would 1GB of the expensive stuff make a big difference???