any comment on 2gb ram for gaming

damn right · #1 09-12-2005, 08:27 PM

Just wondering if 2gb makes any difference for gaming...

vidster · #2 09-12-2005, 08:42 PM

I'm not too savvy on hardware damn right but i know we'd have to know your full set up before anyone could really give a true opinion

List your specs and what your expecting from them and I'm sure someone will be able to give you some advice

damn right · #3 09-12-2005, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by vidster

I'm not too savvy on hardware damn right but i know we'd have to know your full set up before anyone could really give a true opinion

List your specs and what your expecting from them and I'm sure someone will be able to give you some advice

ASUS A8N-E PROACTIVE
AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ 939
1GB CORSAIR VALUE SELECT DUAL CHANNEL
512 X2 DDR400 PC3200
MSI NX6600 128DDR PCI-E

gigadave · #4 09-13-2005, 12:47 PM

More RAM is always good. Faster RAM is just as good. More fast RAM is the best!

Faron · #5 10-17-2005, 04:17 PM

it depends what kind of games. But 2gb ram is only good if you multitask alot. But a games are built to work with what you've got (except video cards).

ANZAC_ELITE · #6 10-17-2005, 10:55 PM

Yes 2gig will be better, if you can afford it, do it. Less page file usage = better gameplay

Dr_Asik · #7 10-25-2005, 04:06 PM

I'd advise against buying an additionnal 2 gig RAM. I already found a benchmarking test with The Sims 2 I think, and they compared the same machine with 1 gig RAM and 2 gig RAM. The 1 Gig RAM was actually faster than the 2 gig RAM, and it was supposedly the same type of RAM.

Right now if I were you, I wouldn't upgrade anything. Don't waste your money

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PS: I saw this test on http://hardware.gamespot.com/ . I cannot find the exact page right now though.

xequence · #8 11-29-2005, 10:12 PM

I would recomend it, if you have enough money.

Some games these days are needing 2GB RAM to play smoothly. Aparently Battlefield 2 is one of those games.

Yes, you could run them with 1GB nicely, but 2 GB will be better. Plus games in the future will need more RAM.

IneRtia dRaft · #9 12-14-2005, 02:21 PM

not many games now require more than 1GB or ram but eventually the games will be multi-threaded which would give dual core cpu the advantage than single cores.

1gb is good enough for now. but to have a game run smoothly relies on the cpu and video card.

i personally have 2gb. it really doens't make much difference