4GB of RAM, really necessary?

2008-02-26 15:54:58

#1

[HOF]Mercenary: o_O; +53|6456

I have Vista Home Premium, with 2 gigs of RAM, all my games run great at the settings I expect from my 8600GT, however, I will soon be getting a 8800GT, is their any reason I should get another two gigs of RAM, or will it not be much of a difference?

Last edited by [HOF]Mercenary (2008-02-26 15:55:15)

2008-02-26 15:56:15

#2

KylieTastic: Games, Girls, Guinness; +85|6730|Cambridge, UK

If things run fine at the mo no need to get more ram because of a gfx crd upgrade

but just cuz you think things are cool with 2 dosnt mean they wouldnt be beter with 4 (Vista is a memory hog!)

Last edited by KylieTastic (2008-02-26 15:58:37)

2008-02-26 15:57:36

#3

GodFather: Blademaster's bottom bitch; +387|6498|Phoenix, AZ

Prefetch?

im on Vista Ultimate 64 Bit and I love the 4gb ram, i can go up to 70% sometimes... so Id definately rather have my 4GB rather than 2GB

I might kill myself if I had 2GB lol

2008-02-26 15:59:32

#4

Volatile: Member; +252|6983|Sextupling in Empire

Ram is super cheap right now, so why not?

Helps maps to load faster and run better.

JEZ DO IT!

2008-02-26 16:01:43

#5

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7121|Alberta, Canada

It'll be worth it in a few years from now.
I see alot of PC's in flyers in my newspaper that are coming with 3GB's of RAM.

Last edited by Ryan (2008-02-26 16:02:07)

2008-02-26 16:05:24

#6

GodFather: Blademaster's bottom bitch; +387|6498|Phoenix, AZ

Ryan wrote:
It'll be worth it in a few years from now.
I see alot of PC's in flyers in my newspaper that are coming with 3GB's of RAM.

any computer that is actually intended for GAMING, not just "home" use will probably come with 4GB

I think in a few years we will be looking at DDR3

Ram is super cheap right now, so why not?

Helps maps to load faster and run better.

JEZ DO IT!

/agree

2008-02-26 16:06:12

#7

eusgen: Nugget; +402|7070|Jupiter

I have 4, its amazing

2008-02-26 16:08:11

#8

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|6243|London, England

I have 2, its amazing

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2008-02-26 16:08:13

#9

[HOF]Mercenary: o_O; +53|6456

All right, thnx guys, will do : )

2008-02-26 16:16:01

#10

avman633: Member; +116|6642

I have 1, its not that amazing but my XP works.

Just get it

2008-02-26 17:01:16

#11

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7121|Reykjavík, Iceland.

I have 2, going to 4 next time I have money

2008-02-26 17:03:30

#12

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6938|The darkside of Denver

4, loads maps super fast in all games. Prepared to be first in line for vehicles in bf2!

2008-02-26 18:13:42

#13

Computer_Guy: Member; +54|6975

If you have more RAM, vista will take more of advantage of it making it faster. So i recommend 4 gigs. Because with 2 gigs vista take lttle because it know you need it but it makes it slower.

2008-02-26 18:29:50

#14

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6731|The Twilight Zone

<SS>SonderKommando wrote:
4, loads maps super fast in all games. Prepared to be first in line for vehicles in bf2!

i was the first on the server when i had 1.5 gb of memory. almost always.

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2008-02-26 18:32:16

#15

RandomSchl: |\/|€|\/|ß€|2; +52|6722|California

I have two GB with vista and its not enough, can't even play BF2 smoothly, when I could easily play it smooth with XP.

2008-02-26 18:33:37

#16

Mr.Dude2: Member; +13|6602| Bay Area Calif. USA

GodFather wrote:
Ryan wrote:
It'll be worth it in a few years from now.
I see alot of PC's in flyers in my newspaper that are coming with 3GB's of RAM.
any computer that is actually intended for GAMING, not just "home" use will probably come with 4GB

I think in a few years we will be looking at DDR3

Ram is super cheap right now, so why not?

Helps maps to load faster and run better.

JEZ DO IT!
/agree

I have 4 gigs of DDR3...runs great under vista 64.

2008-02-26 22:41:49

#17

']['error: Banned; +630|6922|The Netherlands

RandomSchl wrote:
I have two GB with vista and its not enough, can't even play BF2 smoothly, when I could easily play it smooth with XP.

I had the exact same problem with vista! Now everything is smooth with 4gigs

edit: And ddr2 ram is very cheap these days, just get it!

Last edited by ']['error (2008-02-26 22:42:36)

2008-02-26 23:30:38

#18

GodFather: Blademaster's bottom bitch; +387|6498|Phoenix, AZ

Mr.Dude2 wrote:
I have 4 gigs of DDR3...runs great under vista 64.

lewt?

2008-02-26 23:37:32

#19

Fenix14: scout rush kekeke ^___^; +116|6835|Brisbane, Aus

yes it is necessary

even if you have XP and you have 4 gigs, still comes out as 3.5gig, thats more than 2

maths, i learneds

2008-02-26 23:39:47

#20

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|6933

RAM is so cheap now I'm tempted to order another 2x2 gigs to fill up the slots and get 8! ...but that wouldn't do much at all.
4 GB of RAM isn't completely necessary, though, but definitely a great thing to have. Might as well do it.

2008-02-26 23:41:06

#21

jaymz9350: Member; +54|6855

Fenix14 wrote:
yes it is necessary

even if you have XP and you have 4 gigs, still comes out as 3.5gig, thats more than 2

maths, i learneds

having more memory isn't always better. in XP it's rare you'd use more than 2 gig so 4 (or 3.5) wouldn't help. In vista while it's not absolutely necessary it is definitely worth it with the price of ram these days, I bought a 2 x 2 gig set of ddr2 1000 for 115.

2008-02-26 23:42:37

#22

aimless: Member; +166|6403|Texas

What are benefits of Vista other than DirectX 10? I'm thinking about getting it, my school has ultimate for $30.00

2008-02-27 00:34:11

#23

jaymz9350: Member; +54|6855

aimless wrote:
What are benefits of Vista other than DirectX 10? I'm thinking about getting it, my school has ultimate for $30.00

not much from what i've seen of it. I has more visual effects and such but that's no biggie. If your pc isn't up snuff it can make you mad but I have never noticed it being any slower than when i used XP. The main reason I went vista is soon things will be migrating that way and there have been plenty of rumors i've seen of some games not running on XP (without hacks that is) and with the 4 gig of memory i bought i needed a 64 bit os to fully use it so i saw no reason to pay for xp pro 64 when Vista is the future.

2008-02-27 00:42:47

#24

-101-InvaderZim: Member; +42|7122|Waikato, Aotearoa

If your running Vista then yes. 4GB of memory is most definitely necessary.

Vista (Premium) uses 1.5 GB of RAM just sitting doing nothing. Add games that you play (with their own memory requirements) and even 2GB is starting to look insufficient.

2008-02-27 01:53:13

#25

Nessie09: I "fix" things; +107|6948|The Netherlands

2 GB: Sometimes not enough
4 GB: Almost never full

--> 3 GB: Perfect (and dualchannel if 2x512 and 2x1024)

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<SS>SonderKommando wrote:

GodFather wrote:

Ryan wrote:

RandomSchl wrote:

Mr.Dude2 wrote:

Fenix14 wrote:

aimless wrote:

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