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should I get more ram
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2002 8:31 pm
by marscheese
I'm running Windows 2000 and i know that you guys say that 256 RAM is pretty much the minimum.. Well, I have 512 DDR, and I'm wondering if adding more RAM would be worth it. I know in Win9x, the OS pretty much maxes out as far as preformance increase at 512. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks in advance...
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if more RAM would be helpful, how much more would I want to add? (I may also like to mention the fact that I do play Battlefield 1942, and here are my specs as of now:
XP1800+
512 DDR
Winows 2000
Radeon 32 MB (though I am planning to upgrade when the 9700 goes down
)
Gigabyte+ mobo
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2002 9:25 pm
by wvjohn
win 2k on a p4 @ 2.13 gaming/surfing/fah 24x7
256 - some noticeable swapping
512 no noticeable swapping on any games that I play
768 because I had one more stick left
no noticeable difference bewtween 512
though there are some games like bf 1942 which use more than 512
i think in 9x the uesful max is 256 - afaik 2k can handle as mych as you can afford
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2002 10:31 pm
by LoneWolfX1X
in games like mafia and bf1942 there is a discernable difference between 512 and 768.
Unfortunately my mobo cant run more than one stick at ~2700 speeds so my options were 512 @ about 2900 in sandra or 768 @ about 2200
The 256 is for sale heh
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 12:45 am
by FlyingPenguin
Up until recently I would have said 512Mb is enough but BF 1942 uses around 600Mb so I just added an extra stick for 1Gb. I hear Mafia and UT2K3 are also big ram hogs.
I think the new low bar is 512Mb now.
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 2:03 am
by BillyGoat
ive had 512 for about 2 years now, everyone who knows me thought i was being excessive, but i never had any resources problems and i edit video, having vegas, sonic foundry sound forge, adobe premier and other open simotaniously, as of recently with new games i play and new builds of these programs, im feeling the need for a gig or more, also this 1.33 athlon is feeling slow
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 10:34 am
by Hipnotic_Tranz
Well your buddy is about to have 768meg total by the end of the week (hopefully I'd upgrade that video card before I would even touch your ram
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 10:51 am
by nexus_7
512 really is enough, but with the newer stuff 784+ is becoming more useful.
Greg
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 11:13 am
by marscheese
Originally posted by Hipnotic_Tranz
(hopefully I'd upgrade that video card before I would even touch your ram
now that's hitting below the belt...
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 12:03 pm
by DocSilly
Mafia uses easily 400MB for itself (on top of your system usage) ...
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2002 6:44 pm
by ShibasScotch
Originally posted by Hipnotic_Tranz
(hopefully I'd upgrade that video card before I would even touch your ram
TRUE TRUE -- Id go for a GIG if you can afford it just for the hell of it, 512 might be enough now.. but from some of the rumors that i have heard of.. if you a big gamer.. you may want to push a gig..
Rumors ie. (Doom 3, Diablo 3{mabey in 10 years}, Tribes 3)
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 6:25 pm
by Absolut Talent
Originally posted by ShibasScotch
Rumors ie. (Doom 3, Diablo 3{mabey in 10 years}, Tribes 3)
well.....right now from reading some carmack reports, the doom3 should have atleast 512 to enjoy
I dont see a diablo3 in the near future, and even the current diablo2 can be ran comfortablly at 128
Tribes 3..........well I dont see this comming out. Dynamix is gone. I dont see sierra pushing out a new one when they already have their hands full with the t2 online servers. but t2 was able to be ran fine with 256. I think its need was a better vid card than more ram
For gamers, I would say that 768 is the perfect level. I wish I could get back up their soon. My latest 256 stick just bit the dust
