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I am just curious if any one has really seen a difference running 2 gigs of any ddr2 ram memory to 4 gigs of ram in dual channel.I hear some do not see a difference on many forums,Any one go from 2 to 4 gigs.What did it speed up.Games /programs opening ?,I have played with a comp that had 4 gigs of the same brand ram pc 5300 667mhz like i have,But i run 2 sticks of one gig and did not see any difference playing with the computer.
 
2GB of RAM already needs programs that support and need upto 2GB. If you photoshop alot, 2GB is enough. 4GB will be useless for 32-bit only applications, unless they're programmed to support the 4GB available.
So, older games, or games that aren't programmed to use so much RAM will probably not benefit at all, unless you're doing serious background multi-tasking while gaming, I guess.
 
Ripper3 said:
2GB of RAM already needs programs that support and need upto 2GB. If you photoshop alot, 2GB is enough. 4GB will be useless for 32-bit only applications, unless they're programmed to support the 4GB available.
So, older games, or games that aren't programmed to use so much RAM will probably not benefit at all, unless you're doing serious background multi-tasking while gaming, I guess.
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Totally true, 4GB is overkill, you won't need them if you don't run 154234 programs at the same time :p
 
PB said:
I am just curious if any one has really seen a difference running 2 gigs of any ddr2 ram memory to 4 gigs of ram in dual channel.I hear some do not see a difference on many forums,Any one go from 2 to 4 gigs.What did it speed up.Games /programs opening ?,I have played with a comp that had 4 gigs of the same brand ram pc 5300 667mhz like i have,But i run 2 sticks of one gig and did not see any difference playing with the computer.
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Two words - VISTA, CAD.

:toast:
 
Personally... unless you are doing autocad or some other crazy stuff, you really do not need 4 gb and it will be just overkill.

that being said... I say get the 4 gb, nothing wrong with overkill :)
 
I put just for the test 4gb in my rig with my Vista Ultimate x64.....Isnt worth the extra bucks...The difference is there , you notice it abit but not as it should.
 
What is autocad?
 
Zeratul_uy said:
Totally true, 4GB is overkill, you won't need them if you don't run 154234 programs at the same time :p
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I use 2gb of ram just to open a file in ONE program. Photoshop.
I literally kill msn, antivirus and anything unnecessary to system operation to run it.

Luckily I now have 4 gigs of ram, so Im able to open my image files without going several gigs into page file :roll:.
 
tkpenalty said:
^Makes several gigabyte large PS files which are like 10k pixels by 10k pixels...
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and im not even working at professional grade quality...
If I was, the file size/ram usage doubles again.

General System Use - 1 Gig
Gaming - 2 Gigs
Graphics work/CAD/Large amounts of Video Editing - 2 to 8gb
 
I'm a gamer. I use 1GB of PC3200. The most advanced game I own though is Doom 3... I may be getting Battlefield 2 soon though, but that runs fine on my dad's slower system.
 
Yeah, Battlefield will probably be the only game atm that needs over 1GB to play properly (that ive played). Vista isnt that bad for RAM, i got it installed on 2 of my comps with 1GB of RAM and its fine, although 2GB would allow it to run a lot better.
 
I played Battlefield 2142 on this box with 1GB on medium and it ran just fine unless I was in the middle of an arty shelling.
 
But how many players on each side?
 
Playing with bots, about 10 on each side.
 
BF2142 uses over 1GB of ram. With most other common services running about 1.5 gb's of physical ram can be used. Before I had 2GB, after I would quit the game, the music would still play for a while. With 2GB the music quit along with the program. That's just one example, the game runs much better with 2GB. If I were to build a Vista rig, I would get 4GB, just because you are going to need it when a lot of these larger DX10 games come out. Requirements are going up and up, and I'm sure we will see a need on the mainstream/gamer level that will require over 2GB. While that may not be that case now (though it's close) 4Gb's of RAM in your system is not a bad idea at all.
 
Battlefield 2142 ran fine for me on 1GB, didn't take forever to get out of the game. I just open the console and type "quit", and of show, no music playing after the game shuts down. I tweak my system though, it uses under 100MB after a fresh boot.
 
Sounds about right! It must be setup to be a pure game console!:D Heck, it's probablly using less resources than a Ps2!
 
Yeah but hat, try playing 32 vs 32 on 1GB of RAM...doesnt work to well :rolleyes: :p
 
erocker said:
Sounds about right! It must be setup to be a pure game console!:D Heck, it's probablly using less resources than a Ps2!
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It functions. The only thing I can't use is regcleaner, and I have no idea why...
I have these services set to Automatic:
Cryptographic Services
DCOM Server Process Launcher
DHCP Client
Network Connections
NVIDIA Display Driver Service
Plug and Play
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Themes
Windows Audio
Workstation

There are set to Manual:
Application Management
IMPAI CD-Burning COM Service
Local Disk Manager
Local Disk Manager Administrative Service
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator
User Privilege Service
Windows Installer

Everything else is disabled
 
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Speaking from experience, BF2 loves ram.

1GB to 2GB did make a difference. Unfortunately my CPU is a bottleneck for my card :(

And Vista seriously doesn't help lol.
 
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