Is 3gig enough?

Agitator · 13 Dec 2008 at 10:59

Hiya guys , I want to give Vista a try now that sp1 has been released but I only have 3gig DDR2 800.Will this be enough ? I mostly play SupCom and Grid

Cheers in advance....

SlyReaper · 13 Dec 2008 at 11:31

Should be plenty for Vista, although I've heard SupCom can be a bit of a memory hog (well, an everything-hog really).

arc@css · 13 Dec 2008 at 12:44

If I had Vista installed then a fast 2 gig would be the minimum I'd consider. I think it uses 1.5gig but I may be wrong there. You have 3 reasonable gig of ram so you should be fine.

Agitator · 13 Dec 2008 at 16:51

Thanks guys I shall go ahead and give it a try then

helmutcheese · 13 Dec 2008 at 17:03

3GB is a waste of time as it will not be in Dual Channel Mode.

BYTEr · 13 Dec 2008 at 17:23

helmutcheese said:
3GB is a waste of time as it will not be in Dual Channel Mode.

2x1GB & 2x512MB or would that still not run in dual channel?

Datamonkey · 13 Dec 2008 at 17:24

BYTEr said:
2x1GB & 2x512MB or would that still not run in dual channel?

That would work

Dougsnake · 13 Dec 2008 at 17:29

helmutcheese said:
3GB is a waste of time as it will not be in Dual Channel Mode.

not exactly mine still runs in dual channel mode with 3x 1gb depends on the chipset of the board the older amd chipsets wouldnt do dual channel with 3 sticks thats for sure.

helmutcheese · 13 Dec 2008 at 17:35

It cannot run dual channel mode properly if you have 3 sticks on a modern 4 Slot Mobo.

It may indeed run 2 Slots in Daul Channel and the other 2 in Slots in Single Channel, I ain't ever tried as its totally pointless.

And older Socket A NF2's could run 3 sticks in Dual channel but the way it works out it cannot be 3GB (the 2 smaller sticks must = same as the 1 larger stick and be put in the 2 colour matched slots with the larger stick in the remaining slot).

Example Asus (Socket A) NF2 Slot 1 (Back) 1GB / Slot 2 (Blue) 512MB / Slot 3 (Blue) 512MB < There is no way to get 3GB in Dual Channel in this Mobo as Memory do not come in 1.5GB and 750MB sizes.