1gb or 1.5gb

jaykay · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:43

Ok as i got new ram for christmas i dont know what to do with my setup
i have 2x512mb crucial ballistix pc4000
and 2x256mb no name really slow (next one down from ddr400 cant remember what it is 166???)

the games i play are Bf2, Bf2142, COD2 and comapny of heros

what setup would ive best performance

thanks for any replies

Richdog · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:45

Selling all of it and buying 2GB of OCUK value RAM would be the best move imo... especially with playing BF2. 2GB should be minimum these days. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-006-OK

Indy500 · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:45

What motherboard and processor are you using?

jaykay · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:50

amd 3700+ @ 2.75ghz
and asus a8n-sli

and selling isnt an option as ive got a whole load of other upgrades i need to do for this pc

Richdog · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:53

jaykay said:
amd 3700+ @ 2.75ghz
and asus a8n-sli

and selling isnt an option as ive got a whole load of other upgrades i need to do for this pc

Well with those specs 2GB of matched RAM should be your priority tbh, you're crippling it otherwise.

jaykay · 12 Jan 2007 at 23:04

yer but atm i have 5yr + 7yr hard drive which need changing
the graphics card is ok
but i think ill put in 1.5gb as it could make bf2 run fairly smoothly on medium settings

HangTime · 13 Jan 2007 at 00:07

BF2, BF1942 and CoH should all be better with 1.5gig RAM. Personally I'd use it all even if that means running at a slightly lower speed. If you are lucky the PC2700 (DDR333) may overclock a bit allowing you to run somewhere close to DDR 400 speed.

Richdog · 13 Jan 2007 at 08:56

jaykay said:
yer but atm i have 5yr + 7yr hard drive which need changing
the graphics card is ok
but i think ill put in 1.5gb as it could make bf2 run fairly smoothly on medium settings

Good luck trying to get 4 sticks with different timings running smoothly in your AMD rig...

jaykay · 13 Jan 2007 at 10:03

lol it will work

they all have the same timings but obviously not the same speed so im hoping it should work

jaykay · 13 Jan 2007 at 14:36

im bk it worked got my processor running at 2.7ghz the slow ram doesnt like overclocking
on bf2 and 2142 i have no slow downs or anything like that but loading maps do take bit longer probally becuase of bandwidth
during desktop and photoshop all run smoothly
looks like my single core doesnt need a big memory bandwidth