2GB enough for 64 bit windows 7?

exotic444 · 4 Sep 2010 at 20:24

Hi guys,

Just wondering if OCZ Platinum 2GB pc-6400 ram would be enough for 64-bit Win7 and a lot of gaming.

Thanks.

bJN · 4 Sep 2010 at 20:35

Of course it is enough, but it seems a tad pointless using the 64bit version with less than 4GB of RAM.
It would be "good enough" for Win7 and a lot of gaming, but would be slower than 4GB by quite some margin...

Lakeland · 4 Sep 2010 at 20:37

2GB is fine here

exotic444 · 4 Sep 2010 at 20:49

bJN said:
Of course it is enough, but it seems a tad pointless using the 64bit version with less than 4GB of RAM.
It would be "good enough" for Win7 and a lot of gaming, but would be slower than 4GB by quite some margin...

Getting 64-bit because will upgrade eventually lol but just wondering if it will be ok for now. and thanks for answer

will load it up

Azuse05 · 5 Sep 2010 at 12:15

Really you'd want 4 minimum for good performance, 8 if you can afford it. 2 will work, but the difference between just working and performance is... large.

rounddodger · 5 Sep 2010 at 13:02

I'm running 2gb with win7 32bit and no worries at all, except crysis on very high sometimes jerks when it needs to load summat.

Nitrojan · 5 Sep 2010 at 13:04

2GB fine here too

ishoeyi · 8 Sep 2010 at 22:20

aliens might invade earth if you only use 2gb on 64bit windows

richb93 · 8 Sep 2010 at 22:33

2GB is fine for average stuff but it will stutter in some games and load times will be quite a bit longer.

spoogle · 8 Sep 2010 at 22:41

Just installed Windows 7 and I've got 2gb ram, no problems at all!
However another 2gb will be ordered.

Stonedofmoo · 9 Sep 2010 at 08:13

People still use 2Gb :confused:

My work office PC has 2Gb of RAM and easily starts running out with some larger apps open. People who use 2Gb for a gaming setup must do some serious application optimisation to free up the memory.

timciren · 13 Sep 2010 at 16:35

so how is the 2gb working ?
2gb is ok in my netbook, but...

JimboJet · 13 Sep 2010 at 17:41

I'd say 4gb is pretty much the "norm" these days. You will save yourself some hassle by having room for your apps to breathe! Some games ive played in the last yr or two do suffer from memory leaks so you'll reach your 2gb a lot more quickly (leading to crashes etc) than if you go for 4gb+

Muel · 13 Sep 2010 at 18:12

2gb is fine for browsing, but not for gaming. Mine uses 1.6gb idleing....

Larry365 · 13 Sep 2010 at 18:45

2gb is perfectly fine as long as you are not doing anything too heavy. For day to day use and some light to medium gaming, you're sound.

Try and keep your idle memory usage down. I've got win7 ultimate x32 installed on my notebook which is currently using (@Idle) ~759mb. Im sure this figure can be lower, but there is still plenty of memory to play with.

WingZero30 · 13 Sep 2010 at 19:19

2GB will be fine for light applications such as internet browsing , microsoft office etc but not for gaming in general.

I was playing crysis on Win7 64-bit and I looked at windows task manager and my ram usage was 2.16Gb so win7 + crysis went over 2gb of system memory although I have 3Gb total ram.

nikzGfx · 13 Sep 2010 at 19:40

2GB running on W7 32bit working fine, and 3GB running on W7 64bit on laptop running smooth as well. You'll be fine as long as your not running tons of applications all at once.

Dubpower · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:17

3gb on 64 bit 7 and a ok, not 1 glit yet, fingers crossed

evoyear · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:45

I think 64 bit is mainly used for over 4gb memory system

Boozebeard · 13 Sep 2010 at 21:03

2gb will be fine until you upgrade, will get minor stuttering in some games but will be perfectly playable. I could play BFBC2 with 2gb on max settings with just a bit of micro stutter.