Got 2 gig, should i get 4 ?

Sh3rlock · 5 Jul 2007 at 14:52

Ive got 2GB of ram at the moment, specs are in my sig. Ive got some cash left over from my build, do you think it'd be worth me buying another 2GB the same as what ive already got ?

sanaxe1 · 5 Jul 2007 at 15:06

if you have the money might as well.

Sh3rlock · 5 Jul 2007 at 15:29

Would the difference justify spending £70 tho ?

Dyson · 5 Jul 2007 at 15:30

The only things that i've found use over 2gig for me is BF2 (upto 2.4), and DiRT (upto 2.3). Worth it though while the prices are low, imo.

Sh3rlock · 5 Jul 2007 at 15:35

Hmmm, i dont know what do do lol ! its either that or buy a sata HDD as i bought an ide by accident.

jbloggs · 5 Jul 2007 at 15:36

With a Vista 64bit install, going from 2GBs to 4GBs I found it ran even smoother, than just with the 2GB (which was smooth and snappy as well).

"Justification" of it is a purely personal thing I think.

Sh3rlock · 5 Jul 2007 at 15:40

I dont use vista, at the moment i refuse to. Unless i need it lol.

squiffy · 5 Jul 2007 at 15:44

Pointless then.
Buy something else instead...what with all these power cuts, maybe a UPS?

Sh3rlock · 5 Jul 2007 at 15:57

i would consider converting to Vista as ive got an upgrade version at home. But is it any good for gaming ?

squiffy · 5 Jul 2007 at 15:59

Damien. said:
i would consider converting to Vista as ive got an upgrade version at home. But is it any good for gaming ?

No stick to XP.

Sh3rlock · 5 Jul 2007 at 16:03

ok ! whats the best way to spend £70 on my pc then !

djcj · 5 Jul 2007 at 16:15

A few new games?

If you really needed to spend £70 on your pc you would already know what you needed to buy.

Vertigo · 5 Jul 2007 at 17:23

Damien. said:
ok ! whats the best way to spend £70 on my pc then !

Save it, sell the E6600 and buy a Q6600 at the end of the month?

Sh3rlock · 5 Jul 2007 at 17:33

how much could i sell the E6600 for ?!

Vertigo · 5 Jul 2007 at 18:15

If you sell it now you could probably get 70-odd quid for it so that's 140 quid and you're most of the way to a Q6600 if you can sweat it out with no machine for a couple of weeks.

Dyson · 6 Jul 2007 at 02:04

Damien. said:
i would consider converting to Vista as ive got an upgrade version at home. But is it any good for gaming ?

It's fine, dont know what people moan on about. ALL my games work in Vista 64, ALL my apps work (xfire, teamspeak), and all work well.

So what if you lose 20 points to xp in some benchmarking app, who really cares about benchmarks :confused:

Apatche64 · 6 Jul 2007 at 17:33

Vertigo1 said:
If you sell it now you could probably get 70-odd quid for it so that's 140 quid and you're most of the way to a Q6600 if you can sweat it out with no machine for a couple of weeks.

only £70 for an e6600? where? aren't they going for £120?

Vertigo · 6 Jul 2007 at 21:20

Dyson said:
It's fine, dont know what people moan on about. ALL my games work in Vista 64, ALL my apps work (xfire, teamspeak), and all work well.

So what if you lose 20 points to xp in some benchmarking app, who really cares about benchmarks

It's not just benchmarks, the games run noticably slower in a lot of cases. When you're on the borderline of playability because you have all the eye candy turned on, Vista can make a lot of difference. Don't see the point of sacrificing performance for a pretty interface.

Apatche64 said:
only £70 for an e6600? where? aren't they going for £120?

Just had a quick look on the bay and that seemed to be the going rate. *shrug*