Is it worth me getting 2gb with this computer?

tomanders91 · 26 Nov 2006 at 20:19

Well im doing a quick upgrade to play games like BF2 untill the DX10 cards come around and prices go down then im getting a new computer, but if i want to play BF2, BF2142, should i just save money by buying another 512mb stick and having 1gb? or just spend all my money on 2gb?

Mr Mister · 26 Nov 2006 at 20:23

depends what the spec of your pc is and what res you play at?

Zefan · 26 Nov 2006 at 20:23

I think those two games don't use more than 1.5gb, well I played bf2 on maximum on a friends machine with 1.5gb and it was chug-free so... it might work with just an extra 512.

Mr Mister said:
depends what the spec of your pc is and what res you play at?

Yeah that too

tomanders91 · 26 Nov 2006 at 21:06

im planning on playing it at 1024x768 because thats all my monitor can take.

Mr Mister · 26 Nov 2006 at 21:11

whats the rest of your pc spec?

P4? AMD 64?

tomanders91 · 26 Nov 2006 at 21:20

its a rubbish P4 2.66ghz

Mr Mister · 26 Nov 2006 at 21:30

dont bother with 2gb. What do you have atm ? Id say 1gb would be fine.

tomanders91 · 26 Nov 2006 at 21:32

i currently have 512mb, but im buying a 7600GT plus this ram, mainly just wanna play BF2 and 2142.

bilston · 26 Nov 2006 at 22:41

1gb was fine for me on BF2. Ran great. Didnt notice chugging that much either

Dont bother with 2gb on that just for now. Wait till your rebuild and then get 2gb

HangTime · 26 Nov 2006 at 22:53

Personally I'd add 1gig to bring it up to 1.5gig.

I'm assuming your motherboard doesn't support dual channel of course (I'm guessing it's a P4-2.66B)

tomanders91 · 28 Nov 2006 at 17:57

yeah im gonna get a 1gb stick, but my computer only takes 2100 ram, and my current ram is only 133mhz, so buying a 1gb stick thats 2100ram but 266mhz, ive heard that that can sort of **** things up and they wont work.

steve258 · 29 Nov 2006 at 09:50

tomanders91 said:
yeah im gonna get a 1gb stick, but my computer only takes 2100 ram, and my current ram is only 133mhz, so buying a 1gb stick thats 2100ram but 266mhz, ive heard that that can sort of **** things up and they wont work.

DDR266 = PC2100
DDR333 = PC2700
DDR400 = PC3200

Your current RAM is DDR266 too, which is double the speed of your FSB (133Mhz actual, *4 533Mhz effective)

You can still use DDR400 or faster on your mobo just that it will run at DDR266 speed to match your FSB speed. Just make sure you buy branded ones instead of generic to ensure better compatibility with your current 512Mb stick.

tomanders91 · 29 Nov 2006 at 16:18

so if i got a good make 512mb stick it would still be ok for 1gb?

steve258 · 29 Nov 2006 at 17:53

Yes it will work, branded modules are generally quite good in terms of compatibility.

But bear in mind that with RAM it is impossible to be 100% certain until you've tested it, the more modules you use the greater chance you'll have instability problems.

It will be a good idea to find out which RAM your computer is using. You can google search for CPU-Z which will give you details about your RAM.