RAM Upgrade

Octavarium · 12 Jun 2006 at 12:10

Currently I have 2 x 256 meg sticks of OCZ RAM, not sure of the particular model though. What are they worth (roughly) second hand?

I'm looking to replace them, but I have a bit of a tight budget. I'd really rather not spend more than £100 (not including money made on OCZ's).

Seeing as I play BF2, HL2, CS:S Far Cry etc etc, should I go for 1gig of pricey stuff or 2 gigs of budget stuff.

The rest of my system is as in my sig (don't ask why it says 1gig of RAM in my sig - its a long story).

ob1 · 12 Jun 2006 at 15:48

BF2 only needs 1.5gig I think. With that graphics card I guess you should have at least this much to do it justice, BF2 is a lot smoother with high texture and more memory for some reason, the fps seem a lot higher to me then using medium or low textures.

CS:S never needs more then 1 gig really but it should load and unload quicker.

Dont think Farcry needs more then 1 gig but I havent played it for ages

Octavarium · 12 Jun 2006 at 16:06

Thats sounds reasonable to me. When I had 1 gig of RAM I could just about run BF2 at max settings, but now only at medium or low - despite the 7800GT. It just goes to show how important RAM is for overall performance in some games.

Interestingly HL2 has also suffered a lot - with only 0.5 gigs of RAM it stutters just as much as it did with 1 gig of RAM and a 9600pro graphics card.

I had my eye on either the OcUK or Geil value 2gig packs - is the Geil stuff worth the extra £££'s?

ob1 · 12 Jun 2006 at 17:15

HL2 has problems with stuttering no matter how much memory you have, it used to be fine when the game was first released.

If you leave task manager running while you play a game it will record how much memory you use, your peak commit charge should never exceed total physical memory.