BF2S Forums 2gb of ram vs 1gb of ram

ok heres my problem,  i have hp zv6000 laptop, with 128 ati radeon express 200m with 128meg, 2gb mem.  winxp, i can run bf2 on some maps really well such as karkand, mashtuur and sharqui.  however, i cannot run any other maps. i get really low frame rates.  any suggestions, other than replacing my laptop since i dont think there is a way to upgrade the video card?

I added an extra gig to make mine 2 gigs and the choppiness is gone and I am the first one on the server.

2Gb ftw

SuB wrote:

ok firstly... i didn't negative karma saying your a fuckstick

Never said you did. I will clarify since I didn't use proper punctuation... you were being a fuckstick by performing assumed action being you quoted my post and then made a retarded remark.

i read the 3dmark thing saying all 4 slots full not a problem
i also read the system thing which said 2.75GB
and also the 3dmark report saying 2.75GB
i ALSO noticed you have an SLI-Premium, the same as my board which after your done ranting FULLY FUCKING SUPPORTS 4GB OF RAM, SO does XP PRO

No it doesnt, you get me a screenshot of the 32 bit version of windows XP pro showing a full working 4 gigs of ram in that screen and I will take back anything I said and give you your dues back. I've researched it for weeks upon weeks even to the point where I figured it was just the shitty support of the Asus BIOS that lacked the ability for the Ram to show in windows.

I had the MOBO flashed to the latest version and in post it showed 4 gigs of ram, in 3d mark it showed 4 gigs of ram, in memtest86 it showed 4 gigs of ram. But unfortunately the x86 xp pro operating system DOES NOT support more than 3 gigs of ram. XP x64 Professional aka WINDOWS SERVER 2003 supports 16 gigs of ram with the right hardware.

I even went as far as purchasing a DFI Lanparty NF4-UT SLI Expert and tweaked the shit out of the Bios on that and still no 4 gigs of ram. I originally sold those two gigs of ram due to the limitations of my processor not being able to properly allocate them because of the limitations of the on die memory controller and lack of water cooling to overvolt the processor and overclock everything so at least it was working as if there was 4 gigs of ram.

To no avail I still got 3.10 gigs of ram and gave up.

I then got an ATI x3200 chipset motherboard the ASUS A8R32-MVP (crossfire mobo) because I was having issues with my periphials and the NF4 chipset not liking them too much, mainly the xfi and the ati x1900xt I am now running when I sold my 7800gtx due to the lack of availability for a matching card.

I am now running Windows XP x64 (Windows Server 2003 with a new GUI basically) and it still shows as 2.75 but there is nowhere in the bios of my current motherboard to turn on the extra API mem support so until Asus updates that I am screwed in that department. But for the most part I do notice the difference in loading times. But then again I am decrypting dvd's in the background as well as when my game is loading.

I would be more than glad to frap an example of me doing all of these functions and still being the first to load a map on a server.

4 gigs of ram is overkill but I do a lot of video editing and photo editing with my machine and prefer not to use page files on my raptors or my storage drives so the shit is pre fetched into the extra two gigs of ram and I can allocate a nice hunkmeg size to bf2 in its start up command w/o affecting other programs.

and xp can, happily, handle upto 16GB of ram, just to point that out to you. it's the hardware you have setup wrong at the moment..

I dont need you to google it and show me an example..... you do it and report back and tell me how easy it is? Tell me what dividers you ran on the memory with what timings. And then, maybe then I wont mistake such a silly and incomplete comment as an act of asshattery on your part.

Last edited by 137[CSi] (2006-06-13 11:02:53)

1 Go is well enough. Get a better video card or a better processor. BF2 runs 500-600 MB of RAM.
Memory doesn't decrease the *loading* time if you have 2 Go.

**edit**: for people who says it increases a difference to move 1 Go to 2 Go, did you check the speed of your new RAM setting?? 200 MHZ? 400 MHZ?

The speed of the RAM will mostly determine the time it takes to load something.

Last edited by SargeJp (2006-06-13 11:11:18)

Never had a problem with the 1GB of RAM i am currently using. Although considering you guys are saying its better to buy extra ram i might get prepared just before BF2142 comes out.

xixspyder wrote:

Cohammer wrote:

well when ever i load the game it runs really choppy. but smooths out later on

same for me.

Same here, i have 1 Gig 2x 512mb Crucial @ 533mhz. But i was thinking about upgrading to maybe 1.5 Gig just kuz i get sick of spawning late in a game only to be killed while I'm waiting for the choppiness to go away. 1.5 would be a nice improvement and cost effective

this has only been covered about a thousand times here.