Memory the all important river of information : 2GIG Minimum

2006-08-31 08:07:07

#1

Alleycat1969: Member; +21|7059

so I wish to give all of you a bit of info that i seem to have discovered > most of you will have already discovered this depending on your mobo setup as well as there are many clued up persons here..so please dont flame ..this is merely a heads up for neewbies

I have upgraded my wifes pc to a ATi X1600 Pro + an additional 1gig memory module as she was "lagging all the time" playing BF2, her pc is now faster than mine , but I had to give her 4x 512MB sticks to enable the dual channel memory architecture,

I have a similar PC but have the X700 pro I have all my settings on full but since i have dropped a 512MB stick my PC is lagging...so I will have to get another 1gig stick to enable Dual channel again , the morel of this story is to get 2GIGs minimum to play BF2 and make sure if your board supports it, pair it up ...

(BF2 seems to load the whole map into ram so if you dont have enough ram it has to make hard drive reads/writes that are way slower than memory hence the hickups..)

Cat

2006-08-31 09:47:02

#2

Teflon.DEP: cunning n' quick; +35|6752|United States

I know in huge fire fights on maps like mashtuur, my FPS practically dies. I know my video card is capable of handling it, but my system wont let it

2006-08-31 09:55:40

#3

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6900|Seattle

Doctor. doctor. Doctor. doctor.

>concured<

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2006-08-31 09:59:49

#4

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7019

core 2 duo + 7900gt +2gb ram= 100fps average all high on 1280X1024

https://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/203.46.105.23:21300/b_350_20_692108_381007_FFFFFF_000000.png

2006-08-31 10:22:40

#5

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7068|Cambridge (UK)

We know this. Yet there still people that insist that you only need 1Gb (or less!) for bf2. Which whilst being technically true, isn't an accurate picture of the true situation. I know 'cos I run 1GB also.

2006-08-31 10:57:40

#6

ShotYourSix: Boldly going nowhere...; +196|7022|Las Vegas

With Vista coming out, 2Gb memory is going to be the standard. Might as well get used to it now.

2006-08-31 12:11:37

#7

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7068|Cambridge (UK)

ShotYourSix wrote:
With Vista coming out, 2Gb memory is going to be the standard. Might as well get used to it now.

And we'll need 3Gb to play BF2.

2006-08-31 13:03:42

#8

MECtallica: Member; +73|6807|jalalabad

Scorpion0x17 wrote:
ShotYourSix wrote:
With Vista coming out, 2Gb memory is going to be the standard. Might as well get used to it now.
And we'll need 3Gb to play BF2.

youll need 7gb for crysis LOL

2006-08-31 13:11:47

#9

ShotYourSix: Boldly going nowhere...; +196|7022|Las Vegas

Actually, Crysis specs are not as demanding as you might think....the game scales very well to lower end systems.

Minimum Requirements
CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
Graphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows Vista
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP

Recommended Requirements

CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5Gb
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista

2006-08-31 14:56:34

#10

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7068|Cambridge (UK)

'Six - it's called sarcasm - look it up at www.dictionary.com

2006-08-31 15:06:24

#11

S3v3N: lolwut?; +685|6821|Montucky

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
core 2 duo + 7900gt +2gb ram= 100fps average all high on 1280X1024

AMD 64 3500 + 7800GT + 2gb Ram=90FPS average all high on 1280X1024.

2006-08-31 17:53:58

#12

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7019|Riva, MD

Just don't EVER attempt to play BF2 with only 512MB of RAM. I used it for so long with SO much lag and my K/D ratio is so fucked up that it is irreversibly negative now. I went from that to 1GB to 2GB and I will never buy a PC with anything less than 2GB. Too bad it's that fucking ATA hard drive that's slowing down my load time now.

Last edited by _j5689_ (2006-08-31 17:54:26)

2006-09-01 01:38:33

#13

Alleycat1969: Member; +21|7059

"youll need 7gb for crysis LOL"

You laugh ....when we get going with the 64bit..moving to 128bit things are gonna get really hot , I cant wait..
for games to take advantge of the dual core and 64bit architecture..

2006-09-01 01:51:15

#14

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6903|132 and Bush

Alleycat1969 wrote:
"youll need 7gb for crysis LOL"

You laugh ....when we get going with the 64bit..moving to 128bit things are gonna get really hot , I cant wait..
for games to take advantge of the dual core and 64bit architecture..

Hopefully will be more than just something to look at. Don't expect jet's, tanks, and heli's..lol
Far cry sucked.

BTW Crysis Specs

Minimum Requirements
CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
Graphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows Vista HDD: 6GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP

Recommended Requirements
CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5Gb
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista

Last edited by Kmarion (2006-09-01 01:52:53)

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