Ram = Huge

[Church SUBSIM]

Well, I can confirm it .... 2 gigs of RAM over 1 gig is AMAZING.

The game loads stations like it's butter now with 2 gigs of Ram installed. I have a ASUS A7N8X-E mobo with 2 matched sticks of Corsair TwinX 2048-3200CS ram. My CPU is a moblie that I have over clocked to 2.3 ghz (200 x 11.5) Ram is now in matching harmony with the mobo and I think I can see why the game under 1.2 was crashing now ....

For what its worth, if you have an old system like me ... the best upgrade you can get is the RAM .... cheap way to add a few more miles on this old bast...

[TriskettheKid]

That doesn't exactly help people like me, who built their AGP system when RDRAM was going to be the next big thing.

I've already got a gig in my system (4x256), and RDRAM is so hard to find, and so expensive, I'd be lucky to get 2 gigs (4x512) for under $800.

[IsaanRanger]

I did same thing too, went from 2x512 Mushkin to 2x1024 Kingston HyperX. I have a Socket 939, yes they dont support em anymore, but I am very happy with it and its DDR400 and I have a AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ with 2x1024 Cache I cant seem to find any for sale anymore. It must be rare now. the 2GB did help a lot. I have an ASUS A8N-E

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by TriskettheKid

That doesn't exactly help people like me, who built their AGP system when RDRAM was going to be the next big thing.

I've already got a gig in my system (4x256), and RDRAM is so hard to find, and so expensive, I'd be lucky to get 2 gigs (4x512) for under $800.

For $800 you could get 2 GB and at the same time buy a new CPU and new MB, and even a enw vid card. Not sure why you'd hang on to old tech like that.

-S

[kakemann]

Will it really help to have newer RAM?

I'm running 2 GIG PC3200 RAM. Quite old

The game runns well, most of the time

[Iceberg]

Originally Posted by kakemann

Will it really help to have newer RAM?

I'm running 2 GIG PC3200 RAM. Quite old

The game runns well, most of the time

Newer RAM (meaning faster RAM) in your system will only run as fast as your MB can go so if you bought the fastest available RAM when you bought your computer... That's it! It's as fast as it can go! I think you're quite good with 2GB of PC3200.

So to fully enjoy newer/faster RAM you'd need a new MB and then a new CPU and... Buy a new computer!! :p

[Grey_Raven75]

I've been thinking about getting some more RAM myself. My mobo can support up to 4 gigs, but I thought I read somewhere that more than 2 gigs on XP is useless. Is this true and if so, why?

[Charlie901]

Originally Posted by TriskettheKid

That doesn't exactly help people like me, who built their AGP system when RDRAM was going to be the next big thing.

I've already got a gig in my system (4x256), and RDRAM is so hard to find, and so expensive, I'd be lucky to get 2 gigs (4x512) for under $800.

DITTO!!!!!!

[TriskettheKid]

For $800 you could get 2 GB and at the same time buy a new CPU and new MB, and even a enw vid card. Not sure why you'd hang on to old tech like that.

Several reasons:

1. It still works.
2. Games still run fine on it after a much cheaper upgrade to the PSU and GPU.
3. I see no reason to throw $800 for a low-end system with the bare essentials when I can keep saving and build a top of the line system later on.