1gig ram vs.512mb ram

blade5545 · Mar 3, 2004, 03:46 PM

I am not doing any video encoding or anything of that sort the system is mainly for gaming, does 1gig of ram really make a diffrence over 512 in games or does just speed up the loading of levels?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Mar 3, 2004, 03:54 PM

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Originally posted by blade5545
I am not doing any video encoding or anything of that sort the system is mainly for gaming, does 1gig of ram really make a diffrence over 512 in games or does just speed up the loading of levels?

It makes a differance! nuff said!

I'd say get 1gb if you can afford it!

edperks · Mar 3, 2004, 03:59 PM

The_Neon_Cowboy is correct especially in the new games that have been coming out this year I have seen a big difference in framerate.

nana · Mar 3, 2004, 06:57 PM

go 1GB - in Far Cry demo the difference was amazing - no more stuttering as page file was accessed, now pure smoothness

**MIG-31** · Mar 3, 2004, 07:04 PM

my opinion go for 1gb..... nothing really needs it right at the moment.but think a little into the future things may change.

pagefile swapping is right down to a bare minimum also,no sign of it's use.

think of doom3,hl2 far cry will be fairly heavy on resources.

No_Style · Mar 3, 2004, 07:26 PM

Don't be afraid of getting too much, we need people like you to buy more RAM so that RAM prices go down.

LOL Just kidding, yeah 1 GB RAM is great. Multi-tasking fun. Little to no pagefile swapping...and it looks good in your sig

In games you'll find that there are some options you can tweak which can take advantage of plentiful RAM.

example Q3 based games have the following:

com_soundmegs
com_hunkmegs
com_zonemegs

mkk · Mar 3, 2004, 09:03 PM

I've been working with older systems for database input (low priority tasks) lately and there I have re-discovered the old menace of fairly regular harddrive swapping. As far as my own system is concerned I can only say; never more! While feeling fine with 768MB at the moment I would definitely go for 1GB on a new system. Games needing 512MB as a practical minimum have already begun to appear.

Judas · Mar 3, 2004, 09:30 PM

..... dude.. if you can afford it.. get the most the system can handle.. i would.. but i'm finding it difficult to find decently rated 1GB sticks of ram... (trying to pack 4gb into this machine)

nuG · Mar 5, 2004, 12:47 AM

Doesnt getting more ram actually slow the system down after a certain amount? I mean 1 GB would definitely help but 4 GB? I think i heard a good number i 1/3 the cpu clock for intel systems........but i dont know definitely go with the 1 GB though.

Judas · Mar 5, 2004, 03:11 AM

....er.... 9x system can't handle much for memory.. they don't have good enough memory managers... xp pro handles memory very well....

Judas · Mar 5, 2004, 03:12 AM

BTW.. the 1/3 deal was for swapfile... you usually want to see the swap file 3 times the size of your current total of memory installed... which... has in the last few years.... been thrown out the windows very quickly... of cource with 64 bit coming in... this might be brought in again.. .as the memory limitations kick in..

nuG · Mar 5, 2004, 06:35 PM

Ah..............i see............

Mar 3, 2004, 03:46 PM	#1
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	1gig ram vs.512mb ram I am not doing any video encoding or anything of that sort the system is mainly for gaming, does 1gig of ram really make a diffrence over 512 in games or does just speed up the loading of levels? __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Mar 3, 2004, 06:57 PM	#4
nana DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	go 1GB - in Far Cry demo the difference was amazing - no more stuttering as page file was accessed, now pure smoothness __________________ XP1700 '0310wpmw' @ 2.56GHz DangerDen 'RBX' and 'Maze 4 GPU' blocks Abit NF7-S v2.0 bios: 2.3 Corsair PC3200LL 1024MB Radeon 9800 XT 120GB Maxtor SATA 60GB Maxtor SATA

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MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,860 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	my opinion go for 1gb..... nothing really needs it right at the moment.but think a little into the future things may change. pagefile swapping is right down to a bare minimum also,no sign of it's use. think of doom3,hl2 far cry will be fairly heavy on resources. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Mar 3, 2004, 07:26 PM	#6
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	1 GB is nice Don't be afraid of getting too much, we need people like you to buy more RAM so that RAM prices go down. LOL Just kidding, yeah 1 GB RAM is great. Multi-tasking fun. Little to no pagefile swapping...and it looks good in your sig In games you'll find that there are some options you can tweak which can take advantage of plentiful RAM. example Q3 based games have the following: com_soundmegs com_hunkmegs com_zonemegs __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Mar 5, 2004, 12:47 AM	#9
nuG is having a sexy party Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: East Coast Posts: 1,779 Rep Power: 0	Doesnt getting more ram actually slow the system down after a certain amount? I mean 1 GB would definitely help but 4 GB? I think i heard a good number i 1/3 the cpu clock for intel systems........but i dont know definitely go with the 1 GB though. __________________ [COLOR=Black][/COLOR]

Mar 3, 2004, 03:59 PM	#3
edperks HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 780 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	The_Neon_Cowboy is correct especially in the new games that have been coming out this year I have seen a big difference in framerate.

Mar 3, 2004, 09:03 PM	#7
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	I've been working with older systems for database input (low priority tasks) lately and there I have re-discovered the old menace of fairly regular harddrive swapping. As far as my own system is concerned I can only say; never more! While feeling fine with 768MB at the moment I would definitely go for 1GB on a new system. Games needing 512MB as a practical minimum have already begun to appear.

Mar 5, 2004, 06:35 PM	#12
nuG is having a sexy party Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: East Coast Posts: 1,779 Rep Power: 0	Ah..............i see............ __________________ [COLOR=Black][/COLOR]