2 gigs of ram for BF2?

[Kaspian]

if i add another gig of ram to my system would it make that much of a difference?

 

[KoolDrew]

If you run high settings then yes it would help a lot.

 

[Kaspian]

i normally run the game on medium settings....however, i read somewhere that 2 gigs of ram will improve the way the game runs on servers with 64 players....i only have one gig of mem in my rig so i can not give any feed back on that "theory" ...

 

[KoolDrew]

What is the RAM usage for the game when you are using it?

 

[linjy2]

u need 1.5 gig on all medium settings. i'm hitting 960mb ram usage at all medium. i have 2gig installed though. but 1gig wont cut it. stick another 512 in there.

 

[zerocool84]

well i run everything on high except textures and i run fine on servers upto 32, higher than 32 it get's choppy so im thinking of atleast getting another 512 cus i wanna play with 64 and be atleast smooth. i know when i tried to run textures on high it got really choppy on any server size. im running only 1GB RAM

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: linjy2
u need 1.5 gig on all medium settings. i'm hitting 960mb ram usage at all medium. i have 2gig installed though. but 1gig wont cut it. stick another 512 in there.

You couldn't be more wrong. 1GB of RAM is fine with BF2. 1GB of RAM will allow all settings on high except textures, which will need to be set to medium. As a matter of fact, 1GB of RAM will technically do textures on high, however you will have tremendous thrashing of the hard drive each time you load a new level. It will only last until you get around the level to get everything loaded, and will run fine after that. Putting textures on medium completely gets rid of this.

2GB will only do 2 things: It will allow you to run high textures with no problem, and it will allow to you play the bigger maps with 64 players running around at no problem. As with the textures, a 64-player match is also possible with just 1GB, but is ultimately better with 2GB.

 

[Queasy]

I'm running at 1GB with all medium settings. I really notice a difference between 32 and 64 player servers. Lots of hard drive churn on the 64 player servers. When I find a good deal on a 1GB stick of PC3200 I'll be upgrading to 2GB. Playing on 32 player or less servers is not a problem at all. The extra gig would help with load times but that is maybe it.

 

[Bona Fide]

64-player games are pretty disgusting...but they can get really hectic and crazy too. Get the extra RAM, but Idk if you'll want to play 64 players anyhow. I usually play 32, and do 64 once in a while, if I'm feeling lucky.

 

[linjy2]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
You couldn't be more wrong. 1GB of RAM is fine with BF2. 1GB of RAM will allow all settings on high except textures, which will need to be set to medium. As a matter of fact, 1GB of RAM will technically do textures on high, however you will have tremendous thrashing of the hard drive each time you load a new level. It will only last until you get around the level to get everything loaded, and will run fine after that. Putting textures on medium completely gets rid of this.

2GB will only do 2 things: It will allow you to run high textures with no problem, and it will allow to you play the bigger maps with 64 players running around at no problem. As with the textures, a 64-player match is also possible with just 1GB, but is ultimately better with 2GB.

well i stated it wrong, but yea 1gb works, i had 1gb for the first week of release and decided to add another gig. its just the extra 512 wouldnt hurt since i'm pretty much hitting 1gb barrier just from 32 player maps. on my other comp i had everything on low and 1gig ram and was only around 700mb. overall i think adding an extra 512 is better but obviously not required. kinda like you dont need a 7800 to power this game but wouldnt hurt.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: linjy2

Originally posted by: blurredvision
You couldn't be more wrong. 1GB of RAM is fine with BF2. 1GB of RAM will allow all settings on high except textures, which will need to be set to medium. As a matter of fact, 1GB of RAM will technically do textures on high, however you will have tremendous thrashing of the hard drive each time you load a new level. It will only last until you get around the level to get everything loaded, and will run fine after that. Putting textures on medium completely gets rid of this.

2GB will only do 2 things: It will allow you to run high textures with no problem, and it will allow to you play the bigger maps with 64 players running around at no problem. As with the textures, a 64-player match is also possible with just 1GB, but is ultimately better with 2GB.

well i stated it wrong, but yea 1gb works, i had 1gb for the first week of release and decided to add another gig. its just the extra 512 wouldnt hurt since i'm pretty much hitting 1gb barrier just from 32 player maps. on my other comp i had everything on low and 1gig ram and was only around 700mb. overall i think adding an extra 512 is better but obviously not required. kinda like you dont need a 7800 to power this game but wouldnt hurt.

Ya, much better way of stating it .