can i just load in some more memory to try?

[klipschman]

My Battlefield 2 performance is the suckage. I'm pretty sure my memory is the bottleneck and my buddy has 2 sticks of the same stuff I got (corsair 2x512 valuerame).

Will it be okay if I borrow these and just pop them in my rig (for 4x512) to test to see if memory is the bottleneck?

I won't have to reformat or adjust BIOS or anything?

Thx.

 

[klipschman]

t3h bumpage, come on, all I need is a simple answer.

who has experience swapping out memory?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Yes, you can pop them in without needing to do anything else, except be careful not to static-shock the sticks or your motherboard.

And of course don't install them with the power on

 

[klipschman]

mucho thx, I've built computers, just never had the budget to have extra memory and to tinker with it

 

[SlitheryDee]

Yes, as a general rule you can change the memory in your computer without any reformats or bios changes, given that your motherboard/cpu supports said memory.

 

[Kakumba]

only thing is with 4 sticks, you will have to run 2T command rate. so even if your ram is the bottleneck (which, looking at your system specs, I reckon it may be), this wont show it too accurately.

in short, go buy more RAM. any reasonable 2 gig kit will do you fine.

 

[dfuze]

With BF2, from 1gb to 2gb makes all the difference in the world. That has been the
best upgrade for the game that I made. Load times decreased and lag has all but
dissapeared.

 

[imported_rod]

You 'might' have to relax your timings a little (if you're going to 4 sticks) depending on what they are now. But otherwise, the MoBo does all the work.

RoD