Memory for BF2

[drifter106]

Thanks to Acanthus and the crew for doing all the leg work on the memory thing with Battlefield. Based on those results and other indicators on various forums it sounds like the game is definitely gonna get a boost with a memory upgrade...

I currently have some of the old OCZ el platinum rev 2 and am in need of some advise as to what to what to do. Whether it should be 2 more 512 sticks or to get 2 1024 sticks. I am going to build another puter later this summer so if I have some ram left over its no big deal. Right now I am just looking to make this thing work better. Hope you don't mind sharing your thoughts on how your gonna upgrade your memory.

Thanks

 

[mooncancook]

I had the same situation. I had 2x512 rams, and i also plan to build a second computer since i have some extra parts. I went with 2x1GB because I'd like to have 2 slots available. Who knows, maybe in the lifetime of this PC i'll need 4GB. On the less powerful PC i don't think i'll need mroe than 2GB so the 2x512 will be fine in there.

 

[Xentropy]

You'll be able to use better timings with 2 sticks. 4 sticks tends to degrade signal quality enough that you'll either have to overvolt or drop timings. So especially if you have a use either now or in the near future for the 2x512M you'll be taking out, go with 2x1GB for sure.

 

[luigi1]

Well my 2X1gig came today. Booted up great in dual channel. Ive cranked settings up and it has solved the lag on 3rd /4th map problem. It didnt turn dark into light but thanks to the guys in the previous thread it did do what I expected.
Specs
AMD anthalon64 3400+
Gigabyte NV3 chipset AGP
Egva6800GT
2 GIG kinston ram

 

[Concillian]

I have 2x1GB and have used it at various settings (2-3-2 1T@ 200 MHz and 2-3-2 2T at 166MHz) with my Venice.

If I don't run a benchmark, I can't tell the difference. Playing games, browsing, whatever, I notice ZERO difference. Sure SiSoft Sandra or SuperPi shows the difference between the two settings, but you know the saying... you can't play a benchmark.

Based on that I would do whatever is cheaper for you.
If I did it over, I would probably go for 4x512MB instead of the way I went because it would have saved me about $50.

 

[drifter106]

Any noticable gain in fps? glad to hear about the lag issue...does it reload to desktop quicker after u exit game?

Concillian...do u think the increase in ram is going to hold u back on o/c? vs what you could attain without the additional ram? No heat problems witht he 4 sticks?

 

[Concillian]

Hold me back on OC? Like for the processor? RAM doesn't do that on the A64 platform. You run a divider and run the CPU where you want to. I run 2.4 GHz and ~200 Mhz RAM. My only point was that when I ran the same 2GB of RAM at lower speed and 2T command rate, I noticed no difference in actual performance from when i ran it at 200 MHz and 1T. (Unless I ran a benchmark, no noticeable difference in gaming)

Between a venice core running at stock voltage, an arctic cooler sending the video card heat out the back of the case, and a Seasonic power supply at 80+% efficiency, I don't really have any heat problems to speak of. I doubt the difference between 2x1GB and 4x512MB is a huge difference in terms of heat output. Unless you're using BH5 or something that requires lots of voltage, but with that you're supposed to use a fan on the RAM even if you have 2 sticks.