What would help me more for BF2?

[MBrown]

Another 7800gt or another gb of ram?

 

[professor1942]

Another GB of RAM definitely... 7800GT is fine unless you want some insane resolution.

 

[lozina]

Another vote for another gig (it is certainly a more economical boost- better bang for your buck)

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: professor1942
Another GB of RAM definitely... 7800GT is fine unless you want some insane resolution.

 

[StevenYoo]

ram

 

[43st]

The only difference 2 gigs made for me was close down speed. When I exit the game I'm at the desktop almost instantly. Other than that it's no different that 1 Gig, same load time, etc.

 

[duragezic]

Doesn't run okay as it is? With my new system I can play smoothly (30 fps min, 50-60fps avg) at 1680x1050, all high, 4xAA + AF with my 7800GT. I don't think RAM is much of an issue unless you got a ton of background programs running. As the person above me said, I only notice it for the close down time. Maybe it loads SLIGHTLY faster and whatnot, but when I had 1GB of RAM I didn't find it to be the issue. I went to 1.75GB and nothing really changed due to the RAM.

Of course, > 1GB is helpful for other games and apps and for how cheap it is, it is the better buy.

 

[professor1942]

If you are playing with high settings the game uses around 1.2 GB, so of course 1.5+ is recommended. I tried with only 1 GB a while ago just out of curiosity and it was horribly laggy for the first minute of each new map, with regular stutters (HD light coming on) throughout the rest of the game.

 

[Cygnus X1]

I have 2 gigs ram and after a heavy BF2 and BF2-SF session I looked at my memory usage and topped out at 1.6 gigs. That is just with windows and the game running, oh I run it at all high settings and 4xAA ingame and high quality in the driver setting. I never drop under 55FPS

So indeed get another gig if you like BF2.