Whats better? OC to 2.5 w/ 1 gig, or keep stock with 2 gigs?

[skygod99]

First off, my rig:

Venice +3200
2 Gigs CorsairXMS DDR 400(512 x 4)2.5-3-3-6 2T
Epox 9NPA+Ultra
Fortron Source Blue Thunder 500w

Now the isssue:

For some reason I cant oc with 2 gigs past 2.2, even then its partly unstable. But once I drop down to 1 Gig, and 1T I can go as high as 2.5 Ghz, but obvoiusly only 1 gig of ram. So, what do you guys think??

 

[ryanv12]

run a divider at 2 gigs

 

[skygod99]

Originally posted by: ryanv12
run a divider at 2 gigs

Yep, tried that... wont post unless I put the memory in the basement.. (100Mhz)

 

[furballi]

1G! Not many applications will need 2G of RAM at this time.

 

[Avalon]

The only thing that benefits from 2GB of RAM is Battlefield 2 and maybe some professional apps. I do not in any way see 2GB as the recommended standard yet.

 

[imported_Tango]

Originally posted by: Avalon
The only thing that benefits from 2GB of RAM is Battlefield 2 and maybe some professional apps. I do not in any way see 2GB as the recommended standard yet.

Well, actually the whole Adobe and Macromedia suites get benefits up to 4 Gbs...
Video editing softwares and CADs could easily swallow even more than that...

 

[Dadofamunky]

Originally posted by: Avalon
The only thing that benefits from 2GB of RAM is Battlefield 2 and maybe some professional apps. I do not in any way see 2GB as the recommended standard yet.

Oh heck, you haven't run my full panoply of apps - FrameMaker, Word, Illustrator, multiple Telnet sessions, screen capping, Web browsing, MP3 streaming.... That throttles my old 1 GB machines.

 

[Valkerie]

2 gigs, so you can play UT2004 online with max settings on any map, assuming no bottlenecks are present with CPU, Internet, etc. Hot stuff, 2 gigs....

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: Tango

Originally posted by: Avalon
The only thing that benefits from 2GB of RAM is Battlefield 2 and maybe some professional apps. I do not in any way see 2GB as the recommended standard yet.

Well, actually the whole Adobe and Macromedia suites get benefits up to 4 Gbs...
Video editing softwares and CADs could easily swallow even more than that...

I run tons of Cad apps and 1gb is more then enough...

 

[Valkerie]

Originally posted by: Duvie

Originally posted by: Tango

Originally posted by: Avalon
The only thing that benefits from 2GB of RAM is Battlefield 2 and maybe some professional apps. I do not in any way see 2GB as the recommended standard yet.

Well, actually the whole Adobe and Macromedia suites get benefits up to 4 Gbs...
Video editing softwares and CADs could easily swallow even more than that...

I run tons of Cad apps and 1gb is more then enough...

I think he/she meant running CAD as well as other high priority programs.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: skygod99
Yep, tried that... wont post unless I put the memory in the basement.. (100Mhz)

have you tried running 2T timing?