2gb or 4gb????

[badsubby]

Hi, I am a huge battlefield 2 fanatic and that is why I am upgrading my current pc (see sig.) to:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600
Nvidia 8800gts 640mb
Nvidia 680i motherboard
Windows Vista

I was wondering if I should put in 2gb or 4gb for Battlefield 2?

Does it even benefits from 4gb?

Any of you had 2gb and then upgraded and can see the difference?

Should I use windows vista ready boost feature instead where you plug as USB as a memory?

Kinda lost, help would be really appreciated over here. Thank you.

[Sniper1432]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

4 if ya got the money but 2 for now as you will see no increase in performance

nice to see another Connecticut member :)

[badsubby]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

4 if ya got the money but 2 for now as you will see no increase in performance

nice to see another Connecticut member :)

I do stutter in the game some times when I look around all of a sudden. Is that because of my cpu, memory or gpu?

Yeah East Haven isn't that far from Hartford.

[Stormy{CAN}]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

If you do go 4gb and you are not running Vista 64, please do not come back crying that Windows only sees about 3gb of it,

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000811.html

[ConscriptVirus]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

stuttering is mostly caused by not enuff ram / page filing going to work

[badsubby]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

Hmm. Thanks stormy and conscript virus.

Conscript Virus: stuttering is mostly caused by not enuff ram / page filing going to work

What can I do about it then?

and stormy thanks for the info and warning.

If you do go 4gb and you are not running Vista 64, please do not come back crying that Windows only sees about 3gb of it,

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000811.html

What settings are you running your game at?

[signa]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

if you get the 4 gig, get the x64 version of vista so that:

1. you will have all 4 gig's available to the OS.
2. the e6600 supports 64bit.

[goochball]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600
Nvidia 8800gts 640mb
Nvidia 680i motherboard
Windows Vista

I have the same setup. Those who say you will see no performance increase with 4gb are wrong (wrong for vista anyway). For me, BF2 stutters with 2gb and it does not with 4gb. Load times are also alot faster. I'd say thats a performance increase. Even if it didn't help, you should still make the upgrade sooner rather than later with all these hot new games coming out.

[Mitch123]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

get four future games will need it might as well get it now

[(TM)KillJoy]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

Vista 64 is a must, and 4 gigs makes BF2 run far, far better. From the time I click 'join server' to 'join game' is about 10 seconds now. With 4 gigs, you will eliminate all stuttering ...everything is smoother. The price of RAM is coming down, and its not that much to go to four. (not to mention, you'll be ready for newer games, like Crysis.)

[badsubby]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

Hey guys thanks a lot for very good insight into this matter. I think I will get the 4 gb's rather than 2gb for my upgrade. Thank you once again. Any further comments are welcomed.

[System]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

Hey guys thanks a lot for very good insight into this matter. I think I will get the 4 gb's rather than 2gb for my upgrade. Thank you once again. Any further comments are welcomed.

Uhhh, 2GB ram is all you'll ever get out of BF2. I've upgrade from 2 to 4 and nothing changed.

Then again, I'm on xp32 so really I have is 2.8 gb of ram recognized right now. Definately need the 64OS but the drivers are sloppy still hence why I'm still on 32.

And I too get stutters from time to time. I also get locked up in my connection too. I blame my ISP, so that may also be your case? I'd hope my rig isn't bottlenecking on bf2 maxed settings 1680x1050 O_0

[badsubby]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600
Nvidia 8800gts 640mb
Nvidia 680i motherboard
Windows Vista

I have the same setup. Those who say you will see no performance increase with 4gb are wrong (wrong for vista anyway). For me, BF2 stutters with 2gb and it does not with 4gb. Load times are also alot faster. I'd say thats a performance increase. Even if it didn't help, you should still make the upgrade sooner rather than later with all these hot new games coming out.

Hey gooch thanks a lot for replying because its gonna help me make out my decision.

[signa]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

take a look at my setup. I'm running pretty much what your planning on getting. if u got any questions, maybe i can help.

[badsubby]

Re: 2gb or 4gb????

Thx a lot man. If I have any questions I will email you.

But more than 13 responses would help me even better. Thank you.