More ram?

[Heatseeker_no.1]

Would I get a significant performance gain if I upgraded to 2mb of ram?

[lil_jimmy_norton]

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You mean 2GB, you would. Especially when you get that 7800GS in there.

[sackynut]

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you would get more constant High fps, but that would be from 1 > 2. from 1.5 > 2 the improvment isnt as great (i know, i had it)

[infectedsoldier]

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I had some performance 1GB RAM and when I went to 2GB it was a big improvement. Main thing was faster loading and all the start game stutter was gone. If the stutter when you start a new game doesn't bug you much and you don't care about being first in the game then don't worry about it. That's the biggest improvements you get that I've seen.

[Heatseeker_no.1]

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Ah yes 2 gig lol. Thanks I think I will upgrade then.

[WildLegba]

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With 2 gigs BF2 loads entirely into memory. Levels will load a *little* bit faster and stuttering is pretty much eliminated. In general, the overall performance and "feel" of the game is much improved. When I went from 1 to 2, after I played for an hour I considered it money very well spent.

If you really want levels to load faster, you'll need a 10k disk like a Raptor OR a RAID setup. A two-disk RAID 0 setup of your average 7200k disks will be approximately 20% faster than the Raptor and give you more bang for your buck in storage size as well, even with no fault-tolerance in the "0" level.

[<}US{>BlackHawkPilot73]

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yes you will^^

[mafia_boy]

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I would definatly get 2 gig of ram, and that new graphics card while your shopping!

[pinballwizard301]

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Would you fellas say that upgrading from 512mb to 1.5gb of ram would make a huge difference?

[Heatseeker_no.1]

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I did that and yes is certainly does.

BetaGeek, I looked into doing a raid setup tbh i'd never heard of it, how much faster do you reckon the maps would load?

[WildLegba]

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I did that and yes is certainly does.

BetaGeek, I looked into doing a raid setup tbh i'd never heard of it, how much faster do you reckon the maps would load?

I run a 74gig Raptor and I am always, ALWAYS one of the first guys if not the first guy on the map when it loads. A two disk RAID, optimized for read access, should be 20% faster than the Raptor based on some general tests I did last year, so the maps would load pretty friggin' fast. Adding more disks would make it incrementally faster if you have an insatiable need for speed.

If you have a decent recent mobo it probably has an onboard RAID controller. Buy a second disk of whatever you are running now and you would be good to go.

[kaheiyeh]

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Would you fellas say that upgrading from 512mb to 1.5gb of ram would make a huge difference?

HUGE difference. I upgraded from 512mb to 1.5GB of RAM. I was playing on Low settings with 512mb and now I play all high with 1.5GB.

[imported_Lemonking]

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man I wish my checks wouldnt take forever to clear,as soon as they do I will order some ram of newegg,this thread helped alot.THX

[Heatseeker_no.1]

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I run a 74gig Raptor and I am always, ALWAYS one of the first guys if not the first guy on the map when it loads. A two disk RAID, optimized for read access, should be 20% faster than the Raptor based on some general tests I did last year, so the maps would load pretty friggin' fast. Adding more disks would make it incrementally faster if you have an insatiable need for speed.

If you have a decent recent mobo it probably has an onboard RAID controller. Buy a second disk of whatever you are running now and you would be good to go.

Would doing a Raid 0 setup mean I would have to re-install windows first, or is there some way of copying the entire hard drive?

[RA-1972]

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i went from 1.5 to xms corsair 2 x 1 gig match pair ddr what a difference no lag no stutter and all on mid to high .