EbilDustBunny May 19, 2006 Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni May 19, 2006 Well not yet but I plan to this winter... maybe earlier if it goes on sale! This is what I have right now... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820145450 This is what i want to add... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820145575 Now what gave me a brain twitch was... that someone said XP OS only handles up to 2gb. True or False? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dunlavy May 19, 2006 Share J. Dunlavy Member May 19, 2006 Use AMD! Use AMD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt May 19, 2006 Share Cobalt Member May 19, 2006 True that Bunny. Most BIOSes will see up to 3GB and sometimes windows can see up to 3.5 but Windows XP can only address 2 physical gigabytes of memory. At this point in time you do NOT need any more then 2gb of memory as windows cannot use more then that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny May 19, 2006 Author Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni May 19, 2006 True that Bunny. Most BIOSes will see up to 3GB and sometimes windows can see up to 3.5 but Windows XP can only address 2 physical gigabytes of memory. At this point in time you do NOT need any more then 2gb of memory as windows cannot use more then that. my board can handle up to like 4gb... *sigh* Vista better show up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller May 19, 2006 Share Leveller Member May 19, 2006 (edited) I bought the same 2Gb pack about 2 months ago from Newegg (was on offer at about $170). I've been really pleased with it, so my vote is that it's a good buy (even at full price). Although I didn't notice a huge difference with CSS, it made a world of difference in BF2 and FEAR and in CIV IV towards the end of games on larger maps. Edited May 19, 2006 by Leveller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX May 19, 2006 Share NOFX Member May 19, 2006 my vote is use 2x1 gig sticks and put the other ram elsewhere. My AMD hated 4 sticks of RAM and 2gig vs 3gig. Not any difference in windowss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nut May 19, 2006 Share nut Member May 19, 2006 thats what i need... hehe 2 gigs of fresh.. i got 2 sticks 512.. its gimp... now 2 gigs would be nice =) looks good ebil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus May 19, 2006 Share Primus Member May 19, 2006 Yep, Yep, Yep, 2 gigs is all you get and you may not even see that much of a significant improvment. however, YOU CAN DO IT!!! I say go for the 2 and leave it at that. What graphics are you running, just curious. would it be a better bet to save a little here and pump up you GPU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo May 19, 2006 Share Cujo Member May 19, 2006 the new amd socket is being released on tuesday. after that ddr1 will start to die off. what kind of system are you running? what is the reason that you've decided you need 2 gigs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny May 19, 2006 Author Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni May 19, 2006 yeah I'm prolyl going to hold off till 2007 now for vista. :/ what the point of buying 2gb of ram if it's not going to be used to it's fullest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo May 20, 2006 Share Cujo Member May 20, 2006 well i use 2 gigs every day but that's with a high end vid card using lots of aa and af. though the new ghost recon seems to use more then 1gig even at lowest settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek-Almighty May 20, 2006 Share Tek-Almighty Member May 20, 2006 Yep, Yep, Yep, 2 gigs is all you get and you may not even see that much of a significant improvment. however, YOU CAN DO IT!!! I say go for the 2 and leave it at that. What graphics are you running, just curious. would it be a better bet to save a little here and pump up you GPU? Depending on your CPU and graphics card, 2 gb may make a good difference. If you have high end processor and good graphics card, then 2 gb will help quite a lot on some newer games (BF2, UT2007, COD2, etc...). Primus is right...if you have a slow processor and slow graphics card upgrade those first. If you are on a budget, I'd say go with the geforce 7600GT, it is around $150 and gives outstanding performance for the money...if you run a slower processor, get an AMD 64 3500+ or 3700+...for the money ($190 and below) you get a heck of a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt May 20, 2006 Share Cobalt Member May 20, 2006 Bunny, you can always buy another set of your original memory and upgrade TO 2gb. Or you could sell your 2x 512 sticks and then buy those 2x 1gb sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo May 21, 2006 Share Cujo Member May 21, 2006 if anything sell and buy. having 4 slots full sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny May 21, 2006 Author Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni May 21, 2006 i already have a gig stick and if i purchase the set i want i'll have 3.... i don't want to buy another one gig set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo May 21, 2006 Share Cujo Member May 21, 2006 (edited) if you only have a single 1gig stick then just buy a second 1gig stick. i was under the impression from your first post that you had 2x512mb sticks. edit - ok i re-read your post and now i'm confused. if you have 2x512mb then simply wait til your next upgrade as you won't notice a difference. if you have a single 1gig stick then buy a second one. either way don't buy a 2gig kit. your money is better spent elsewhere. Edited May 21, 2006 by Cujo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt May 22, 2006 Share Cobalt Member May 22, 2006 Yeah, that link you posted was for 2x 512 sticks. Just buy another gig stick of memory and add it to it. You should get the version info off of your current stick and get one of the same revision if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nut May 22, 2006 Share nut Member May 22, 2006 Yeah, that link you posted was for 2x 512 sticks. Just buy another gig stick of memory and add it to it. You should get the version info off of your current stick and get one of the same revision if you can. get one 1 gig stick ... then wait till vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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