How big of difference is there(2gb vs 4gb)

Kieth8 · 05-06-2009, 07:01 PM

How big of difference in performance and games will 4 gb of DDR2 ram versus 2gb of DDR2 ram make?

Nevakonaza · 05-06-2009, 07:07 PM

Quite a bit of difference actualy,especialy if your running Vista.

I think 2gb is the minimum by todays standards,4gb is the norm.

I realy would reccomend getting 4gb if you game too.

Kieth8 · 05-06-2009, 07:11 PM

So would saying a 40%-60% performance increase be correct?

Midnight_fox1 · 05-06-2009, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nevakonaza

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I realy would reccomend getting 4gb if you game too.

Yeah, I agree. i think it actually think it shortens loading time.

zombine210 · 05-06-2009, 07:26 PM

i found this article very usefull:

http://www.corsair.com/_appnotes/AN8...e_Analysis.pdf

basically, you don't get better game performance, but loading and task switching is faster.

gamerman4 · 05-06-2009, 07:37 PM

I actually recently went from 2GB to 4GB, while my FPS didn't increase a lot, I did notice Windows was a lot snappier when doing a lot of things.

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gamerman4 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Age: 19 Posts: 2,806	I actually recently went from 2GB to 4GB, while my FPS didn't increase a lot, I did notice Windows was a lot snappier when doing a lot of things. __________________ Intel Q6600 @ 3.00 Ghz Xigmatek HDT-S1283 ASUS P5Q SE PLUS HDDs:1 x 500GB 1x 750GB 1x 1000GB 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 1066 ATi Radeon HD 4870 1024MB PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W Logitech Z-5500 there shouldn't be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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