More Ram for Games

Hey folks, quick question, what happens if you upgrade 1gbz ram to 2gbz ram? Does it just decrease level loading times? what are the positive points of getting more ram when playing games

 

more performance too

 

as in less lag?

 

it increases the fps in games and also speeds up vista if your on that os. but it will not affect loading times

 

Im on XP, sweet, i guess ill go upgrade than

Anyone know where i can get good deals on 1gbz stick ram DDR2?

 

agreed!

i'm upgrading from 2 to 3gb of RAM tomorrow lol

 

try newegg.com. they have pretty good deals

 

Thanks, btw how do you check the highest ram you can upgrade to?

 

u can upgrade the highest to 4gb but xp will only recognize 3.2 gb as u need a 64bit edition to get the whole ram used. more than 2gb wont give u any preformance boosts

 

thanks sly, i guess ill just upgrade to 2 then.
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EDIT: Also, if i get the ram upgrade, would i be able to OC my graphic card higher?

 

glad to help

 

you can never have enough ram the more you put in the faster the os.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ram4.htm

your going to need more then what it states because its outdated but you'll get the concept

 

thats not true. ill give u can example. the moreu press the throttle the faster the car goes but after a point u cant make i go any faster. its the same with the ram. with xp even 1 gb is fine but vista needs 2 gb to function properly so if he has 2 gb in xp he wont see the difference between 3 or 2 gb as the maximum spped has been achieved

 

uhhh...2gb is enough for vista but 3gb will certainly help lol

 

ok, i currently have a DDR2 SDRAM PC2-5400 installed, should i get the same spec? If i get the PC2-6400, would that still work for my notebook? does it make a noticable difference?

 

just get the same u have now

 

well if im gonna upgrade the ram, might as well upgrade to maximum my notebook can handle

 

that is the maximum your ntebook can handle

 

so then i can't get the 1gbz pc2-6400 than?

 

how much ram do u have now

 

1gbz stick pc2-5400, i want to get a 1gbz stick pc2-6400, im wondering if that would show a noticeable difference ( either purchasing 1gbz pc2-5400 or 1gbz pc2-6400)

 

does your notebook have 1 or 2 ram slots

 

2 slots, one is used

 

so the other is empty. did u add the current ram your self

 

if you mix and match ram speeds (5400 and 6400), the faster module of ram will revert down to the slower speed (5400), so getting 6400 will not help unless you get 2 sticks and replace what you have now.

 

no, it came installed with 1gbz in 1 slot. Err i know the other is empty, im asking what is a better Ram stick purchase, 1gb pc2-5400 or 1gb pc2-6200

 

Oh one more thing. The t2400 processor has an FSB of 667mhz, meaning your pc2 6400 800mhz ram will be limited to 667mhz. Just get the pc2 5400.

 

no notebook processor can use 800mhz ram so thats y im saying both will be equal

 

that's not true. Some of the santa rosa based notebooks can handle 800mhz ram.

 

Thanks, this was what i was looking for, thanks for the help guys

 

anytime

 

no santa rosa processors can use 800mhz ram

 

SR notebooks do have an 800 FSB, but that doesn't mean it can use 800mhz ram. Sly's right.

 

Ok, so what's the best brand for overclockability? Their is patriot, OCZ, kingston, Corsair, A-data,

Im looking at a PC2-5400 1gbz stick ram

 

Oh i didn't know that. Why is that?

 

I like Kingston or Corsair, probably corsair if you are looking to OC.

I don't remember exactly the reason, something abou the bridge and whatsit. lol

 

Processor has 800 MHz FSB. But the chipset does not support 667 MHz RAM. As to why, ask Intel. Although personally I think it's because DDR2-800 isn't very power efficient [read as: less battery life]

 

i see, Im getting a good deal on OCZ and Patriot, don't know how good they are when it comes to OC'ing, anyone have any experiance?

 

u cant overclock ram

 

I ment that using ATI Tray Tools, it says CORE and MEM, i assume if you have more ram, you can increase the MEM?

 

No, that memory is from the GPU, I thought you were talking about OCing and wanted the ram to be kept cool.

 

oh ok, I just thought you can overclock your gpu higher with more ram, guess not, I guess Ill just order the OCZ 1gbz ram stick then