1.5gb : Vista+Gaming?

Is 1.5gbs ram gonna give me high speeds in running vista and games?
Also how much memory does vista use aprox?i no winxp for me uses like 200-300mb like normal without stuf running.

SO ANy help wouldbe appreciated

 

Well, to give you somewhat of a crude idea, when my laptop boots up, it shows about a 512mb RAM usage. Vista requires 512 to run, and reccommends 1gig.

with 1.5 gigs you shouldnt be too bad off. I would consider the 2 gig upgrade at some point, but it shouldnt be needed right now.

 

My advice to you is NOT to use Vista for gaming. You will get less perfomance out of your system, because more of its resources are used for the OS itself.

It'll take another six months or so before Vista becomes better in running games (at least doing so efficiently). If you browse around you'll see that this has been substantiated in extensive game comparisons. The results are very clear (maybe so unfortunately because Vista is pretty slik )

 

I have ordered a dell laptop and vista pre installed on the laptop. I hope it dosen't lag while playing counter strike ...

 

I wouldn't worry about CS

 

I found Counter-Strike: Source to have a minimal performance decrease under Vista, see this review's performance section:
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3507&review=Asus+Z84Jp

Ideally, you want to have 2GB of RAM if you want to game under Vista. I found that Vista uses about 500 - 600MB of RAM at idle with minimal stuff running. 1.5GB should get you by though.

 

1.5 gb will be enough.

oblivion at 1440 x 900 uses around 700 mb

vista uses around 600-700 mb. also background things.

1.5 gb is enough. If there are games that need more ram than oblivion then you are in trouble but most dont.

Crysis will though I bet

 

ok Thx all i think ill stay with 1gb atm and xp for atleast a while btw does anyone no in a couple of months will a 2gb piece be alot cheaper?
If so my laptop supports 2gb what will happen if i only have one piece of ram in it?
Is a 2gb piece able to be put inor is it only max 2x1gb?

 

Officially I think it is 2GB. However some laptops have chipsets on them that can hold 4GB. Research your chipset and see if it may be possible. It can still be limited at the bios level however. My E1705 supposedly has a chipset that can go up to 4GB so I may give it a shot but Dell only supports up to 2GB for it.

 

Yes Mine is 2gb Chipset but was wondering if i put just 1x2gb piece in wud it work?