512mb to 1gig RAM! ! !

[DJ_Cheeba]

Damn, I knew another 512mb of ram would help, but going to a gig was all it took to rid my machine of the hdd thrashing between levels in DOOM 3! Check out the my sig and suggest any other minor upgrades / tweaks before HL2 hits

 

[DJ_Cheeba]

Bump! ! !

 

[simmo]

I'm getting a RAM upgrade soon...same as you, going up from 512 .

At least I know it does something now

 

[Subatomic]

Good job bumping after 8 minutes.
We really couldn't see your thread.

You could try overclocking your processor/vid card

 

[DJ_Cheeba]

Well, I did mod my XFX Geforce 6800GT with a Arctic cooling NV Silencer 5. I also made a fan duct mod to get better airflow in my case and that took off about 5 degrees C (at full speed) If anyone wants the directions for this mod, just email me. It really works well, but uses 2 free drive bays.

 

[Asus]

1gb of memory always makes use much more enjoyable.

 

[goldenboi]

I don't think I will ever be able to upgrade my memory. You see, like a year ago Fry's was having this insanse special on HyperX PC4000 ram for $120 1x512MB. I got it, but now its up @ $180 for just 1 stick of 512MB! Is it possible for a fellow like meslef to combine my PC4000 with a stick of HyperX PC3200? :cheers:

 

[Fletch]

Yeah it should work. Both sticks of ram will work at the same frequency as the slowest out of them both.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

I have 512mb RAM atm, and have a spare 256mb laying around. If i stick that in to get 768mb whatever it is, will it have any considerable effect on any games, especially considering HL2?

 

[destrukt]

i should be getting another stick of my beautiful 512 pc3200 geil ram [with heat spreader aka, pretty blue case on my ram stick] in a week. yay for 1gb.

 

[Maxi]

I have a gig of memory! and it's ahh so wonderfull.

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

I went crazy and bought too much ram. Poor me for getting the shopping-frenzy-virus.

Yeah yeah yeah, I know it might even slow my computer down .. *sigh* Didn't know it at the time.

 

[goldenboi]

I have a

AMD 2600+ Barton
512MB PC4000 Kingston HyperX
ATI 9800 Pro 128 MB (R350 core)

What should I upgrade to be read for HL2? X800 Pro 256 is going for $375 on Ebay and you can flash it to a X800 PE. If I do this... I will nedd to sell mmy 9800 pro for around $130 on ebay. Hopefully I will get around $200 in xhristmas checks... oh yeah I have like $75 in checks already but they're probably expired... and I could save my allowances and mow lawns :thumbs: I'm guessing by December 26 I shall have my gfx card.
But my question is, if I go through with this plan... will my 2600+ be the bottleneck of my system? Thx.