for all intents and purposes if u want to get smooth gameplay under full load of a 64 player server with decent graphics, get 1GB RAM. But keep in mind you won't be able to get full settings. 1.5 to 2 GB RAM is a must if u want to push to max.

My rig

AMD64 3500
Nvidia Geforce 7800GT
2X512 RAM Kingston (Dual Channel)
Asus Motherboard.

even this I could only run smooth with DL off, AA off, DS medium, Geometric detail high, texture high. effects medium. and still laggy on titans.

thanks for the advice, my monitor can only support 1024 X 768 and yet stutters at the worst possible moment. imagine having a tense 1-1 firefight and your rifle ran out of bullets, ur health and his drop to 10 and ur attacker 10 feet away from you and he ran out of bullets too, you both switch to guns and jump around and then u stuttered and got knifed.

OH THE PAIN

oh, is there any difference between DDR200 and DDR400? my mobo can only let my RAM stick run at the slowest of the two sticks. one stick is DDR200 and the other DDR400, I plan to get another stick of DDR400. If can I want to avoid the trouble to sell off my RAM and get 2X1GB DDR RAM.

other than that I hope the upgrade solves the lag in titan as well.

This post has been edited by slickz: Oct 20 2006, 12:27 PM

I want to say thanks to you because now I managed to run my RAM @ FSB 200Mhz and my god there's all the difference in the world! I first added the two new sticks I bought and added it to a total of 3GB in my setup, playtest ran without anymore frustrating stutters, but framerates are only 25-35 fps, with tense firefights dipping into 16 fps minimum.

I took out my old RAM and just ran the new ones @ 200MHz FSB, for a total of 2GB RAM and my framerates shot up to 60-70 fps, outdoor firefights 40 fps, entering quiet titan 50 fps, when inside titan under attack 25-30fps, with the worst I can push it is 19fps for 1sec.

finally!

This post has been edited by slickz: Oct 22 2006, 04:06 PM