Anyways, onto what's goin' on.


Well, my OCZ Platinum 3200 1GB (2x512mb) El Rev.2 (man, that's a mouthful) kit died. Well, specifically one of the modules in the kit died so I had to RMA the whole kid.

So, my experience with OCZ Support was 'ok' at best to begin with... but it did get better. This is what happened:

I sent in my RMA of my Platinum 1GB kit and I had to pay for the shipping as per usual for these deals. I don't hear back for about a week and a half, so I call in and talk to the dude on my case.

He says, "Sorry, we don't carry your ram anymore and since it's the top of the line we don't have anything higher. So how do you feel about having the Gold 3200 El GX XTC 1GB kit with a 1GB flash drive for your trouble?"

I was like, sure why not?

So, they send me back the 1GB kit, which I was a bit disappointed in not having the same quality ram as before, but hey at least I got a 1gb flash drive. So, I go to stick it in my computer and guess what? IT DOESN'T FIT!!!! hahaha

They sent me mislabeled DDR2 ram! So, I called them back and let them know. I don't hear back from the guy for a few days so I call again. This time I get a Service Rep Supervisor. THIS DUDE GOT ON IT!

He paid for my shipping, cross shipped, and then gave me 2GB GX XTC GOLD 3200 DDR Ram.... AND I got to keep the 1GB flash drive!!!!!!!

Sooooooooooooooo....

Now I have 3GB of GOLD OCZ Ram and it's awesome! All my games run soooo smooth. And I have to say... I didn't think 3GB would make much of a difference than 2... but it really does. I run Oblivion and it helps sooo much. BF2 runs great and so do a bunch of other games, plus my system is just running a whole lot more smooth.

Sure, it could be because I had some shizzy ram in there, but I gotta say that before all the errors, Oblivion just runs way better with the extra ram. I have full settings maxed out on 1024x768 with my 7900gtx, and AMD 4000san diego.

Anyone else have any experience with high amounts of ram and gaming?

Sorry for writing so much, I just figured I'd tell the whole story.

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Wrong section..

Should be in Hardware :

http://forum.lowyat.net/Hardware

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Alot of online game cheaters out there using at least 2 PC to cheat.

How come ended up getting 2GB instead of 1GB ?

Any benchmarks to show the improvement. A bit subjective, don't you think?

yea, i was running 1GB RAM b4, and FEAR can only run in medium settings on my 7600GT...
now i've upgraded to 2GB RAM and it can b set to high, without lag, or can i say, noticable lagness.... cos i seldom play that game, dunno whether it is counted as laggy or not... lazy to test btw

Lucky man.If only I was lucky as him........
Anyway how to use flash drive as RAM?Does it need special kind of RAM?

good customer service there compensate the customers for the troubles they endure

u need window vista ready boast.... but the flash drives dun go fast i think....

I like your thinking, sir.

Did i miss something..?



Major lawl-ness.

Get ready to "boast" up to the sky!!!!

HAHHA so funny

what's funny?

well good for you la TS , anyway...remember this, the more RAM, the better , yeah, even though you got 3GB of RAM, i doubt it you're on Dual Channel, not to mention it's kinda hard in overclocking, you knowla, different chip, different segment , if i were you, i'd sell the 1GB kit

btw, not the whole kid (from you very first post) it the whole kit

wow i hope i get 1 too

3GB still can be running dual channel anyway.
2X1Gb, 2X512MB, dual channel.

I actually dont quite get it
1GB kit dead and sent for RMA, came back DDR2 1GB kit
Then OCZ resend one 2GB DDR kit, should have only 2GB, how to be 3GB ?

But then someone up there mention ready boost, but is it ?

Aren't u happy they gave u bad service? I wudnt mind bad service like that too.

ok my bad about the dual channel thingy, but TS... i don't really understand this part...

you said, you got wrong 1GB kit of DDR2, this kit actually came along with 1GB thumbdrive, you called and they sent out new unit, only this time, 2GB kit (assuming you're on DDR1 - because damaged RAM you sent was PC3200, plus you mentioned it won't fit)... so, how you can install 2 different RAM module?

sure must be ready boost already.....but then again pendrive can have such good effect? and he did mention before that he was on 1gb ram so if he does have 3gb it would definitely make alot of difference