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Hey i was wondering, im building a new rig and im on a strict budget. Will one gig of OCZ platinum XTC ddr2-800 RAM bottleneck or really halt performance by more then like 20 FPS in modern games like COUNTER STRIKE SOURCE, and call of duty 2? Do i REALLY need 2 gigs, or is 1 gig fine. BTW plan on playing 1024x768 resolution medium settings. THANK YOU im getting an x1950 XT, e6420, so will they got bottlenecked?

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no you should be fine with those parts :D :D

no bottleneck there :wink:

Reply to slashzapper

From my experience, CS:S and COD2 runs well on a 1GB system. BF2, however, does benefit from 2GB of RAM, there are less momentury 'stutters' in game, but it's still very playable on 1GB, just not as 'smooth' as 2GB can be. ;)

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From my experience, CS:S and COD2 runs well on a 1GB system. BF2, however, does benefit from 2GB of RAM, there are less momentury 'stutters' in game, but it's still very playable on 1GB, just not as 'smooth' as 2GB can be. ;)



I second this. I notived better FPS and performance from 2GB on BF2142.

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