is 1g better than 512mb?

[cypher007]

i have a msi k8n neo2 with two sticks of 256mb. im thinking of going upto 1g, in two 512's, and sell the old 256's. i do mostly mpeg2 encoding and some game playing. is it worth steping up or will i not notice anything? im also running raid 0 so i find load times quite quick anyway.

[MRip]

My experience says, yes, it is worth it. I noticed a big difference in any game with a lot of players like bf1942 and a big game of CS Source. HL2 runs a lot smoother with 1gig. Those annoying little stutters vanish. My board recently stopped wanting to run 1gig so I'm stuck with 512 and it's driving me nuts...

[echow87]

yes, 1gig is becoming common right now for all pc rigs for todays gaming :)

[jinu117]

MMORPG Players should look no less than 1 gig... now it is not matter of enjoyability, it is matter of playability on those games :P

[Karnivore]

I definately vote for a gig, or more depending, 1gb over 512 is a very notable difference for todays typical software.

[black rose]

Chalk up another vote for 1G, games like farcry and hl2 just run smoother and so does the rest of the system.

[Tony420]

1gb...

As I always say, unless you like to benchmark for fun, 1x256/2x256 is just worthless ! :)

[_Eduard_]

is 1g better than 512mb?

No, it's worse

[Malachia]

at the same speed and latency 1gb incrase scores in pifast&3dmarks???