For those of you with 2 GB RAM - do you feel it's enough?

[+Byt Subscriber¹]

For me... Yes its enough.

I have 2x1GB Corsair XMS2, and Windows XP SP2.

Ive never used a computer with more memory than 2GB, so maybe i think 2GB is fine because i have no idea if more would be a noticeable improvement? Who knows.

I use my PC for many many things, from encoding video, watching 720p / 1080p videos, playing games (Well only Counter Strike Source and TF2) all of which works perfectly well on my system :)

[dr.bisho]

no

[Brad.]

Yes, seems fine for me :D

[portauthority]

i find that really hard to believe.

Considering I only use the tablet to take notes and surf the web, I find your comment hard to believe :huh:

Try it. I used to run Vista with 512MB RAM on my desktop and never noticed any performance problems until I started gaming

[Kreuger]

2GB was enough for me but I burnt out one stick and am down to 1GB again. It really seems lackluster at times but I don't feel like putting much money into computers anymore, it never seems to make much of a difference.

[kazuyette]

running with 2 gigs is cool and is - imo - the sweet spot where your rig runs at optimal capacity . I don't feel the need for more but I'll never be able to go back to less.

[Stalk3r]

Enough for me, like kazuette I consider it a sweet spot (for XP at least which I'm of course running).

[include]

Oh man, this is nuts...I remember just a couple of years ago I'd boast my 512 MB RAM capacity. Computer technology is a never-ending oil well...

[+StevoFC MVC]

Considering I only use the tablet to take notes and surf the web, I find your comment hard to believe :huh:

Try it. I used to run Vista with 512MB RAM on my desktop and never noticed any performance problems until I started gaming

I've only ever used vista on a PC with at least 2gb of ram. And I would never consider using one with less than that. It seems bad enough with 2gb.

[dmd3x]

I've only ever used vista on a PC with at least 2gb of ram. And I would never consider using one with less than that. It seems bad enough with 2gb.

agreed :yes:

[piehouserat]

this is a pretty silly question imo,

people will always want more than they need, basic economics.

[Titanium_NX]

Personally for what I do, 2 Gigs isn't enough. I have 4 Gigs right now and even that still isn't enough but then again I do high end video editing and music creation.

[FizzyChickenBroth]

2GB was enough when I shot 3mpx pictures in jpeg. Now that I'm editing 16bit RAWs from my Canon 5D, even 4 GB isn't enough. Those history states in Photoshop get pretty massive :p I'm constantly doing Edit > Purge

[darkmanx21]

Yeah, it's enough by almost all standards*. The personal issue with me was, "Hey, if it's this cheap, I'll get 4 gigs." So that's what I did. :D

My brother runs his with 2 gigs and I only notice a difference when we try to do like 30 things at once (seriously!), and that's not really that often.

*exceptions apply. :laugh:

[Wakers]

I do a lot of graphical stuff with Photoshop, I play a few games and play media files a lot - 2gb is fine - vista doesn't even use all of it with its superfetching, so i see no reason to buy bigger sticks, they'd just be a waste.

[+Seetheworldsecond Subscriber¹]

I have 2 gb of ram and it still sometimes locks up or laggs, I feel when I have 4gb, Then! I will have enough :)

[~WinGz~]

I currently have 4gbs of ram, and it regardless it still seems slow sometimes switching from a game back to the desktop.

[Cormier6083]

I recently updated my iMac to 2 gigs, and it feels a whole lot better.

[linc63]

8800 GTX has 768 mb ram , works great for games , however the 2 gb system is at 85% ( flight sim x accelerator on full ) .

vista pc uses max 58% for general web duty .

[Ci7]

4GB ram isn't even enough for me i feel it slow me down

my next rig will probably have at least 8GB ram

in case in next gen & tri-channel i will fit in 12Gb most likely

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

I'm running 3gig on a Vista based Dell laptop. It feels totally comfortable - but I think I'd notice the extra gig if I had 4.

[WhoTheF]

I have 1G only :(

[The Grasshopper]

No. I have 2G in my laptop and 1.5 on my desktop. the odd thing...my desktop starts up quicker and has more on it...

[notuptome2004]

yes for now anyways till i can get more ram and quad AMD CPU but for now i am fine vista works well with 2gb of ram

[Max Veteran]

I have 2GB at the moment, which is fine, but my processor is a Northwood 3Ghz so upgrading anything now is pointless.

My new rig will run Vista x64 and have 4GB RAM. It will be lasting me for a few years at least.