Crucial doesn't want to play.

Zefan · 16 Jan 2006 at 12:44

Morning chaps,

(Originally posted this is General

whoops)

So I've been playing BF2 for ages and I've become totally an utterly sick of my useless 1gb having to lay off data to my pagefile as it causes chugs and hangs mid game. The thing is, I have 2 * 512 Crucial 3200 hanging around from my first build which I have tried to use, but it doesn't want to play. PC wont boot with 4 sticks in (Tried setting OC right down to 200 * 9 -stock- but it still doesn't gel.)

Been reading a few threads recently and it seems that to have this many dimm's will require 2T I haven't tried this yet as I am reluctant to lose bandwith as well as having to cut my OC to 225 * 9, but it should solve my BF2 problem as I have 2gb.... right?

Z.

Dr_Evil · 16 Jan 2006 at 12:54

But.. you can play with 1Gb, it's just a bit stuttery when the map is just loaded, but after a minute or so it runs fine doesn't it?

Dutch Guy · 16 Jan 2006 at 12:59

It's prolly because the default timings of the sticks are different.

And it's true that the more sticks you use the worse the overclock will be and 1T isn't possible on most systems/CPU's

Zefan · 16 Jan 2006 at 13:01

The extent to which it lags while swapping to disc is just too much for me. It does stop after a while when some settings are put down a notch, but not if I have it on highest across the board.

I thought it was a fact that BF2 <3's 2gb? Really I wanna know if the performance drop from losing 1500mb/s bandwidth be paid back by no chugging.

:edit: I see.

Dutch Guy · 16 Jan 2006 at 13:13

I think only texture detail and shadows need to be set to medium if you have 1Gb, that plays fine on my system.

Mr Paul · 16 Jan 2006 at 14:05

4 double sided DIMMS have to be run at 2T or they will not play. The is a A64 truth!

fullfat · 16 Jan 2006 at 14:13

make sure its set to 2T in the bios as said above

Zefan · 16 Jan 2006 at 14:37

tyvm fellas