DDR2 for gaming?

[Kestas]

I want to know if 4gb (2x2gb) of DDR2-800Mhz ram is enough for some decent gaming(1080p medium settings).

 

Im running Core2Quad Q6600 machine and want to know if the ram will be fast enough.

[SImoHayha]

Just now, Kestas said:

I want to know if 4gb (2x2gb) of DDR2-800Mhz ram is enough for some decent gaming(1080p medium settings).

 

Im running Core2Quad Q6600 machine and want to know if the ram will be fast enough.

Might want some 8GB DDR2 heh

[Kestas]

Just now, Ramamataz said:

Might want some 8GB DDR2 heh

My MB has only 2 ram slots and i can only find 2gb sticks of ddr2-800 in my country.

[SImoHayha]

1 minute ago, Kestas said:

My MB has only 2 ram slots and i can only find 2gb sticks of ddr2-800 in my country.

Why not order off online then? 8GB is minimal unless your playing indie games and such. Currently more games are using more than 8GB, which is why am starting to get another 8GB stick of ram. 

 

Try to find 4gb.

[Mohenjo]

5 minutes ago, Kestas said:

I want to know if 4gb (2x2gb) of DDR2-800Mhz ram is enough for some decent gaming(1080p medium settings).

 

Im running Core2Quad Q6600 machine and want to know if the ram will be fast enough.

i use a q6600 in my second build. It used to have 3 gb and it ran games just fine (has 7gb now tho) 

[Kestas]

1 minute ago, Ramamataz said:

Why not order off online then? 8GB is minimal unless your playing indie games and such. Currently more games are using more than 8GB, which is why am starting to get another 8GB stick of ram. 

 

Try to find 4gb.

I found 4gb sticks, but they would cost 4x more, thats out of my budget.

[swordsman247]

4 minutes ago, Kestas said:

I want to know if 4gb (2x2gb) of DDR2-800Mhz ram is enough for some decent gaming(1080p medium settings).

 

Im running Core2Quad Q6600 machine and want to know if the ram will be fast enough.

It would be fine if you're running older games like skyrim, mine craft, etc...or lower demand game like league of legends.

[Kestas]

Thanks for info. Now csgo runs fine, except that ram is at the roof. (2gb-400Mhz installed)

[Toxicknight79]

16 minutes ago, Kestas said:

I want to know if 4gb (2x2gb) of DDR2-800Mhz ram is enough for some decent gaming(1080p medium settings).

 

Im running Core2Quad Q6600 machine and want to know if the ram will be fast enough.

I run 4gb DDR2 800  playing some games and well, to be honest,,, its very sub par , More ram  8gb i say.

[Orangeator]

11 minutes ago, Kestas said:

I want to know if 4gb (2x2gb) of DDR2-800Mhz ram is enough for some decent gaming(1080p medium settings).

 

Im running Core2Quad Q6600 machine and want to know if the ram will be fast enough.

Well, I can't say anything until you tell us your GPU... I would recommend a quad core CPU for gaming though, dual cores can "pass" but they aren't the best for modern AAA titles. 

[SImoHayha]

6 minutes ago, Kestas said:

I found 4gb sticks, but they would cost 4x more, thats out of my budget.

why not a 4gb plus a 2 stick?

[Kestas]

1 minute ago, Orangeator said:

Well, I can't say anything until you tell us your GPU... I would recommend a quad core CPU for gaming though, dual cores can "pass" but they aren't the best for modern AAA titles. 

My cpu is quad core (core2QUAD).

GPU for now gt9400, but i plan buying gtx 750 ti,

[Orangeator]

2 minutes ago, Kestas said:

My cpu is quad core (core2QUAD).

GPU for now gt9400, but i plan buying gtx 750 ti,

Oh my bad, I read core 2 and assumed you had a dual core, didn't even notice the "quad". Honestly for 1080p gaming you might want something with more horses then a gt9400.

[diapersarefullofshit]

I bet most replying here weren’t born when ddr2 came out. I think 4GB ddr2 should be fine for most mediocre games (csgo/doto2/tf2) if you do not expect ultra settings. Best way to find out is to try. Skip that 750ti and save for a better 2nd hand gpu at the same pricelevel, i am thinking 2nd hand 950/960/380/7870/760/etcetc should be fine, do not underestimate a quadcore.

 

 

 

[harrynowl]

32 minutes ago, Ramamataz said:

Why not order off online then? 8GB is minimal unless your playing indie games and such. Currently more games are using more than 8GB, which is why am starting to get another 8GB stick of ram. 

 

Try to find 4gb.

You'll have a hard time getting that density to work on 775 memory controllers. Only K8 IMCs could run 2GB per rank DIMMs due to the 16K pages used (compared to 8K on other architectures).

[Jonathan Lemmens]

49 minutes ago, diapersarefullofshit said:

I bet most replying here weren’t born when ddr2 came out. I think 4GB ddr2 should be fine for most mediocre games (csgo/doto2/tf2) if you do not expect ultra settings. Best way to find out is to try. Skip that 750ti and save for a better 2nd hand gpu at the same pricelevel, i am thinking 2nd hand 950/960/380/7870/760/etcetc should be fine, do not underestimate a quadcore.

 

 

 

LOL, I was born before the PC-133 days. I guess i'm "old"

[diapersarefullofshit]

2 minutes ago, Jonathan Lemmens said:

LOL, I was born before the PC-133 days. I guess i'm "old"

If you havent owned a vic20 you are a nobody!:)

[Jonathan Lemmens]

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If you havent owned a vic20 you are a nobody!:)

I guess you're "older"  

[another random person]

I have a computer with Pentium Quad core with 4 GB DDR3 ram; but even that cant allow for me to play games at 720p mid settings.

So if you want to Game with DDR2, My recommendation is to get a minimum of 8 GB of ram.