Is the 2 extra gigs of Ram worth it?

[coolpick]

Hey, I'm getting ready to build a new system. Anyway I'm going to use a 2.66 duo core, and a 8800GT, and 2gigs of ram(800) I was wondering if it worth the extra money to upgrade to 4 gigs and get the 64bit vista.

Thanks

[Naja002]

I bought 4GB of ram even though I am currently running a 32-bit OS(XP pro). Ram is so cheap right now(DDR2)--why not? I paid ~$17/GB for Ballistix 4-4-4-12 PC6400. My OS will not recognize all of it, and my vid card has an additional 512mb. But it will use the max (whatever that works out to be). And I will see a system ram "increase" when I move up to a 64-bit OS.

Cosair valueselect DDR for this system that I am on right now costs about 3x as much.

What's a 2GB "upgrade" going to cost whenever you're "ready" for it? I already have mine--and I got it Cheap!

Also, if there are any RMA issues--I should be able to maintain 2GB of ram while an RMA is occurring....

Just some food for thought.....

[coolpick]

I was just going the pre-built route, I've been thinking of using Cyberpowerpc. But they want like an extra 200:o to upgrade from 2gb to 4gb. Anyway I got looking I'm thinking of just buying it with 512mb and putting in 4gb on my own.

[congo]

If you are currently using Vista 32 bit with 2gb ram you may see some improvement with 4gb ram on a Vista x64 installation, but as to whether it's worth it or not is subjective.

If you are currently using an XP OS with 2mb Ram, you may experience a loss of around 10% performance in general gaming on identical hardware from what I've gleaned from user reports, I have not done direct comparisons myself.

Also consider the potential incompatibility issues surrounding Vista 64 bit OS's in regards to driver/hardware support.

[Ivan]

Hey, I'm getting ready to build a new system. Anyway I'm going to use a 2.66 duo core, and a 8800GT, and 2gigs of ram(800) I was wondering if it worth the extra money to upgrade to 4 gigs and get the 64bit vista.

Thanks

For the average software install you'll get about 50-60% memory load at idle with 2GB ram...

I have 6GB in it now and it wont rise much over 30%

OS: Vista 64 ultimate