im thinking about buying a computer with only 2gb of ram, and its not upgradeable. is 2gb enough for gaming like mw2?
Ten answers:
Guitar Guy
2010-08-27 04:58:19 UTC
It mostly depends on your OS. Win XP is very light, and only requires 512mb or so to run well. Vista x86 is a resource hog, x64 even more so.
The sweet spot seems to be Win 7 x86. It only requires 1GB RAM minimum.
I'd avoid Win 7 x64 though. For everyday activities, 2GB is enough to run 64-bit Win7, but add gaming to that, and it'll bottleneck you. Win 7 x64 takes up almost 1GB RAM by itself.
Warren
2010-08-27 11:46:48 UTC
If you are only running 2GB of RAM, then I recommend that you don't put Windows 7 on it as 2GB is the absolute minimum requirements. Put Windows XP and it'll run smoother.
However, I would recommend coughing up the extra $100 to get a PC with a motherboard that is expandable and supports DDR3 RAM. It will serve you much better in the future as all you will have to do is upgrade as opposed to buy a new PC.
Rahul
2010-08-27 12:23:01 UTC
I think its a bad idea about buying a computer with only 2gb of ram, and its not upgradeable because sooner or later u will need more ram for newer games. Just buy a COMPUTER whose ram can be easily upgraded when needed.
Crono C
2010-08-27 11:53:19 UTC
sure
see mw2 requirements
OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better
DirectX: Microsoft DirectX(R) 9.0c
Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space
Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Internet: Broadband connection required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet Connection required for activation
it only require 1gb of so 2 gb is enough
i suggest buy a good gfx card if u are a gamer
Computer Technician
2010-08-27 12:04:46 UTC
I will most likely work. However personally I had rather have at least 4 GB of Ram.
2010-08-27 11:47:41 UTC
stay away from old pc s
sooner or later your going to question yourself why didnt you buy the better one with 4 gig ram and a 1 gig ram discreet video card
2010-08-27 12:00:32 UTC
Bad idea. The computer better cost less than $200.
?
2010-08-27 11:41:45 UTC
Yes 2GB ram is saficient for gaming. but its depent that which game you are you use and what is the his minimum requrement
Mark
2010-08-27 11:41:41 UTC
if you can't add ram get better ram
http://crucial.com
ram is not the big Q it is the cpu n vid card you didn't list
2010-08-30 12:29:57 UTC
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