Ram Bottlenecking!?

Faralith · 05-13-2007, 04:33 PM

So these are my specs Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB)
Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)

Ram is silly swissbit (Swssbit ram? Ugh!?) 2x512 eached clocked at 266.7 MHZ which were removed from my old stock PC world computer and put into my machine.

Now when i play games, Doom 3, Serious Sam 2, Fear all at full whack.. (Im talking EVERYTHING cranked up) it is just so suttery... ok, Fear it happens like every 2-3 seconds.... Serious Sam happens when lots of enemys are on screen (lots, i mean like 6-7) Doom 3 (As i said ULTRA QUALITY EVERYTHING MAXED) stutters, or lags, what ever you wanna call it, happens mainly when i go through a door or a busy enviroment.

Now, could my systems pathetic ram be bottlenecking my com? Or is it sumut more? Every game i play, every maxed, smooth as anything, framerate is rock solid..... only problem is it stutters!!! Grr!

Incase it is bottlenecking it, i have orded 2x1g Geil 800MHZ... (Serve me good?). So what you think guys... Swissbit (lol) ram bottlenecking it?

Thanks in advance!!!

**blackduck30** · 05-13-2007, 05:36 PM

I expect the new ram should help things quite a bit

**speedster123** · 05-14-2007, 09:36 AM

blackduck is right on with his opinion, by the way, you didnt list your power supply in your specs.

**Kalim** · 05-14-2007, 10:14 AM

Definitely you need better RAM as what you have in presently is a bottleneck to texture intensive gaming.

Also to play at everything cranked up, your GPU is a bottleneck itself TBH.

What resolution do you play at?

05-13-2007, 04:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Faralith Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP	Ram Bottlenecking!? So these are my specs Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) Ram is silly swissbit (Swssbit ram? Ugh!?) 2x512 eached clocked at 266.7 MHZ which were removed from my old stock PC world computer and put into my machine. Now when i play games, Doom 3, Serious Sam 2, Fear all at full whack.. (Im talking EVERYTHING cranked up) it is just so suttery... ok, Fear it happens like every 2-3 seconds.... Serious Sam happens when lots of enemys are on screen (lots, i mean like 6-7) Doom 3 (As i said ULTRA QUALITY EVERYTHING MAXED) stutters, or lags, what ever you wanna call it, happens mainly when i go through a door or a busy enviroment. Now, could my systems pathetic ram be bottlenecking my com? Or is it sumut more? Every game i play, every maxed, smooth as anything, framerate is rock solid..... only problem is it stutters!!! Grr! Incase it is bottlenecking it, i have orded 2x1g Geil 800MHZ... (Serve me good?). So what you think guys... Swissbit (lol) ram bottlenecking it? Thanks in advance!!!

05-13-2007, 05:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
blackduck30 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wollongong/Australia Posts: 4,233 OS: XP pro SP3/Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Ram Bottlenecking!? I expect the new ram should help things quite a bit __________________ Blackduck30 Time is like money and milk, It's always running out Any Donations Help Keep TSF Free For All

05-14-2007, 09:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
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05-14-2007, 10:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Kalim Roaming To Help Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,609 OS: Many	Re: Ram Bottlenecking!? Definitely you need better RAM as what you have in presently is a bottleneck to texture intensive gaming. Also to play at everything cranked up, your GPU is a bottleneck itself TBH. What resolution do you play at?