Is 3 gigs the minimum, or recommended? I have a hard time believing that would even be a recommended requirement (Mass Effect 2, which was just released, has a minimum of 2 gigs under Vista/7 and 1 gig under XP). If it's minimum you should be fine with 2 gigs.
EDIT: Looking at BioShock 2's system requirements: they're calling for 2 gigs minimum and 3 gigs recommended. Therefore you'll be fine with 2 but you'll probably have slower load times and you'll want to ensure you're not running much (if anything) in the background while the game is running.
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I have trouble believing that there's any current game out that has a minimum spec requirement of 3 gigs ram.
Current operating systems come in two types 32-bit and 64-bit. XP and Vista are usually 32 bit (unless you specifically get the 64 bit versions). I think Windows 7 is 64 bit only, but I don't know that for certain...
Anyway, 32-bit operating systems can only access 3 gigs of ram total (regardless of how much might be actually on your computer). I've got 4 gigs on my XP machine, just due to the way the memory sticks are built, but only 3 gigs of it can be used.
If you've actually found a game out there that lists 3 gigs as a minimum spec, I'd love to hear which one it is.
Short answer: I'd seriously doubt that you'll have any troubles with 2 gigs of ram, other than maybe running just a bit slow, on any currently released game.
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Thxs guys for the help the game in question is Global Agenda and it says with vista 3GB ram min here is the page http://www.globalagendagame.com/TheGame_SysReq.html. Tell me what you think will my computer run this with 2GB of ram and vista?
You'll be fine. You might have some choppiness, but games are played every day below minimum specs.
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99% chance that you'll be ok with 2GB. That seems like a fairly inflated min memory requirement on their part.
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You'll be fine. You might have some choppiness, but games are played every day below minimum specs.
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what is it that RAM does? the only thing I'm aware of is load speed times.
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Picture someone at a desk, with filing cabinets to the side. The desk is the working space, the filing cabinets are storage. If you have a small desk, you can't really have a lot out to work on at once - it doesn't matter how much you have in the filing cabinets, you can only have a few documents out before they start crowding over each other, falling off the sides, blowing off with the fan and the like. If you need to work on more stuff, you would look into a bigger desk.
For your PC, the desk is your RAM, the filing cabinets are your hard drive. More RAM (to a point) gives you more room to work on more stuff at once, or work on bigger projects (larger programs, like your 2 Gb minimum example) without having to shuffle stuff back to the filing cabinets.
RAM is working space. And a 32 bit OS can see up to (roughly) 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 Gb RAM. Coming to the other quote below...
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Current operating systems come in two types 32-bit and 64-bit. XP and Vista are usually 32 bit (unless you specifically get the 64 bit versions). I think Windows 7 is 64 bit only, but I don't know that for certain...
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Those caps, of course, are 64 bit editions only. 32 bit - essentially consider yourself limited to 3 Gb.
This isn't a COH question really but a game question in general, there is a new game I was looking to purchase and my system specs all meet the requirements except I only have 2 gigs of RAM and it says 3 is needed, will this game still run on my computer? what is it that RAM does? the only thing I'm aware of is load speed times.
Thanks for any help.