Memory Matters?

Add a Gig of RAM

F.E.A.R. Performance 1024x768x32
CPU	Min FPS	Max FPS
Athlon 64 X2 3800+1GB Memory	35	157
Athlon 64 X2 3800+2GB Memory	37	159

F.E.A.R. Performance 1600x1200
CPU	Min FPS	Max FPS
Athlon 64 X2 3800+1GB Memory	16	65
Athlon 64 X2 3800+2GB Memory	16	65

Notes

Eager to see if there was anything we could do to boost performance, we added another gigabyte of memory to our test bed, hoping for Battlefield 2-like results. As it turns out, the extra RAM helps out a little at 1024x768 (though you wouldn’t be able to tell from the average frame rate) and does absolutely nothing when you move to 1600x1200. There seems to be a recurring message here…