I am considering asking for some RAM for Christmas. I currently have 2 GB and was looking to double it to 4 GB. The thing is that I don't know if it is worth it. 
At 2 GB, Vista seems to run at an optimal level. The thing is, I tend to play some games on this laptop too. I have an ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 series graphics card with 256 MB of dedicated VRAM and about 800 MB of Shared ram (give or take 50 MB).
I play games like Half-Life (both first and second) Deus Ex... etc... I don't really play many of the new, top of the line games. The graphics work good at high levels, but in some areas it seems to get bogged down. I'm thinking that it is the game itself, but there is the possibility that a background app is causing it. But going off the assumption that it is just the game itself, would doubling my RAM have a good effect, or would I need to upgrade my video card in order to get it to work good?
Also, I know that increasing your RAM has a good effect on battery life, but do you really see a difference if you get a decent amount of life at 2 GB?
Any comments appreciated.
Thanks!



Some additional details:
I think the current RAM is 2 GB of Samsung DDR2 RAM
I wanted to upgrade to 4 GB of Crucial DDR2 RAM

At 2 GB, Vista seems to run at an optimal level. The thing is, I tend to play some games on this laptop too. I have an ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 series graphics card with 256 MB of dedicated VRAM and about 800 MB of Shared ram (give or take 50 MB).
I play games like Half-Life (both first and second) Deus Ex... etc... I don't really play many of the new, top of the line games. The graphics work good at high levels, but in some areas it seems to get bogged down. I'm thinking that it is the game itself, but there is the possibility that a background app is causing it. But going off the assumption that it is just the game itself, would doubling my RAM have a good effect, or would I need to upgrade my video card in order to get it to work good?
Also, I know that increasing your RAM has a good effect on battery life, but do you really see a difference if you get a decent amount of life at 2 GB?
Any comments appreciated.
Thanks!




Some additional details:
I think the current RAM is 2 GB of Samsung DDR2 RAM
I wanted to upgrade to 4 GB of Crucial DDR2 RAM
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Samsung R60 Plus
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 @ 2.00 Ghz
- Memory
- 2 GB DDR2 RAM
- Graphics card(s)
- ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 series
- Sound Card
- Realtek Hi-def Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Mobile PC Display
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 800
- Hard Drives
- Fujitsu 120 GB SATA drive
- Internet Speed
- 100 mb/s
- Other Info
- South Korean model, Shipped from an english teacher half way across the world =P