Don't let a memory barrier ruin a masterpiece. Patch it, play it, and experience NFS Carbon the way Black Box intended—stable, smooth, and stunning.

: While it may not significantly boost your raw frames per second (FPS), it can reduce "stuttering" that occurs when the game has to constantly swap assets in and out of a very small memory pool. The Gateway to Modern Modding

If you plan to use any modern graphical enhancements, the 4GB patch is virtually mandatory.