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| Thread ID: 103061 | 2009-09-11 04:19:00 | To ram, or not to ram | mjolnvaar (15085) | Press F1 |
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| 808847 | 2009-09-11 04:19:00 | Win7 pro x64 Intel i5 GTX295 1TB HDD Asus P7P55D pro mobo Currently I have 2x2GB ram (g.skill ripjaws) and I was wondering what kind of performance increase I'd see with another kit. This is primarily a gaming machine, but I can run Crysis maxed no problems and overall I'm very happy with the current performance, would spending $160 on more ram be justified? Thanks |
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| 808848 | 2009-09-11 04:23:00 | As the saying goes, the more the better :p I'm using 8 GB here. Dont have any games tho | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 808849 | 2009-09-11 05:23:00 | If its just gaming then I wouldnt bother at this point, but i can use 3gig of ram just with photoshop running so getting more also wouldnt hurt! | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 808850 | 2009-09-11 06:30:00 | 4GB is plenty enough man....maybe a DDR3 2000 6GB kit if you have the money. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 808851 | 2009-09-11 08:22:00 | Toms Hardware had an article on large amounts of RAM - go have a look. They basically said (as yet) its not much use. Having built 2 gaming PCs very similar as far as CPU went, 1 with 2GB and 1 with 4GB - I benchmarked them and the better GPU PC won by miles. RAM didn't help much at all. However I like excessive amounts of RAM, its not terribly expensive so why not. |
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| 808852 | 2009-09-11 10:24:00 | Useful really only if you run quite a few VMs at the same time.. | Blam (54) | ||
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