Is the upgrade in RAM really worth it?

2007-05-12 06:06:53

#1

farmerfez: o wut?; +78|7001

Ok, I have 2 gigs right now. Should i make the jump to 3 or invest the money somewhere else.

Specs are: 7600GS, 2 gigs of ram, some random processer (I think its 2.80 GHz dual core, thats what Xfire says)

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2007-05-12 06:09:49

#2

teek22: Add "teek22" on your PS3 fools!; +133|6851|Bromley, London

I don't think you realistically need more than 2gb in my opinion.
You could invest in an intel core 2 duo processor.

2007-05-12 06:10:27

#3

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6706|United Kingdom

^agreed. I think your money would be better spent elsewhere

2007-05-12 06:12:40

#4

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7107|Wigan. Manchester. England.

either new CPU or GPU

2007-05-12 06:14:32

#5

teek22: Add "teek22" on your PS3 fools!; +133|6851|Bromley, London

Is your 7600GS a 256mb or 512mb??

2007-05-12 07:40:59

#6

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6964|N. Ireland

3? I'd just get 4. And yes, a new CPU upgrade to the Core 2 Duo line would be much more beneficial. With this in mind, you'll need a new motherboard and RAM though!

2007-05-12 12:56:07

#7

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6823|uk

leetkyle wrote:
3? I'd just get 4. And yes, a new CPU upgrade to the Core 2 Duo line would be much more beneficial. With this in mind, you'll need a new motherboard and RAM though!

You don't necessarily need new memory if you get a new processor.

2007-05-12 12:58:17

#8

farmerfez: o wut?; +78|7001

teek22 wrote:
Is your 7600GS a 256mb or 512mb??

256

2007-05-12 13:07:07

#9

san4: The Mas; +311|7159|NYC, a place to live

farmerfez wrote:
teek22 wrote:
Is your 7600GS a 256mb or 512mb??
256

Upgrade the GPU. It sounds like your CPU isn't too bad, and 2 GB ram is fine.

2007-05-12 13:08:40

#10

MECtallica: Member; +73|6975|jalalabad

if you can get higher than 2gb you can rid of some pagefile, but that's about it. and or you can run multiple games at a time but yea, who plays 4 games at the same time >_>?

2007-05-12 14:06:41

#11

CrazeD: Member; +368|7143|Maine

The more RAM you have, the more caching you have.

No games for the moment will utilize more than 2GB of RAM. Therefore, you have a lot of wasted RAM that is just being cached, which takes time. Every time your system needs a file it has to scan all 4GB of RAM to see if it's there...if not, it has to get it from the hard-drive. The more RAM you have, the longer this takes.

If you have Vista, 4GB is worth it. If not, it's a waste of money because you most likely will never use that much RAM.

2007-05-12 14:09:18

#12

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7120

Titch2349 wrote:
leetkyle wrote:
3? I'd just get 4. And yes, a new CPU upgrade to the Core 2 Duo line would be much more beneficial. With this in mind, you'll need a new motherboard and RAM though!
You don't necessarily need new memory if you get a new processor.

Yes you do. C2D is DDR2, whereas all previous processors were DDR.

2007-05-12 16:26:51

#13

teek22: Add "teek22" on your PS3 fools!; +133|6851|Bromley, London

Do you have vista? If so in my opinion I think you should wait untill dx10 cards come out if you are thinking of investing a lot of money into a new GPU. If you have enough money I would also get a new CPU and a GPU when the dx10 cards are released and become a bit cheaper.

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