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 Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 12:54 pm Post subject: Amount of Ram in a machine |
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1. Thanks for the awesome time had by all at this years noreaster (Oh Jesus!!!)
2. I am currently pricing out a new machine and right now for some reason I am blanking on how much ram is really needed within the machine itself, it will be used for gaming mostly? I am thinking 4GB is enough but have looked into 6 and 8 as well. what is really needed for an excellent gaming machine for 2-3 years?
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| Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Generally the more ram you have the better things will run, so go with the 8GB. |
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| Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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| 64T of ram should be good for the next year or two |
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Metl
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I've got 4gb of memory and I can run most things just fine. Bad Company 2 boggs down every now and then but I'm not sure if it's a memory issue or something else.
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| Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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depends on what kind of ram your motherboard takes,
dual channel id go 4gb
triple channel id go 6gb |
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Just remember you will need to have a 64-bit Operating System in order for your machine to use more than 3gb. Here is a good page to outline what OS handles how much memory.
Memory Outline
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Seriously, does Apple even allow you to chose? I thought you had your choice of fruity colors or aluminum?
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Funny Pissbreath but im doing a custom build for myself
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| DarkZ wrote: | depends on what kind of ram your motherboard takes,
dual channel id go 4gb
triple channel id go 6gb |
This is the correct answer. You will notice a larger difference in performance if you have 3x 2GB than 2x 4GB sticks due to DDR3 being triple channel. Just make sure you put the memory in the correct slots!
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