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4gb versus 6gb
M-Vickers
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I've recently added 2gb of ram, taking me from 2 to 4 gb. Mostly because civ 5 is something of a hog.
It's made a huge difference, and I'm now debating adding another 2gb.
I'm using windows 7, and I know that uses about 1.5gb for itself, hence the big improvement when I added the 2bg, but I'm unsure whether I'd benefit from the jump to 6gb.
I only use my pc for gaming, and watching tv. My graphics card is a 512mb Radeon 4850.
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It's made a huge difference, and I'm now debating adding another 2gb.
I'm using windows 7, and I know that uses about 1.5gb for itself, hence the big improvement when I added the 2bg, but I'm unsure whether I'd benefit from the jump to 6gb.
I only use my pc for gaming, and watching tv. My graphics card is a 512mb Radeon 4850.
Opinions ?
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I think you should sell some internal organs, and go and buy 6x4GB sticks of RAM.
Yes, I'm using win 7 64bit, and it's ddr3 (albeit a 'value' brand)...
The company I got it from, Aria (in the UK) only does up to 2gb sticks, else I'd have got 4 to start with - I was on a tight budget and skimped on the RAM to keep costs down.
You've talked me into it. :-). Roll on payday...
This isn't actually true, as far as it goes. The only processor line that currently has a triple-channel memory controller is Intel's Socket 1366 i7 line. So if you run any other processor, and have, say, 3/4 slots filled (The only motherboard's with more than 4 are either 1366 boards or a few weird 1156 boards), you won't get triple channel speeds.