Max RAM, Amounts and Speed in an ASUS G73.....16GB DDR3-1333 or 8GB DDR3-1866

Hey guys, right now I have 8GB if DDR3-1333 RAM and I was wondering if it'll accept 16GB of DDR3-1333? Anyone know if this stuff will work in a 4X4GB config?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820226027

Or if it won't take that, what about DDR3-1866 in a 4X2GB config?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820104192

And before anyone asks I work in game development using the Unreal engine so yes I do need as much RAM as possible

 

You will only utilise up to 1333mhz, so getting 1866mhz is a waste. It will accept 16gb (4x4GB) - a lot of resellers are offering that upgrade option. So if you need the most you can have, get 4x4GB 1333mhz DDR3 sodimms for a total of 16GB.

Just wondering, how come you didnt get a workstation rig like the Clevo D900F with a desktop i7, tripple channel memory, three hard drives with raid, a Quadro GPU, higher 1920x1200 Matte screen and more ports (like esata) if you need it for development? If youre thinking of upgrading to 4x4gb sticks you obviously arent lacking funds...

 

If you have an i7, then it will take 16GB RAM.

Dunno about anything faster than 1333 RAM

 

Awesome, thanks so much looks like 16GB will be my next upgrade....I've searched a lot and haven't found much but do you know of a fix for me to get the full speeds out of my Vertex 2 SSD?

 

Doesn't he need 920QM for 16GB to work? Or 720QM is enough too?

 

I should have stated that I have the i7 720QM model that currently has 8GB of DDR3 just to make sure we're all on the same page

 

It's the memory controller on the i7 Mobility chips. i5's only can do 8GB.

 

Thanks Chastity

Any idea on the SSD issue?

 

Youll have to do a manual free space consolidation to clean the NAND cells... Theres a guide on the OCZ forums posted somewhere. Just google it, it will come up.

 

That will fix the G73's wall with SSD speed? It's a brand new drive in a brand new G73? Not to second guess you, just clairifying

 

Oh its new? I thought you meant it slowed down after usage. No idea than. Perhaps it maxed the SATA 2 controllers bandwith (300MB/s). Whats the read/write speed of that drive of yours?
If its somewhere near/equal or more than 300MB/s the bandwith limit was probably reached/exceeded (300MB/s is the theoretical limit, in real use the limit should actually be a bit lower).

 

It's a 285MB read/write and it's benching at a whopping 110MB/sec I read a few places that it seems to be a problem with the G73 and the SSD playing together, let me see what I can dig up

As far as your second post goes and why I picked what I did, my boss gave me a $1500 limit and said have something in a couple of days lol

 

I'm kinda wondering why you chose a G73 over a desktop for doing game development. You would get much more for the money on a desktop.

 

Same reason I got one ... why not? It's semi-portable, it looks good when giving presentations, and not a whole lot of extra room at home.

Yeah, it's not as zippy or upgradeable as a desktop. But it is much more portable, and has almost all the advantages of a decent desktop, with very few of the disadvantages.

 

But he said his boss gave the money to get one. So i would think its gona be at his office or something? I would guess u got yours the same reason as i did, more of a personal work station rather then an office work station?

 

I just ran HDTune and HDTach on mine with the Intel X25-M G2 160GB. I completely forgot to test it since i had so many other problems. Guess what? Its only doing 160MB/s when it should be doing 250MB/s and i know its not the SSD, since i had and tested it on my previous laptop and it did the full 250MB/s and i know the cells are clean since i ran the optimizer to wipe them.

Edit: Looking into it atm. Will post update later.

 

Seperate thread open for the SSD issues.

 

Yeah im a professional game animator and I would never consider, nor would the industry, ever do any pro 3d on ATI or a low end 1.6ghz I7. My G73 is emergency max/maya and games. Thats it

 

Have you succeeded in upgrading to 16GB DDR3-1333
In belgium I can buy a G73JH-TZ002V, with 4 slots of memory
the spec sheets states : max memory 4 x 2GB
it has i7-720QM
is it the same thing with the Asus G73JH-A1
patrick

 

AFAIK the processor supports up to 16Gb.
prime example of why not spec sheets can be trusted:
My spec sheet says I have 1066mhz ram,while in fact my g73 was delivered with 1333mhz...
second point is that several places offers the upgrade of 16gb ram as an option.

 

Why not? This G73 does extemely well IMO, I have an i7 920 desktop that I built with 12GB RAM and all the bells and whistles but this G73 cranks out work like no other I work in Unreal, 3DS Max, and Photoshop CS5 all day and I don't have any issues at all. I was just looking into more RAM because the more the merrier and then the SSD question came up but it's all good. Even with the crippled SSD speeds I can load about 2GB of Unreal packages in about 20-22 seconds, not to shabby at all.

 

Hello,

Having dfficulty confirming what mem is compatable with G73JH with i7 as most 'configuators' say it can only take 8GB and thus only list mem up to that level. I would like to fit 4 of these...

Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz Laptop Memory Kit.. | Ebuyer.com

Does anyone know if they will work?

 

i7 JH can take 16GB. You'll need 2 sets of those.

 

Yup, it'll take 16GB, see sig. The 4th RAM slot is under the mobo though so you'll have to disassemble to get to it.