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    Difference between 2 gigs of ram and 4 gigs of ram in games...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Charivari, Mar 6, 2008.

  1. Charivari

    Charivari Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey all, I decided to pick up an extra 2 gigs of ram for my laptop making it a total of 4gigs.

    I have an 8600m GT 512 GDDR3 card in there. What kind of performance increases should I expect? (framerate, textures, etc)

    I am running my games on Vista x64 and they do well with 2 gigs...I am trying to get an idea of what 4 gigs might do so I can compare that to what actually happens :p

    I should be getting the RAM in a few hours.

    I play COD 4 CnC 3, WoW etc...so I play a wide range of types etc.

    Thanks!
     
    Charivari, Mar 6, 2008
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  2. lozanogo

    lozanogo Notebook Deity

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    The performance itself will not be altered. You will notice the loading times can get shorter and now you can play demanding games with a few applications open and see no hit in the game performance (since now you have plenty of resources).
     
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  3. Icaru506

    Icaru506 Notebook Consultant

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    I am running Vista32 and noticed absolutely none whatsoever. I kept an eye on memory usage, and played several games. Because there was no difference, I returned the newly acquired 2 GIG back to the shop.

    Maybe Vista64 is different, but I'm not qualified to comment.
     
    Icaru506, Mar 6, 2008
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  4. ScifiMike12

    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    It also depends on what resolution you're playing at and what settings you have on.

    I remember BF2142 + 1920x1200 + 2GB of memory + Vista = BSOD's

    Once I upgraded to 4GB, everything ran smooth and my HDD wasn't being cached as much.

    God I miss my ol' rig. :(
     
    ScifiMike12, Mar 6, 2008
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