8GB RAM upgraded

So i put 2x4GB stick of ram into my P-6831FX. BIOS reconize it, and windows vista x64 can see all of it also.

however... i am wondering if it can actually USE all of it or not...

i have opened many programs and games at the same time and can only use about 4gb of it, the other 4gb just idles haha.

the only way i managed to use up all 8gb is opening 3 PRIME95 at the same time(stress test program)

if anyone has any experiance working with 8GB of RAM on this chipset (PM965) please share some knowlege. i read something about 32bit programs being only able to utilize 1-2gb of ram, but wasnt sure. any ideas or help would be appreciated!

 

Try and use CS4.... or even Solidworks (CAD) you will use it all

While using CS4 I use 3.5gigs + and my system bogs down real bad. On my desktop I have 16gigs and it runs great.

LOL below.....

 

Try ripping/encoding and compressing/splitting video files with a game running in the background, which you can play while your waiting. Was ripping and encoding the complete first season of Babylon 5, while compressing and splitting completed episodes into 4 part zip files and testing, by watching completed episodes and running COD4 in background (minimized when testing a video), but I was doing this on my main system with the quad core OCed and 4GB RAM (I also didn't shut any background task off, full side bar and background apps like messengers and crap running). Good luck!

 

Hey Rice4u -

It would help to know what OS you are using.

 

Cool. What brand of RAM, where'd you buy it, and how much did it set you back?

 

you could play half life 2 with all the cinematic mods intalled that will use alot of the ram.

 

Originally Posted by rice4u
So i put 2x4GB stick of ram into my P-6831FX. BIOS reconize it, and windows vista x64 can see all of it also.



it is vista x64 ultimate.

 

http://www.edgetechcorp.com/memory/ram-upgrades.asp?product_id=12320

i got it for free from work, we bought extra sticks to test our machines at work to see if it would work, and had left over.

 

Yeah, I see it now.

Sorry.

 

Free is the best price there is...

I want to work where you work...

 

Can you post a picture of windows task manager->performance tab?

 

this great. if this is possible then i want to put 6gb in!

 

Does it seem like the performance would be worth $200 for a 4gb stick? Could you post any benchmarks please?

 

Darn, it's DDR2. Been looking for DDR3 for my 7805 in that price range though! Cheapest I've seen around for 4GB DDR3 SODIMMs is $287.95 (Canadian dollars. It's $266.38 USD) ( http://www.ats-systems.com/store/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=4402192). When it gets closer to $200 I'm biting the bullet.

 

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Evidentially, cyclist14, you didn't see my post #9 in this thread.

 

If you tend not to use 8GB most of the time, why get 8GB then? In fact before purchasing the kit, you should ask yourself if you really NEED, not want, 8GB and for what purposes.

Things like photoshop CS4, photomerging can really be a pain in the butt for RAM, especially dealing with many layers etc, can use up to 7GB+.

Remember, more RAM allows you to multitask more, and do MORE things, not increase performance.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=305464

 

Free is truely the best price. Here is another place selling that ram:

http://www.memory-up.com/memory/AsusG_RAM450.html?utm_source=PriceWatch&utm_medium=cpc

 

i got it because it was free from work. i know what RAM does, i was not expecting more performance from this upgrade although it does help because there is no hiccup at all no matter how many things i open or what i do.

do i NEED it, no. for what purpose? to test out 8gb i got for free.

i turned off and deleted my page file compltely and my system seems to actually be more responsive and stable.

i can put a picture of the performance tab for the guy who requested it as soon as i get home, and run some benchmarks for some of you guys. been busy at work so havent been on here for a while

final word is, is it worth it to go from 4gb to 8gb with 450$ for the upgrade? NO. Will you knoticed a difference? it depends on how much you multi task, ie playing games while ripping a dvd.

 

i want to work there (currently unempl. lol). freebies like that r worth it. nice to see it works so when mem prices drop we'll be able to put those in.

 

this is my first time uploading a picture hope it works. below is a picture of the performance tab someone requested.

as for the (synthetic) benchmarks, there was no difference between 4gb and 8gb of ram. i ran 3dmark06 and got the same score with 4gb or 8gb

 

Spend 200 bucks on a good SSD instead (I recently got an OCZ Vertex 60gb). Where before my system ran well, now it leaps to obey my commands muahahahah

 

yeah i was checking on those ssd those things just make any computer run smooth.................about those 8gb u should run like 4 games crysis,call of duty 4, far cry2, and fallout 3 i ran half of these games and my cpu was 100% and ram was 98% then my computer turned off(lol)

 

NIce I will upgrade to 8 Gb in the future

 

I thing there is also a chipset limitation, it will recognize only 6.2 gigs as i know.

its not the OS but the chipset limiting now.

although her at intel site its stated max 4 gigs of ram

http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=28116