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    ask, do I really need 8gb or RAMs? currently have 4gb..

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by stingbandel, Aug 27, 2010.

  1. stingbandel

    stingbandel Notebook Geek

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    Hi,

    I would like to know if upgrading from 4gb to 8gb would give a performance boost or not?

    Currently I am using 4gb of RAMs but I see a good deal for the 8gb of RAMs.


    thanks
     
    stingbandel, Aug 27, 2010
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    Unless you are doing graphical processing work, you will not see any difference.

    I had an 8gb Sony notebook and it wasn't any faster than my previous 4gb one for normal tasks.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Aug 27, 2010
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  3. stingbandel

    stingbandel Notebook Geek

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    Hi, I don't use any graphical work at all.


    I mainly use it for programming such as .net etc

    but I do open browser, some kind of music app at the same time...
     
    stingbandel, Aug 27, 2010
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    If you can easily afford the extra memory go for it, but don't put your self in debt for something that most likely will not utilize.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Aug 27, 2010
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  5. stingbandel

    stingbandel Notebook Geek

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    ok got it..

    thanks...
     
    stingbandel, Aug 27, 2010
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  6. Phil

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    It will depend on how heavy your .net programming is.

    For normal usage 8GB won't help performance.
     
    Phil, Aug 27, 2010
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    Not a significant boost in performance. I have 8gb on my laptop and after everything is loaded it states I have 7.1gb free memory. Even Adobe CS doesn't really use RAM much but instead uses pagefiles for image manipulations.
     
    kanehi, Aug 31, 2010
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    Keeping the browsers open for long periods of time (like I do) and work on other things can be RAM intensive.
    Software is utilizing more and more RAM these days (Chromium/Chrome included - in fact it relies on RAM to maintain it's speed) and the requirements will only go up.

    If you don't intend on changing your laptop over the next 2 to 4 years, get the 8GB if the deal is right for you (laptops will be coming with 6GB standard anyway soon with 8GB right behind - even today you can choose 8GB in higher end solutions).
    It will provide more breathing room for the browsers and the programming you are doing.
    Either way, it won't hurt.
    ;-)
     
    Deks, Aug 31, 2010
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  10. Saisei

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    you will most likely never fill that up unless you have like 10 games open at the same time, but then your computer would probably freeze with all those games open. Maybe in the far future, but by then we'll probably have 20+GB's in our laptops.
     
    Saisei, Aug 31, 2010
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