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Upgrading driver for 6520g and 6gb to 8gb question

Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by kijjy, Jun 17, 2012.

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Recently bought a Satellite 750d, a6-3400m 6520g and 6gb ram.
was wondering if an upgrade to 8gb would be worth it and i was also wondering if i am stucking using toshiba drivers for the radeon or can i use the amd ones. i tried recently and it said i had to download from toshiba but there drivers are 6 months behind it seems. any help would be appreciated.

kijjy, Jun 17, 2012

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alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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Upgrading to 8 GB is only worth it if your already regularly getting close to 6 GB usage.
Use a memory tracking software to record your usage. If you don't know your current usage, then I would guess your not getting close to 6 GB [as it's pretty hard to get to 6GB RAM usage].

I'm not sure about Catalyst drivers [I've always had nvidia], but if AMD is giving you back unsupported hardware, you can try obtaining Toshiba Catalyst drivers from their "All Models Content" page.
Model Content Page

Good luck

alexUW, Jun 17, 2012

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thats where i got the latest driver. its from november 2011. least for my laptop model. i like to keep drivers upto date.

kijjy, Jun 18, 2012

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