Is 4GB enough?
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S_I_N
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4gb is normally enough for a gaming rig. But current updates to crysis 2 suggest 8gb for ultra setting to be used as well as more gpu memory. I played crysis 2 with 4gb and had only minor issues with it. But also keep in mind its better to oc with 2 stick versus 4. So if you plan on uppin ur ram to 8gigs I'd suggest 2x4gb sticks over 4x2gb sticks.
the cod god
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something like this would be more than enough: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231449
SmoulderingCircuits
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Definately go 8GB, it's like when you ask people how many cores you need and they say 'oh only two, that's all that's supported' and in six months time you have to upgrade to a quad. Just get the better product and have it last you longer. If you can only afford 4GB get it in 2x2GB rather than 1x4GB, unless you plan to upgrade to 2x4GB straight after, in which case make do with 1x4GB until you can afford the second dimm
8 gb, im thinkin on getting 16gb but i do alot of encoding for videos and stuff lol plus ram is cheap the more ya got the more spare for extra rigs in the future, as everyone knows when new boards come out and ddr4 comes out, your ddr3 will become expensive in a few years.
( currently sitting on 20 gig of ddr1 and 2 and only 5 gb sdr some people still want there xp computers fixed lol) ££
( currently sitting on 20 gig of ddr1 and 2 and only 5 gb sdr some people still want there xp computers fixed lol) ££
KING_OF_SAND
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6gb is now the norm. 8gb is recommended.
alienware
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Man, what is it with Americans loving to have stupid amounts of ram?
Fact time. 4gb is more than enough. I use 3gb in my I7 triple channel PC and I have not run into a problem anywhere in 7 months of ownership.
8gb is overkill, especially for gaming. If you are crunching or encoding then cool, otherwise it will hurt performance. The more memory you have the more that needs to be addressed. If you a running a game that can hurt performance.
If you take a look around you then you will find that 99% of pre built PCs come shipped with 4gb ram. Simply as it's more than enough.
It actually made me LOL when that crazy bald bloke who reviews stuff was proud to announce he had 24gb ram in his gaming rig
Utterly utterly pointless.
Ya93sin
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Man, what is it with Americans loving to have stupid amounts of ram?
Fact time. 4gb is more than enough. I use 3gb in my I7 triple channel PC and I have not run into a problem anywhere in 7 months of ownership.
8gb is overkill, especially for gaming. If you are crunching or encoding then cool, otherwise it will hurt performance. The more memory you have the more that needs to be addressed. If you a running a game that can hurt performance.
If you take a look around you then you will find that 99% of pre built PCs come shipped with 4gb ram. Simply as it's more than enough.
It actually made me LOL when that crazy bald bloke who reviews stuff was proud to announce he had 24gb ram in his gaming rig
Utterly utterly pointless.
Tbf, Crysis 2 is using nearly all of my RAM, but I can understand where you're coming from, for most games its simply not neccessary.
alienware
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Well on Nvidia cards they do eat into your ram slightly.
However, I have heard of C2 using 100% of a E8400. Which is kinda crazy considering that I'm running a crappy old Core 2 on mine, 2gb ram and it flies along :S
Ed... Does the Windows CPU/Memory monitor record min/max usage? I'm tempted to go downstairs and see what's happening tbh.
However, I have heard of C2 using 100% of a E8400. Which is kinda crazy considering that I'm running a crappy old Core 2 on mine, 2gb ram and it flies along :S
Ed... Does the Windows CPU/Memory monitor record min/max usage? I'm tempted to go downstairs and see what's happening tbh.
S_I_N
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Crysis 2 dx11 with ultra has upped the amount of ram needed to 8Gb My old rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgwould pop a window about 30-45 mins saying it was out of mem. But the game kept on going This is why alot of ppl are going with higher amounts now. Heck I'm going 8Gb with my SB build
Ya93sin
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Jesus christ really? so in a way it's still poorly coded like Crysis was :S
I'm trying to find a cpu and memory app that works like afterburner, and keeps records of min and max usage. No luck so far
I think you can use Windows Performance Logs (perfmon.exe) and make a log of the usage of CPU and RAM by one process, I'm not exactly sure how to do it.
Task manager won't do it though, and maybe even the Resource Monitor could give an easier way to do it.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/69332/tracking-cpu-and-memory-usage-per-process
SmoulderingCircuits
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Man, what is it with Americans loving to have stupid amounts of ram?
Fact time. 4gb is more than enough. I use 3gb in my I7 triple channel PC and I have not run into a problem anywhere in 7 months of ownership.
8gb is overkill, especially for gaming. If you are crunching or encoding then cool, otherwise it will hurt performance. The more memory you have the more that needs to be addressed. If you a running a game that can hurt performance.
If you take a look around you then you will find that 99% of pre built PCs come shipped with 4gb ram. Simply as it's more than enough.
It actually made me LOL when that crazy bald bloke who reviews stuff was proud to announce he had 24gb ram in his gaming rig
Utterly utterly pointless.
Crysis 2 maxed out uses 55% of my 8GB, whatever that works out as [on it's own]
Ya93sin
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It can vary tbf, and another thing is that Windows 7 automatically adjusts how much RAM it can use depending on how much you have, which is interesting.
But when you're going over 4GB, you're pretty much forced to 8GB on Sandy Bridge anyway, ofc for triple kits its different, because you got the 6GB which is good.
SmoulderingCircuits
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With a browser too that's about another 1.5 - 2GB [including one of Tom's vids in 1080p fully streamed]
SieB
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I have had no noticeable problems at all but that is at 720p my crappy HDTV is only 1080i and Crysis 2 doesn't give me the option for 1080p don't know if it makes much of a difference in RAM usage in 1080p though.
