A few questions about gaming and my ram :)

ominous11

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Hey guys,

I have a three part question:

1) This is my first high end PC and I've been doing a lot of gaming lately :) I noticed when I play game's like COD:AW and Battlefield Hardline it takes up all my ram ( 8 gig's ). The game's don't seem to lag or anything like that but should I upgrade too 16 gig's maybe ?? Would I see a huge change or any at all ?

2) I own the G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory. If I were to get another 8 gig's should I get the exact same ? or can I get two different stick's for the other slots ?

3) When I check the bios it read both stick at 8 gig's but when I stress test it only reads 7.45gig's. Is that normal ??
 
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If it's truly using up all of the memory and page-faulting (swapping), then you might notice a benefit. To be honest, 16GB of RAM is "a lot" unless you really know you need it...


Whilst it's generally advised not to mix different types of memory, the also manufacturers typically only guarantee overclocked (XMP) performance when fitting a...

shadows1234

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get the same type of ram because it will be more compatible and getting more allows you to mutitask better without slowing down the game which for me is a + and the reading of 7.45gigs is correct too and is completely normal
 

If it's truly using up all of the memory and page-faulting (swapping), then you might notice a benefit. To be honest, 16GB of RAM is "a lot" unless you really know you need it...


Whilst it's generally advised not to mix different types of memory, the also manufacturers typically only guarantee overclocked (XMP) performance when fitting a single kit (and there's a note in my motherboard manual saying to fit more cooling when using 4 sticks). So, there's an argument for seeing if you can sell the 8GB kit and get a 16GB kit instead.


That's normal - there's some used in system overheads, etc.

 
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