How much of Gigs of memory do you need for gaming system?
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asr1971
February 24, 2012 1:59:51 AM
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February 24, 2012 2:15:35 AM
captaincharisma
February 24, 2012 2:18:08 AM
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e56imfg
February 24, 2012 2:18:49 AM
If you're building that high end of a system, then you might as well go 16GB QUAD Channel since RAM is so cheap anyways.
This isn't the best section for asking about RAM, go here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-30-201.html
This isn't the best section for asking about RAM, go here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-30-201.html
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Boopoo
February 24, 2012 2:24:28 AM
manu 11
February 24, 2012 2:30:13 AM
sonexpc
February 24, 2012 2:45:10 AM
Energy96
February 24, 2012 2:51:33 AM
Boopoo
February 24, 2012 3:32:15 AM
capt_taco
February 24, 2012 6:29:28 AM
confish21
February 24, 2012 8:08:02 AM
4 gigs that's it.
but your building dude, make it 8 gigs.
Hey ya go
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
but your building dude, make it 8 gigs.
Hey ya go
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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AdrianPerry
February 24, 2012 9:16:14 AM
ngrego
February 24, 2012 9:51:32 AM
8GB DDR3, RAM is dirt cheap!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...
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Boopoo
February 24, 2012 10:12:31 AM
AdrianPerry
February 24, 2012 10:38:17 AM
13thmonkey said:
Afraid not, i'm using between 4 and 5GB when gaming, so if you had 4GB you'd be page filling regularly.Then that's not the game using that much RAM, its another program.
Games are designed for windows 32-bit. Therefore possibly never using over 3GB RAM.
Once again, for GAMING....4GB is plenty. If you want to be somehow multi-tasking with a bunch of other programs open at the same time your gaming, then yes, more RAM will be useful.
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signor
February 24, 2012 11:04:47 AM
UltimateDeep
February 24, 2012 11:15:07 AM
venur
February 24, 2012 11:21:45 AM
asr1971 said:
Hello, I am building a gaming computer with Intel BOXDX79SI LGA 2011 Intel X79 mother board, Intel i7-3960x CPU,2 of EVGA GTX 590,
120GB SSD,
1TB Hard Drive
4Gb is good if you disable some windows7 feature and do not multitasking. But if you play 64bit MMO's you'll be struggeling. And with the price difference betwin 2x2gb and 2x4GB their is no reason to live with only 4gb on a new computer build.
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Does anyone know a game with system requirements higher than 2GB of RAM? That's probably the lower limit on the title of this thread; how much do you "need" to play games. Four GB would be comfortable however, and allow for other programs that may be running at the same time. Looking at price though, 8GB is not twice the price of 4GB, and for that tiny additional amount, you're buying a lot of future-resistance.
Short answer: I wouldn't get less than 4GB, and think 8GB is the most sensible choice overall.
Short answer: I wouldn't get less than 4GB, and think 8GB is the most sensible choice overall.
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signor
February 24, 2012 11:40:33 AM
UltimateDeep said:
4 GB is sufficient, but 8 GB is increasingly become standard for today's computers be it office or gaming. Only applies to 64 bit systems though.8 gig for office systems, dont talk utter sh*t, you would struggle to see pc's with over 2 gig.
Most companies use low end pc's because its cheap and functional; at my work we cut off at 1gig minimum and 4 gig max (for our graphic designers) majority of our pc's have 1-2 gig. Roughly the same has gone for every place ive worked.
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captaincharisma
February 24, 2012 4:28:31 PM
Onus said:
Does anyone know a game with system requirements higher than 2GB of RAM? That's probably the lower limit on the title of this thread; how much do you "need" to play games. Four GB would be comfortable however, and allow for other programs that may be running at the same time. Looking at price though, 8GB is not twice the price of 4GB, and for that tiny additional amount, you're buying a lot of future-resistance.Short answer: I wouldn't get less than 4GB, and think 8GB is the most sensible choice overall.
if you are on a really tight budget than yes i would go with 2 GB of ram. after i was able to get some extra cash a year later i upgraded to 4GB of ram and found a huge difference. but ram is cheap right now so if i were building again i would shoot for 8GB just because i could
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4 will work for most things, but 8 is perfect for the price.
The more memory you have, the more stuff windows will(or can) prefetch for you anyway....
Sitting at 2.54(yet my media center with more open uses less, it is a 4gig system, vs 16 on my main system. Not going to lie, 8 would have been more then enough for me, 4 would be just a little shy for some things.) gigs in use right now just on the net and listening to music.
If you are on a budget then i can see 4, but 8 or even 16 is a far better option for the future.
The more memory you have, the more stuff windows will(or can) prefetch for you anyway....
Sitting at 2.54(yet my media center with more open uses less, it is a 4gig system, vs 16 on my main system. Not going to lie, 8 would have been more then enough for me, 4 would be just a little shy for some things.) gigs in use right now just on the net and listening to music.
If you are on a budget then i can see 4, but 8 or even 16 is a far better option for the future.
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Major_Trouble
February 24, 2012 4:58:06 PM
captaincharisma said:
if you are on a really tight budget than yes i would go with 2 GB of ram.The OP is putting in "2 of EVGA GTX 590 & 120GB SSD" he is most definitely NOT on a tight budget.
The consensus of opinion is 8GB (2 x 4GB - cheap & slots free) which should cover gaming for a while yet. If you're using the machine for other stuff i.e. graphics, video etc then by all means load up on RAM.
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Feldii
February 24, 2012 5:07:32 PM
I'd go for 8 GB (4x2GB), though I don't honestly have any data to back up that decision. If you're going to go that high-end on the CPU, why not buy plenty of RAM? Note that you'll want to have 4 sticks to take advantage of the quad-channel memory on the 3960x.
My guess is that 4 GB would also be OK. With an SSD you actually can get away with less RAM because SSDs have such good random read/write performance.
My guess is that 4 GB would also be OK. With an SSD you actually can get away with less RAM because SSDs have such good random read/write performance.
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noob2222
February 24, 2012 5:23:36 PM
My experience, 8GB. SW:TOR 4gb vs 8gb. 4gb took quite a while for the game to load and start playing, once in and running, ran perfectly fine, just don't alt-tab to check a web page on a fight, takes just as long as the original load time to refresh the game.
8 gb, loads up considerably faster, alt-tab takes about 2 seconds to refresh.
There are a few other games that are in the same boat, this one stands out more than the others out of the games I currently have.
Conclusion, 4gb will work, 8gb if you want multitasking.
8 gb, loads up considerably faster, alt-tab takes about 2 seconds to refresh.
There are a few other games that are in the same boat, this one stands out more than the others out of the games I currently have.
Conclusion, 4gb will work, 8gb if you want multitasking.
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Boopoo
February 24, 2012 10:44:16 PM
13thmonkey said:
actually its also my office machine, i'm not just a gamer, so if you think its acceptable to spend 5mins 'preparing' a machine for gaming then thats your time, for the £20 that the extra 4GB will cost then i'm more than happy to pay it.Actually you shouldn't be gaming on a work machine hence why you have problem with ram requirements and running games which you should not be running on a work machine anyway LOL come back when you know what it is you are talking.
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Boopoo said:
Actually you shouldn't be gaming on a work machine hence why you have problem with ram requirements and running games which you should not be running on a work machine anyway LOL come back when you know what it is you are talking.Yeah... don't be an idiot, its possible he works from home, or simply has a gaming laptop.
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Boopoo
February 25, 2012 7:27:51 AM
Boopoo said:
4gb ram is plenty for gamingYup, but you can grab 8GB for 30 bucks so why not, right?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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Boopoo
February 25, 2012 7:59:27 AM
mouse24 said:
Yup, but you can grab 8GB for 30 bucks so why not, right?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Personally I only stick to well know and proven companies not some off brand thing but hey thats just me and I have never had a ram problem in over 10 years a few reputable companies that I have used - Kingston, Corsair, Mushkin.
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Boopoo said:
Personally I only stick to well know and proven companies not some off brand thing but hey thats just me and I have never had a ram problem in over 10 years a few reputable companies that I have used - Kingston, Corsair, Mushkin.Hm yeah, mushkin is 9 bucks more: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Patriot is about the same: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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Boopoo
February 25, 2012 8:09:49 AM
mouse24 said:
Hm yeah, mushkin is 9 bucks more: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...Patriot is about the same: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Check out AMD ram they are cheap as well $19.99 for a 4GB single stick of DDR3 what a deal !
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Boopoo said:
Actually you shouldn't be gaming on a work machine hence why you have problem with ram requirements and running games which you should not be running on a work machine anyway LOL come back when you know what it is you are talking.the next poster has got it right, its my gaming machine that I also work on, working on a 24" + 22"(portrait) is so much easier with big sheets and preparing reports.
When you've grown up, come back and opinionate some more.
I think a q9550 + GtX470 + GT220 + 6GB ram + 120 M4 SSD + 500GB for local storage qualifies as a gaming machine and 4TB of server storage is enough, all self build and upgraded over the last 10 years or so. How many have you built? How many people have you helped on here? How useful is anything you say?
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Boopoo
February 25, 2012 8:43:39 AM
13thmonkey said:
the next poster has got it right, its my gaming machine that I also work on, working on a 24" + 22"(portrait) is so much easier with big sheets and preparing reports. When you've grown up, come back and opinionate some more.
I think a q9550 + GtX470 + GT220 + 6GB ram + 120 M4 SSD + 500GB for local storage qualifies as a gaming machine and 4TB of server storage is enough, all self build and upgraded over the last 10 years or so. How many have you built? How many people have you helped on here? How useful is anything you say?
Cool Story Bro ! ;-)
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Boopoo
February 25, 2012 9:05:28 AM
Boopoo
February 25, 2012 3:55:02 PM
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