longstreet
join:2004-11-14
Plano, TX
1 edit | reply to Duchess44
Re: Windows Vista and RAm
said by Duchess44  :said by longstreet :You have a graphics card right? 512 mb? If you have 512mb graphics and 4 gig of ram . . . 500 gets addressed from the video and 3 gig of main memory gets addressed on top of that. Totally addressed memory? == ~ 3.5 gig You're wasting the last gig. If you were using all of it, you'd see 4.5 gig addressed. Yes, I do have a card like that. So you are saying I should just the the 3 gig ram? If you don't want to upgrade to a 64 bit OS, then stick with 3 gig of ram. You can't benefit by putting more in.
If you do want to upgrade to a 64 bit OS, then you will benefit from putting MORE than 3 gig in the machine.
Whether or not you want to is up to you.
If you play wow, you don't need 4 gig. Q6600 + 512 video + 3 gig ram is more than enough. |
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Duchess44
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join:2001-10-24
Chattanooga, TN
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| said by longstreet :said by Duchess44 :said by longstreet :You have a graphics card right? 512 mb? If you have 512mb graphics and 4 gig of ram . . . 500 gets addressed from the video and 3 gig of main memory gets addressed on top of that. Totally addressed memory? == ~ 3.5 gig You're wasting the last gig. If you were using all of it, you'd see 4.5 gig addressed. Yes, I do have a card like that. So you are saying I should just the the 3 gig ram? If you don't want to upgrade to a 64 bit OS, then stick with 3 gig of ram. You can't benefit by putting more in. If you do want to upgrade to a 64 bit OS, then you will benefit from putting MORE than 3 gig in the machine. Whether or not you want to is up to you. If you play wow, you don't need 4 gig. Q6600 + 512 video + 3 gig ram is more than enough. K got it. Thank you for clearing it up. I will never use Vista 64. No use for it. What I have now works fine. I just want to be able to play WoW and get a decent FPS. And it has blown into this whole deal about memory and graphics cards and OS's (is that the correct term?) |
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longstreet
join:2004-11-14
Plano, TX
4 edits | If you want better fps you can always upgrade your graphics. Games these days are more video card dependant.
If you do get a bigger video card (greater than 512 mb), windows will address that additional memory up to 1gig, so you'll actually loose addressable main memory, making the switch to 64 bit at that point VERY sensible.
In fact, upgrading to 64 bit, slapping a 1 gig card in, and upgrading to 4 gig ram. .will probably net you serious fps improvements. |
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howie
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join:2003-04-08
Little Falls, NJ
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I'm using this card and I'm completely happy with it (scores a 5.9 on Vista's WEI)...
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···14102719
I'm sure there are several other good recommendations.  |
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Duchess44
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join:2001-10-24
Chattanooga, TN
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| Yea I think right now I am just going to tackle one thing at a time. Right now I am going to worry about the memory. I believe, thanks' to everyone here, I will just get 3 gig. Just trying to figure out which to get...seeing as the price is SO different between Newegg and Crucial. Crucial was way cheaper. If it was the same memory, which it should be. |
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PeteC2
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Bristol, CT
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| Well, I see no compelling reason for you to upgrade your ram...2gb is just fine for what you want to run, and do. Is there anything "wrong" with going to 3gb or 4gb? No, but I suspect that you will be hard-pressed to tell the difference.
Funny thing is, if you do want to upgrade your ram, then I would recommend going to 4gb, rather than 3gb. The reason is that at 3gb you will not be running your memory in dual channel mode, and while that is not a huge issue, you will lose a small amount of performance over running in dual channel.
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