Fast DDR or More DDR

WatchTower · 23 Feb 2006 at 22:07

Is it better to have 4Gb of say Corsair Value memory expenisve memory made for those that like to clock? I already have 2gb which is great I found a lot of memory helps when in an mmorpg and there's like 60 odd or more players on your screen at once.

cavemanoc · 24 Feb 2006 at 00:18

Hmmmm... More is not always better. Couple of problems - you will be lucky to get 4x1Gb to run at 1T cmd rate - so will take a bandwidth hit. Windows will see 4Gb, but you *must* turn off the page file (max mem is 4Gb and that is Physical ram + page file!)

There is another potential problem - specific to your issue. When trying to run the windows base Memtest, it stated that Windows places a cap on how much ram a single process can use (seemed to be about 782Mb!) - Not sure how to confirm this, but can get a screenie if you like - but certainly makes getting more than 2Gb for a specific app (MMORPG etc...) pretty useless.

Save the cash - get something else

WatchTower · 24 Feb 2006 at 00:42

Will it help when I'm creating DivXs or using PaintShop Ele 4? I've also read that the next windows will need aleast 1Gb to run at its best.

Hyper · 24 Feb 2006 at 03:03

tbz_ck · 24 Feb 2006 at 09:05

Windows mem cap on a single process is 2GB.

If you are gonna run 4Gb or more its time to start considering Windows XP 64bit or Linux.

cavemanoc · 24 Feb 2006 at 11:41

Hmmmm... I am running x64, and memtest still whinged. Meh... probably just poor coding then - be intrigued to know what the actual numbers are from MS