motherboards max memory

suomi · 22 Jul 2008 at 13:46

Is 8Gb the maximum memory (DDR2) that Gigabyte P35CDS3R Rev2 can work with, or could I boost it by using the DDR3 at the same time ? As wonder if I get Vista 64 would there be any performance increase ?

Cheers

Cob · 22 Jul 2008 at 14:05

You can't use DDR2 and DDR3 at the same time, so 8gb of DDR2 is the limit.

Tetras · 22 Jul 2008 at 14:36

As wonder if I get Vista 64 would there be any performance increase ?

Na, if you play games 8GB is total overkill, there is little need for more than 4GB.

suomi · 22 Jul 2008 at 15:48

Cheers lads, think I will stick with the 32 bit OS and the 4Gb in that case.

cavemanoc · 22 Jul 2008 at 18:11

What games are you playing? With DDR2 prices as they are at present it is very tempting to go 8Gb and use 4Gb of it as a RAMDrive.

suomi · 22 Jul 2008 at 18:20

Not really a games player. But do do photoshop, video and sound encoding.

Big.Wayne · 22 Jul 2008 at 18:29

cavemanoc said:
it is very tempting to go 8Gb and use 4Gb of it as a RAMDrive.

How does one go about doing that then?

cavemanoc · 22 Jul 2008 at 19:17

For those that missed them in the old DOS days (*sniff*) wiki does a reasonable job here

Bottom line, you set up 4Gb(or more) as a RAMDisk, then image whatever game you're playing onto it - it's becoming harder as new games are so darn big - but that will be solved when we all go to Triple-channel DDR3 in 6 banks at 4Gb a pop (24Gb of RAM .....ooooooooooooo..... :eek:

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Certainly get you into BF2 1st - worth it just to steal the Cobra!