I'm actually pretty sure you were the one who suggested me the components for my PC about 3 years ago now
Possibly, so its done well then.
What to upgrade ?
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Possibly, so its done well then.
Er, ok.
The BF3 forums also have people saying it runs absolutely fine in 4GB RAM and won't give any FPS improvements, only faster load times.
8Gb of RAM helps in games i gave one example of BF3, wazza has given another.
Try listening to us and you will learn plenty on these forums, try and stay away from bittech.
That's rather patronising. Being newly registered on here means nothing you know? I had a column in PCW for 10 years and have had tons of reviews and tests published.
Not patronising, just saying dont bother reading that forum as its poor, im not even impressed by their reviews on the main site. There are much better sites out there to get info from.
@OP, you only have to Google "8 vs 4Gb for gaming" to see a whole host of peoples thoughts on it, Skyrim is another game mentioned that improves.
@OP, you only have to Google "8 vs 4Gb for gaming" to see a whole host of peoples thoughts on it, Skyrim is another game mentioned that improves.
If some games are on high settings they'll need a lot of VRAM to perform properly and cache appropriately. If there isn't enough, it'll have to go to disk a lot more often which will cause stuttering. If there's a lot of RAM free, that will be cached in memory. Larger amounts of RAM helps in this respect, but a graphics card with specs suited to the settings is the better option.
Seems to be few people here who also think 8gb helps.
I think the op should buy the SSD, 8Gb kit (then sell the 4Gb kit) assuming they are using a suitable 64bit OS and the gfx card.
Then if its not been done already get that 2500K to 4.5GHz or more.
I think the op should buy the SSD, 8Gb kit (then sell the 4Gb kit) assuming they are using a suitable 64bit OS and the gfx card.
Then if its not been done already get that 2500K to 4.5GHz or more.
I have always been the way more ram the better - through reviews or people on this forum, whether its the case the operating systems have better memory management so its does not have such a significant effect.
When speccing gaming machines we always go with 8gb RAM.
When speccing gaming machines we always go with 8gb RAM.
Thanks for the replies.
Think I'm gonna order the Samsung 120GB 840 EVO SSD tonight, then will grab the GPU and the RAM when I get paid next.
I'll make sure to prioritise getting the GPU first, as that's an obvious guaranteed performance boost, and then will probably grab the 8GB RAM shortly after as I'll have the money to spend and it's not too big of an investment for a possible performance gain. Plus eventually (and probably soon with the new consoles and stuff) games will most likely be utilising more than 4GB so not much harm in future proofing so to say.
So what would be the recommendation between the 670 and the 7950?
Think I'm gonna order the Samsung 120GB 840 EVO SSD tonight, then will grab the GPU and the RAM when I get paid next.
I'll make sure to prioritise getting the GPU first, as that's an obvious guaranteed performance boost, and then will probably grab the 8GB RAM shortly after as I'll have the money to spend and it's not too big of an investment for a possible performance gain. Plus eventually (and probably soon with the new consoles and stuff) games will most likely be utilising more than 4GB so not much harm in future proofing so to say.
So what would be the recommendation between the 670 and the 7950?
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