1333 ram to 1600?

[XSlayerAssassinX]

Is it worth upgrading from my 4 gigs of 1333 ram to 8 gigs of 1600 Ripjaw ram? Will it be a noticeable increase in gaming?

 

[ONKI]

very slightly. not much difference

 

[digitaldoc]

http://techbuyersguru.com/Ramgaming2.php

In benchmark testing, going from 4 to 8 to 16 GB of RAM made little difference in FPS across most of the games tested. The advantage of the additional RAM was that the system was more forgiving of background processes.

 

[XSlayerAssassinX]

http://techbuyersguru.com/Ramgaming2.php

In benchmark testing, going from 4 to 8 to 16 GB of RAM made little difference in FPS across most of the games tested. The advantage of the additional RAM was that the system was more forgiving of background processes.

Thanks. and thanks to the other who helped also. So if im not maxing out on ram usage it isn't a big deal, right?

 

[digitaldoc]

Exactly. I run 4 GB of RAM on Win 7 64 bit, and am only using 30% of it as I write this.

 

[Tradesman1]

Yep it all depends on what you do and you use your rig, if it's for a new rig - 8GB is the accepted entry level point - even most pre-built rigs these days are a minmum of 6-8GB

 

[digitaldoc]

Yep it all depends on what you do and you use your rig, if it's for a new rig - 8GB is the accepted entry level point - even most pre-built rigs these days are a minmum of 6-8GB

Agree that 8 GB is good starting point for a new system, just no emergency to upgrade the RAM from 4 to 8 GB on an older system if the expected benefit is increasing FPS in games. For other benefits, such as video editing or multitasking, it is another story.

 

[Tradesman1]

Agree, no emergency, there are games however that yo may move to that require more DRAM, some now recommend 8GB like BF4