Do I **need** increase my RAM?

[joaodjota]

My system: http://valid.canardpc.com/8qe7nj

I mean 4 to 8Gb??

 

[lucasz]

You don't *need* to increase the amount of ram you have

 

[dextermat]

Hi,

The question is: Are you satisfied by your computer performance ? if not why?

 

[joaodjota]

You don't *need* to increase the amount of ram you have

Please, why not?

 

[joaodjota]

Hi,

The question is: Are you satisfied by your computer performance ? if not why?

Good question... Im trying to figure out that... Since I have a PC gamer, is it all about shorter loading times? higher fps?

 

[lucasz]

More ram will not decrease loading times at all. Unless you are playing games that are known for sure to use more than 4gb of ram, then you won't see any fps increase. However, you will see more speed when you are multitasking

 

[Tradesman1]

More DRAM will increase performance minimally in most games, though some, like and use more DRAM like BF4, the additional also comes in handy when using multiple apps and windows

 

[joaodjota]

More DRAM will increase performance minimally in most games, though some, like and use more DRAM like BF4, the additional also comes in handy when using multiple apps and windows

Im planning buying BF4, but what if I dont care about multitasking?? I think just Origin and Steam open while I play wont require that upgrade...

And like you I have a 280X Sapphire Vapor-X =)

 

[Tradesman1]

Yep nice GPU, for the better experience in BF4 they recommend 8GB and it will/can use most of it 😉

 

[joaodjota]

Yep nice GPU, for the better experience in BF4 they recommend 8GB and it will/can use most of it 😉

yep.. but how can BF4 take advantage of 8Gb??

 

[Tradesman1]

The programming of the game opens it to be able to load more into DRAM and then draw directly from it, also the rest of your system is using DRAM (OS, start up programs, background services, etc) so with 8 more is free for other things, some interesting stuff here:

http://www.corsair.com/us/blog/bf4-system-ram/

 

[joaodjota]

The programming of the game opens it to be able to load more into DRAM and then draw directly from it, also the rest of your system is using DRAM (OS, start up programs, background services, etc) so with 8 more is free for other things, some interesting stuff here:

http://www.corsair.com/us/blog/bf4-system-ram/

So while playing BF4 (ultra settings) about 40 minutes I got these measures using MSI Afterburner:

GPU temp: 71°C
GPU usage: 99%
CPU 1, 2, 3 and 4 usage: 100%
RAM usage: 3951Mb