i will buy this card. i have a question, please

[ATTRACTIVE]

hi
i will buy gigabyte geforce gtx 980 g1 gaming, maybe tomorrow
my question is
i have g.skill ripjaws 4gb, could i apply it (temporarily) with this gpu until i make it 16gb ram?

i wanna use it just for month
any difference on gaming between 4gb ram and 8gb for example?
thanks

 

[Jay Lavistria]

Well the amount of RAM on the motherboard doesnt matter as much as the RAM on the GPU.
4GB is a little small, so I'd suggest at least 8GB, so the computer has enough RAM for your hard gaming and its other important tasks.

 

[i7Baby]

The difference between 4gb and 16gb ram is that you can have probs loading and running some games with only 4gb. Especially if you are running a lot of other processes.

 

[Jdogz427]

you should try to run 8gb ram with todays games for the best performance

 

[ATTRACTIVE]

i got it
thank you guys
but 8gb enough this months for gaming, right?
or it's enough forever with this gpu?

 

[Jdogz427]

8gb is good for now, but who knows, in a few years you might need 16 gb or more, it all depends on how the games are made, but for right now and the for atleast the next year or so, 8gb is perferct

 

[Mac266]

Well, I must say I'm a little worried you only have 4 GB. What else have you got in your box?

 

[ATTRACTIVE]

i hope so ^^

 

[ATTRACTIVE]

mac, Do not scare me ^^
maybe i got cheap parts with this gpu like Gigabyte GA-P81-D3 board and XFX TS Series TS 550W 80 PLUS Bronze psu..
but it's not permanent parts, i will change it very soon

- the important question, is any i5 haswell cpu can run thus gpu without any bottleneck? i5 4430 3.0 as well?

 

[Mac266]

mac, Do not scare me ^^
maybe i got cheap parts with this gpu like Gigabyte GA-P81-D3 board and XFX TS Series TS 550W 80 PLUS Bronze psu..
but it's not permanent parts, i will change it very soon

- the important question, is any i5 haswell cpu can run thus gpu without any bottleneck? i5 4430 3.0 as well?

Don't worry, I was just hoping you weren't running a 1st gen i3 or something 😀 And to the question, yes. Any Haswell i5 can run up to 3 or 4 way GTX 980 SLI. Not that there's enough PCIe lanes but it's powerful enough.

 

[ATTRACTIVE]

thank you, mac ^^
is i7 + gtx 970 better than i5 + gtx 980 ?

 

[Jay Lavistria]

The CPU type is somewhat irrelevant.
As long as its over 3GHz, you should be just fine with gaming.
4 cores is best too.

 

[Mac266]

thank you, mac ^^
is i7 + gtx 970 better than i5 + gtx 980 ?

i5 + 980.

 

[gskill support]

Also, make sure to use 2 memory modules for dual channel operation.