Is 3GB ram good for gaming ?

[owismail]

Hello everyone, i'm about to upgrade my PC for gaming ( not for latest games )
everything is good 😀, but i'm little confused about the RAM.
i just format my PC 1 week ago with a 32-bit windows CD, ( windows 32-bit only support 3GB RAM)
and i wanna add 2GB ram to my 2GB ram PC ( that will be 4 GB)
but i found out that i have windows 32-bit.
i don't want to buy a new 64bit CD and format the PC again
so 3gb would be good for gaming ?
if it's not, just tell me cuz it's not a big probleme to ( re-format ) my pc

 

[LightningStriker]

4gb is the is the least for gaming and 8 is the best

 

[jungleexplorer]

Most windows 7 dvds can install either 32bit or 64bit so you might be able to install windows 64bit with you existing DVD if your system can handle it. Download and run the Windows Upgrade Advisory to see what you system can handle: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20

Many PC games can be played with only 3GB of ram. Your GPU (Video Card) is more important then your ram when it comes to gaming as many games are now written to be processed in the GPU. Hope this helps.

 

[swifty_morgan]

there are other attributes 64bit brings but................... go ahead and install the 4gigs. the system will see 3.25 and on a good day a little more if you mess around a little bit............. BUT........... even if it only sees" the 3.25 the system will use the rest in the background in some way.... so yes, 3 is fine.............. 4 is better......... 8 is the sweet spot............ maybe next build?.............. BF4 doesn't use 4gigs at high res and high settings.

 

[geofelt]

Most games can only use 2gb of ram, perhaps 3.
If you are not multitasking while gaming, then 3gb will work.

If you install 4gb with a 32 bit os, some amount needs to be reserved for hardware, leaving perhaps 3.3gb available.
A windows license is good for both 32 bit and 64 bit. (not certain about oem) I think it does not matter with w8.