Memory Upgrade: Is It Time To Add More RAM?

[AnotherCompNovice]

CPU = AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
RAM = 4 x 2 GB Kingston HyperX 1600 CL9
Motherboard = MSI 890FXA-GD70
PSU = Ultra X3 1000W
GPU = Radeon 5770

 

[Guest]

This is such bullshit. Most games are 32-bit, and a 32-bit application in a Windows environment can only use a maximum of 2 GB memory. 4GB of memory is enough for ALL games on the market today.

 

[mikrev007]

If the developer wants it, the 32bit application gets 4gb in 64bit Windows. So why call it bullshit?

 

[chewy1963]

[citation][nom]cjmu[/nom]So if you put 12 or 16gb in a 64 bit system, you are better off using the top 4 - 8 gb as a ram disk (just as in the 32 bit system) and putting a swap file and temp files there. That leaves you with 8gb of usable system memory and nice fast temp/swap. At least until more apps move to 64bit. fair?[/citation]

You eliminate the need for a swap file if you keep that extra memory available to the OS on a 64 bit system. Temp files-yes, swap file-not so much.