4gb or 6gb+

Owls

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I've been wondering if anyone has been using more than 4GB in Vista x64 and if so have they seen a marked improvement. I'm using 4GB right now and I'm just anticipating the future a little bit. DDR3 prices won't come down for at least another 6-8 months so I'm not looking to go broke by future proofing myself but I do want to be reasonable about it.

I have 2x1gb 9200 memory (I shouldnt have but nothing I can do now) and 2x1 OCZ brand, it all runs great at 1084mhz on my P5K deluxe.
 

Acanthus

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You wont see any benefit with the exception of supercache caching more stuff, unless of course you have a combination of applications that can break the 4GB mark.
 

Nothinman

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I really doubt you're using all 4G of your current memory except for maybe in extreme cases like in some games. If you needed more memory you would know.