Is 2gb ddr3 ram is enough??

[Asif123]

I have a core i3 3220 and HD7790 as my GPU.
I game at 1440 X 900
Should i upgrade from 2gb to 4gb ddr3??? Will i notice some improvements?? I play games like Hitman absolution , GTA IV ,Tomb raider and all new titles as well.

 

[Cerb]

Yes, but just go ahead and make it 8GB.

 

[ruhtraeel]

You will definitely see improvement going to 4GB. Anything above that and it becomes less-than-noticable.

 

[Chipfiref]

I would get 2x4 or 4x2 whichever is cheaper, unless you are not going to use windows itself. Windows may not use all 8GB but it will use 5-6GB.

 

[Asif123]

will i see an improvement in games if i go upto 4 gb ddr3 ? ?? I dont care if it increases overall performance of my pc. I just wanna now if it will do some good to my games

 

[CrystalBay]

Short answer,Yea
Long answer, Yes you will

 

[Chipfiref]

I could not say if it will improve those games, but it should keep Windows from slowing those games down due to memory starvation... I am assuming you may be seeing that? It might be good to check that with a benchmarking program - Windows stats without playing the games vs Windows stats while playing each of those games.

 

[Blue_Max]

I presume you have a VERY tight budget since RAM is so cheap these days...

If you have 2GB (2x 1GB sticks) and have room for two more sticks - a pair of 2GB or a single 4GB for a total of 6GB would be a BIG improvement.
(let me know what you have, I'll tell you where to move stuff for the best Intel memory channeling performance... every bit of speed counts!)

If you have one 2GB stick and 1 or 3 empty slots, I'd add a single 4GB stick for the same 6GB total.

Two 1GB sticks but NO empty slots? Pull one of those 1GB sticks out and replace it with a single 4GB stick for a total of 5GB.


2GB of RAM is simply insufficient for all but very basic use. You plan on gaming... you need more than 2GB.

 

[FalseChristian]

I'd recommend 4x4GB DDR3-1600. 16GB is the sweet spot and will be all you need for quite awhile. Just remember that Windows 7 Home Premium only supports upto 16GB.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Just remember that Windows 7 Home Premium only supports upto 16GB.

Yeah, that's the important bit. Do you have a 64-bit version of Windows?

 

[tential]

get 8GB. Tabbed browsing will thank you. I keep a lot of tabs up to look back to. Helped a lot.

 

[corkyg]

Do you have a 64-bit version of Windows?[/i]

That is a very important question. Unless the answer is "yes," you can't make use of even the full 4GB.