Is 4 gigs really nessisary?

[EvilSponge]

Hello all,

I've noticed allot of folks here upgrading to 4 gigs of ram. I mean is it really that much of a difference in the real word? Not flaming just curious as I don't know currently I am running Ballistix PC6400 2x1gig

-Eric

 

[Yellowbeard]

The question is really too broad. Many people that upgrade to 4gb do so because they "need" 4gb or more. Others upgrade because the price is right. Others for bling or bragging rights. Regardless of the reason, for a lot users, 4gb is VERY beneficial. Photoshop or heavy effects laden video editing are 2 good examples.

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: Yellowbeard
The question is really too broad. Many people that upgrade to 4gb do so because they "need" 4gb or more. Others upgrade because the price is right. Others for bling or bragging rights. Regardless of the reason, for a lot users, 4gb is VERY beneficial. Photoshop or heavy effects laden video editing are 2 good examples.

Vista.Gaming.

 

[secretanchitman]

do keep in mind that you will need windows xp x64 edition or vista x64 to take advantage of the 4GB of ram...or mac osx heh.

 

[Modelworks]

Its necessary for some.
If your going to just email and web browse, play some games, then 2GB is great.

If your going to work on multiple 16kx16k images in photoshop or 16million poly scenes in 3dsmax, then 4GB really is necessary. You can do it with 2GB, but its a painful experience.

 

[EvilSponge]

Ah thanks for the education I see the need now for some makes sense. Well I fall into the 2gig category of people as I only encode mpeg to xvid and play the usual popular games.

-Eric

 

[aka1nas]

For many it's not that they need a full 4GB but that 2GB is starting to become a little cramped and it's sometimes inconvenient to deal with dissimilar-sized RAM sticks.