will 8 gb ram makes any difference in gaming

[udayi]

Hi ,

My system configuration is as below:-

amd Athlon ii x3 450

amd hd 7770 1 gb ddr 5 graphic card,

4 gb ddr 3 ram 1333 MHz

windows 8 64-bit


I play games lot .......for example high end games like battlefield 4 & COD GHOSTS.......,so I am thinking of upgrading my ram to 8 gb.........will it make any difference in gaming?.........as some upcoming games like thief is recommending for 8 gb ram........kindly suggest me.

kindly suggest me so that I can invest on some other thing If I don't need to buy an extra ram...

thanking you all in advance........

 

[nwo]

Depends on several factors:
- Your operating system
- Which games you play
- Your RAM usage before you launch a game

Generally, I'd say yes, you would see a huge difference with 8GB of RAM. But, in order to get a definite answer, you need to provide us with some more details.

 

[udayi]

Hi NWO,

Thanks for the reply and I use windows 8 64 bit operating system.

I play games like battlefield 4 & COD ghosts......I mean high end games..

 

[T_Yamamoto]

I think GPU and CPU matter more than RAM

 

[nwo]

Hi NWO,

Thanks for the reply and I use windows 8 64 bit operating system.

I play games like battlefield 4 & COD ghosts......I mean high end games..

You definitely want to upgrade to 8GB. My RAM usage is 6-7+ when I have BF4 running, depending on how many tabs I have open in google chrome. I also have windows 8 64 bit pro (8.1 upgrade).

If you are low on RAM, you can have the most powerful CPU/GPU and you will still not get smooth fps.

 

[Doppel]

I think GPU and CPU matter more than RAM

Yep, but isn't 4 GB pretty low now?

BTW I googled battlefield 4 4gb vs 8gb. There are tons of opinions, most saying 8gb is a must, but of course very few opinions made up of numbers; no metrics I saw, so that has to cushion the confidence behind their statements. Some are claiming BF4 is taking 3-4+ GB of ram, though. Others say much less.

They recommend 8gb
http://techreport.com/news/25339/battlefield-4-system-requirements-call-for-more-ram-storage

 

[mfenn]

You only need more memory if you're actively paging while gaming. Luckily, you can measure this easily enough.

Open the Resource Monitor, go to the Memory tab, and locate the Hard Faults/sec graph. Now launch the game and load up a map. If you see Hard Faults/sec go above zero, then you're paging and need more memory.

 

[lakedude]

If you can't afford more memory stick to doing things one at a time and shut off unnecessary services. I got spoiled with 16GB and I was doing all kinds of things at once because it was possible, not because I really need to.

My 16GB was defective so I was running on 4GB while the 16 went to RMA-land. I had trouble with the 4GB at first because I was playing a full screen game with a bunch of open browser tabs open and the game fussed about low memory.

Now I do things more like one at a time and the 4GB has been fine, in fact the 4GB is better quality RAM so I don't even really want to put the 16 back in.

Anyway use mfenn's technique and you will find out right away if you could use more.

 

[Termie]

Given the system that the OP has, upgrading to 8GB would be the last change I'd make to that system. The first thing I'd look into is what CPUs the OP can upgrade to with his motherboard. He needs four cores far more than 4GB of RAM.

 

[Bateluer]

Given the system that the OP has, upgrading to 8GB would be the last change I'd make to that system. The first thing I'd look into is what CPUs the OP can upgrade to with his motherboard. He needs four cores far more than 4GB of RAM.

Came in here to say pretty much this. 8GBs can make a difference in gaming, though minimal right now, but such a slow CPU and GPU doing the heavy lifting, it won't make any difference.

Save your money for a CPU/Mobo/GPU/RAM upgrade.

 

[coolpurplefan]

Came in here to say pretty much this. 8GBs can make a difference in gaming, though minimal right now, but such a slow CPU and GPU doing the heavy lifting, it won't make any difference.

Save your money for a CPU/Mobo/GPU/RAM upgrade.

You may want to wait until April, 2015 when Microsoft launches Windows 9. We'll likely have more powerful CPUs/GPUs by then anyway.

Your setup doesn't look that weak for now.

 

[VirtualLarry]

You only need more memory if you're actively paging while gaming. Luckily, you can measure this easily enough.

Open the Resource Monitor, go to the Memory tab, and locate the Hard Faults/sec graph. Now launch the game and load up a map. If you see Hard Faults/sec go above zero, then you're paging and need more memory.

Of course, there is the file-caching of game assets, which works out to be virtually the same as paging, when you get down to it. More RAM is almost always better.

 

[mfenn]

Of course, there is the file-caching of game assets, which works out to be virtually the same as paging, when you get down to it. More RAM is almost always better.

Paging is much much worse for performance than loading files from disk because an application has control over file I/O. An application has no control over paging.

For example, a game can choose to stream in textures asynchronously (case in point: UE3) while the game proceeds normally. If the OS has to pull in a memory page from disk, the game process gets blocked until the page is read in, with the game having no control over that.