daninfamous
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I have found in Windows 7 that when I use 8GB of RAM vs 4GB, I get very different results when running Prime95 (stressing RAM and CPU). My system with 4GB will stress 2.6+ GB of RAM during the test and the system with 8GB will use just over 1.5GB. I'm not really sure why this is, but I'm really not concerned. I may move 4GB of the 8 into another computer I have that has 2GB.
I use 2GB at idle, and easily find use for 6GB regulary. Have a 1GB RAMdisk loaded on top of that. RAM is so cheap, load it up and install x64 I say. Helps out with gaming heaps too. A must for my system.I was just discussing this with a mate in another city seeking my console earlier today; question came to mind, "why (the need) for the monsterous amount of RAM?"... was, also 4G going to 8. Besides the M/B concerns & useless unless 64-bit... when it comes to Windows 7, you have to ask, WHY? The phrase I use to him was, superfluous overkill... With Vista, bring on the RAM. Win7, can use it, sure but, need... nope.
Example:
Vista, I can't run 2 VMs (XP & Vista) simultaneously... Windows 7, I can and at nice speeds, too. It just does not ask much of system resources.
No problem, bump the RAM and NB voltages a little.U may run in to some errors when upgrading to 8gb of ram. For some MB's you have to lower the RAM
frequenzy.
I have a computer that came with 8GB of Ram and holds 16BG of RAM and runs very smoothly with vista. Wonder what windows 7 would be like
I run 4GB of ram, and for me it's not enough. But I plan to go from DDR2 to DDR3 not too long in the future (AM3 mind you), and yes I know the difference is neglible but I plan to overhaul my system, and going from a cheap am2+ mobo to a decent AM3 is going to be my choice.
Anyway back to the topic, 4gb is still 'the sweet spot' for the general user and gamer alike. Heck for the 'web browser/word processor' 2gb is more than enough. But for people running things like Adobe programs and other design programs like myself, there is NEVER enough RAM. I'm using Win7 64 specifically to utilise all my RAM as my 32-bit XP limited me very much so in working with photoshop (as it can only use up to 2gb per program in 32 bit, regardless of installed amount), so I was limited to 1.7 gb of ram (max) available for photoshop (after calculations etc), now I get 3.2 gbs worth to use =). Much smoother and faster. I can't even fathom how much better it'd be with 8gbs =D.