Conure Posted May 18, 2011 Posted May 18, 2011 Hey all, Been away for a while, and have been given an extra stick of ram of the same spec and model as my current ram. I currently have 4gb on one stick so will be adding a 2gb stick. Does A10 see any improvement whatsoever from 4gb to 6gb? It seems most games don't and wondered if that applied here. Cheers Con Intel i7 6700k, Asus GTX1070, 16gb DDR4 @ 3200mhz, CH Fighterstick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Rudder Pedals, Samsung Evo 850 SSD @ 500GB * 2, TrackIR 5 and 27" monitor running at 2560 * 1440, Windows 10.
Sinky Posted May 18, 2011 Posted May 18, 2011 Some people say it will make a difference and some will say it won't. Best to give it a try, if it doesn't give you a performance boost but the pc is stable then there's no harm in keeping it inside your computer, especially since you got it for free. Could come in useful in the future as game's use more memory. Edit: If you do a search on the forums you will find a few threads about this over the last week. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] ASUS M4A785D-M Pro | XFX 650W XXX | AMD Phenom II X4 B55 Black Edition 3.2ghz | 4GB Corsair XMS2 DHX 800mhz | XFX HD 5770 1GB @ 850/1200 | Windows 7 64bit | Logitech G35 | Logitech Mx518 | TrackIR 4 My TrackIR Profile ( Speed 1.2 / Smooth 30 ) - Right click & save as.
Nate--IRL-- Posted May 18, 2011 Posted May 18, 2011 What it will do is allow windows to place more files in its cache. So you would probably see quicker loading times after a first initial run of the sim. Other than that it may lessen HD access. But it won't increase FPS. Nate Ka-50 AutoPilot/stabilisation system description and operation by IvanK- Essential Reading
jaykinch Posted May 18, 2011 Posted May 18, 2011 HI i would like to think things will load quicker and the game should run smoother might lose some stuttering if u have any. When i went from 2 gig to 4 gig that what i noticed :) Just put it in there its gotta help with something lol
mckee14 Posted May 18, 2011 Posted May 18, 2011 it MAY lessen some stuttering, but only if you had stuttering before AND it must be have been caused by loading stuff from the HD... i have 12GB of RAM, but while running DCS, max. 3,7GB are used in total, has never been more. maybe not everything gets stored in the RAM because i use a SSD for DCS? i don't know enough about PCs to answer that. but more RAM never harms, and if you start working in photoshop / after effects etc, the more of it the better! (for gaming, 4GB is still enough today, and if you have to choose between more RAM and faster RAM, go for the faster one) Democracy is choice, not freedom...
slowhand Posted May 18, 2011 Posted May 18, 2011 I went from 2 gig to 6 gig and its like nite and day as far as loading.The Sim runs a lot smoother then before so you may see a lil change in both play and load..:thumbup: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] SMOKE'M:smoke: IF YA GOT'M!:gun_rifle: H2o Cooler I7 9700k GA 390x MB Win 10 pro Evga RTX 2070 8Gig DD5 32 Gig Corsair Vengence, 2T SSD. TM.Warthog:joystick: :punk:, CV-1:matrix:,3x23" monitors, Tm MFD's, Saitek pro rudders wrapped up in 2 sheets of plywood:megalol:
Frogfoot1606687865 Posted May 18, 2011 Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) ***Edit*** comment removed, should read the OP post more thoroughly in future. Edited May 18, 2011 by Frogfoot Windows 10 Pro 64bit, Gigabyte EX58-UD5, Intel i7 920 Corsair H70 water cooled @4GHz), Corsair XMS3 12GB (6x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel, Nvidia GTX780, OCZ Vertex 256GB SSD (for OS+DCS), TrackIR 5, TM Warthog HOTAS + Saitek Rudder
zamboni Posted May 18, 2011 Posted May 18, 2011 You say you have 4GB of RAM on one stick. I personally would get a matching 4GB stick (same speed and size as your other stick) so I would be able to run in dual channel memory mode. Along with the additional memory, you get a boost in being able to run in the dual channel mode. Thing is, I am not sure if you can use two different memory sizes to be able to run in dual channel mode. I did a quick search and I'm still unclear if you can get dual channel mode with 4GB in one slot and 2GB in another slot. Ive read in one place you have to have identical size/speed memory, another place said it didn't matter. I've always bought matching sticks of ram....but I am not sure if things have changed with newer motherboards released in the past couple of years.
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