I am thinking of upgradining my memory in my pc.

[D_ManXX2]

But i was wondering what the downside could be by doing this.

 

Right now i have windows 7 64 bit system with only 4 gig of memory but my motherboard is capable of using over 128 gig of memory.

 

Most games are set to use only 2 gig.

 

So my question would be if was going to upgrade to 64 will i see any difference i would also like to use more programs like blender 2.7 b witch seem to benefit greatly the more memory you have in your pc.

 

Are there other programs who will run faster with more memory installed ??

[anubis]

Pretty small i guess, 4 GB should enough for any games well as long your background apps didnt taxing to much.

 

For blender use, If you're talking about go crazy with sculpting or high poly modelling, normal map baking, High resolution texturing in Photoshop etc. There should be improvement and of course it also depend on your CPU. For simple modelling i think 4 GB is suffice.

 

Large capacity of memory has small effect for running software faster, unless you tweak the timing or clock speed. But large capacity will do great with apps multitasking.      

[kingkong]

the memory upgrade is always good    more you have memory the more your computer can keep larger pagefile    you need to know for what your are using it      there is no need of too much memory in a pc (it is not a maccintosh !)

 

     the memory keeps data that has no need to be recalculated to bring it back to screen or math formula if there is not enogh of it, those data are erased for new one and need to be recalculated where the processor comes to be handy .

 

    if you have a very high processor you might not even see the difference between 4 or 16 gig of memory. But if you are using your computer for 3d rendering you will appreciate a lot more.

 

 

[flvv]

You can try ramdisk if you wanna upgrade to 64g or even bigger...

The game will be loaded very fast as you can store the entire game folder in the memory.

 

But since the memory will be cleared once you shut down your pc, so it's still needed to copy files from hardisk when you start your computer..which takes quite a long time.

 

If you aren't planning on using ramdisk or similar programs, I think it's pretty much a waste of money...64g is too much for normal use.

4g is a bit small though, 8~16g is usually enough.

 

And do note that the size of memory is not everything. Even with the same size, memories with different spec has quite different price.

[lordofthedread]

64GB is useless unless you use applications that are making heavy use of memory (like running a server with multiple VM for example). 4GB is enough, going to 8 is quite cheap and wont hurt but I doubt it will make a big difference on gaming or everyday use, no matter which game you play (and since almost every game are 32bits) you wont use more than 4gb, lets say 8gb will be a little more comfortable since you need RAM for the system also.

 

Anyone telling you that you need more than 8gb for a personal use is either a liar or knows nothing about RAM.

 

If I were you I'll put my money on some other PC part like a better GPU or a SSD.

[Endiness]

I would recommend at least 16gb. I've seen Max use over 9+ gigs by itself, and I only have 12GB myself.

 

[FallenWarrior]

I would recommend at least 16gb. I've seen Max use over 9+ gigs by itself, and I only have 12GB myself.

 

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Running with 16 GB myself, so Endiness recommendation is what I would go by (if you can afford it that is).

 

[lordofthedread]

8GB wont stop you from using 3DSMax, the more memory you have the more the program will use but this is a program for professional and students in 3D modeling, not really a program for a personal usage of a PC.....

 

I didnt saw the OP saying anything about using 3DS or not.

[Jerbsinator]

Anything more than 8 GB is ridiculous, if you want a big performance upgrade, put your OS and 3d Editing programs on an SSD. That will get you much more noticeable speeds than adding 4 GB's would. It would cost a lot more but it's worth it, and better than wasting all that money on memory that will give you very little improvement.

[Zadil]

Since this thread isn't marked as solved yet even though the last post happened a few days ago I'll assume that there's still a bit of confusion left, so let me add my advice:

Now, obviously the hardware you need will depend primarily on your demands for performance as a user. In your case (based on your initial post and your presence on this forum) that seems to include some modded gaming and (occasional?) cg artistry. As mentioned previously by Endiness, professional cg tools can get very resource intesive quite fast when working on complicated projects (3d scenes and animation with lots of objects and large textures, HD video editing,...) and do profit from a large amount of memory, but that's not to say that you need to have a powerhouse to be able to take advantage of these software packages.
I use professional grade 2d ,3d and audio applications on a regular basis on a system with 8gb of RAM and found that - together with a capable processor and graphics card - to be sufficient for most of my needs (3d modeling/post-production/audio mastering...). Admittedly, it can get close at times and more memory is always a good thing, but if you're not planning to dive into the professional aspect of CG or play the newest titles on full settings then you'll be reasonably well served with an upgrade to 8gb (I'd say go for it) but no higher. In fact, I'll second Jerbsinator's post above: at that point switching your hard drive to an SSD might result in a more noticeable performance gain than a memory upgrade, especially for day-to-day operations.
I hope this proves somewhat helpful.

[Bootaka]

I had 4 gigs and a 1 gig video card and kept hitting the RAM wall in Skyrim, threw in a 3 gig video card and kept dropping on VRAM dumps. 8 gigs of RAM made that not a problem anymore. 64 bit resource hungry programs work fine too. The Windows 64bit platform is a wastefulmonster when it comes to resources. It will start off by using every bit it can fit in its mouth, then start to spit out the stuff it really didn't want it the first place. The more on the table, the more it wants to eat. 

 

it isn't really using 9 gigs of RAM to run a single program, it just really really wishes it was, and tries.

 

I'm kinda unimpressed with SSD for gaming. The numbers are great for compiling and whatever, not to mention the extra digits in speed benchmarks... but the real-world game load times between this Samsung 840pro and a WD Black is hardly worth it for that alone. OS and game load times are close to 2x the speed sure, but what is 4 secs compared to 9 secs?

 

I haven't gotten into 3ds with the SSD yet, I'm sure that'll be a total one sided argument. (What did the SSD says to the HDD? Hold this, I was doing something.)

[Endiness]

I'm kinda unimpressed with SSD for gaming.

 

I feel the same way.

[D_ManXX2]

The real reason for this thread was i was always low on memory even before i starting new programs or games. it seem windows 7 is really memory hungry and superfetch was eating my memory up before i can even use anything.

 

Are there other services in windows 7 that are memory hungry and still safe to switch off like superfetch i need to know off ??

 

Switching this off and using cleanmem and finally can play game without having the out memory happening.

[Veladarius]

When I updated my PC last year I wanted to go high on memory as 4GB was not enough when you have multiple things running alongside a game. I was going to go with 16GB but Microcenter had a sale and the 32 GB kit was another $10 for the exact same memory modules. My advise is to decide how much you want to spend, any features (heatsink and speed) and get as much as you can for the money.With new consoles coming out game developers may raise the amount of ram they will use.

[Rayblue]

The real reason for this thread was i was always low on memory even before i starting new programs or games. it seem windows 7 is really memory hungry and superfetch was eating my memory up before i can even use anything.

 

Are there other services in windows 7 that are memory hungry and still safe to switch off like superfetch i need to know off ??

 

Switching this off and using cleanmem and finally can play game without having the out memory happening.

 

Viper's site has an extensive list of services that you can disable depending on intent. But personally I'm beginning to see that 4gb isn't enough for Skyrim and its 170+ mods installed, knowing that my video card is also asking for more memory (it's a Hypermemory-enabled HD4670).

 

 

When I updated my PC last year I wanted to go high on memory as 4GB was not enough when you have multiple things running alongside a game. I was going to go with 16GB but Microcenter had a sale and the 32 GB kit was another $10 for the exact same memory modules. My advise is to decide how much you want to spend, any features (heatsink and speed) and get as much as you can for the money.With new consoles coming out game developers may raise the amount of ram they will use.

 

I'll want to upgrade to 8gb due to my reasons above, but memory prices have risen this year.