coolmd Posted January 18, 2012 Member ID: 2384 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 69 Topic Count: 49 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1058 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 757 Achievement Points: 9390 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/10/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 14 Birthday: 01/18/1966 Device: Windows Posted January 18, 2012 I have a i5 750, Hd 5850 on asus p55 pro m/b with 4gb ram running under windows 7 32bit. Would there be any advantage in upgrading ram to 8 gb when playing BF3 or other pc games or apps? Awards
Exe Posted January 18, 2012 Member ID: 2567 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 41 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2905 Content Per Day: 0.56 Reputation: 985 Achievement Points: 17127 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 06/08/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30 Birthday: 12/11/1986 Device: Windows Posted January 18, 2012 It's useless to have 8gb with a 32bit system... To use more than 4gb of ram, you must have a 64bit system Awards
NightmareXI Posted January 18, 2012 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Posted January 18, 2012 Exe is right....useless with a 32bit sys... I am using a core i5 750 as well with an Asus Sabertooth.....but OCed to 4 Ghz 24/7 watercooled and 2 6970 in crossfire the i5 750 is not this good with stock settings....do you use the boxed cooler? maybe upgrading to a better GPU might help most....this might not be the cheapest thing but the easiest Awards
tsw 8.5 Posted January 18, 2012 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 144 Topic Count: 539 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 17612 Content Per Day: 3.10 Reputation: 42711 Achievement Points: 152458 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 692 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Posted January 18, 2012 just change to the 64 bit and you will see the big change ..and you can run as much ram as you want ..32 bit if you have 4 gigs you only get about 3..with 64 yu can run as much as you want ..i run 16 gigs of 1600.... the game runs great ...this is a great pic for a sscreen saver ..click on it to make it 1920 by 1080 Awards
Xtreme Posted January 20, 2012 Member ID: 3095 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 188 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 115 Achievement Points: 1277 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 10, 2013 Birthday: 02/14/1963 Posted January 20, 2012 What's wrong with your current system other than it's 32 bit? An i5 setup is plenty fast. Hell, I'm still using an old (but kickass) Intel 865 mobo with a Q6600 (overclocked), AMD 6870, Win7 64 and 4GB of ram. It plays every game I toss at it....I use an SSD. If you have an itch to spend money, buy yourself an SSD and install your games on it. That will give you a nice boost!
OSIRIS Posted January 20, 2012 Member ID: 1116 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 10 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 57 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 27 Achievement Points: 620 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 28 Birthday: 12/29/1967 Device: Linux Posted January 20, 2012 if your m/b is crossfire ready i would add another 5850. u can get um on _Bay used for +/- $100 and nu for 155 bucks. And o/c it to perform best with the cooling fan u have. win7x64 is great! Awards
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