• Possible Need of an Upgrade?
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I was thinking about upgrading my hardware and I'm not sure what needs improvement. (Maybe the CPU/More ram?) Radeon 4870 1gb Q6700 @ 2.66GHZ [IMG]http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa215/Thegreen16/sss.jpg[/IMG] [code] Time of this report: 10/15/2009, 19:21:09 Machine name: SEAN-PC Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: System manufacturer System Model: System Product Name BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz Memory: 2048MB RAM Available OS Memory: 2046MB RAM Page File: 1616MB used, 2476MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: Using System DPI System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode [/code]
youre fine
An extra 2 gb of ram would not hurt at all. 4 gb total is a good upgrade when running games on modern OS.
Yeah an extra 2GB of ram is all you need. [editline]04:34PM[/editline] oh 32-bit vista. Get an extra gig.
How much would the 2 gigs benefit me?
Not much. But it's a cheap upgrade, so no harm done. Oh and [i]do[/i] get 2GB as the saving you'd make by getting 1GB is next to nothing.
Does Win7 support 4gb of ram on 32bit?
[quote=eliteguy;17852051]does win7 support 4gb of ram on 32bit?[/quote] 3.0.
[QUOTE=RJ102;17852141]Yes.[/QUOTE] And so does Vista. But the problem your going to run into is that in can only do a total of 4gb. So if you put 4gb of ram in your comp it will only show 3 due to your 1gb GPU.
Used "Yes" as a temporarily answer till I searched around :colbert:
[QUOTE=RJ102;17852247]Used "Yes" as a temporarily answer till I searched around :colbert:[/QUOTE] Search before you post.
No. :)
[QUOTE=RJ102;17852141]3.0. 3.5 At most[/QUOTE] WRONG [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=10565784&postcount=3[/url]
[QUOTE=TheMadness;17852835]WRONG [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.php?p=10565784&postcount=3[/url][/QUOTE] [QUOTE=mblunk;10565784]So if you have a 512MB video card, you can use up to 3.5GB of RAM because 512MB is half a gig, and since system memory gets last address priority, the VRAM (video ram on the graphics card) gets addresses first. If you have a 1GB graphics card, you can use up to 3GB.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=EliteGuy;17851598]Radeon 4870 1gb[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=RJ102;17852141]3.0. 3.5 At most[/QUOTE] uh?
OP just get 64 bit windows 7 when it comes out.
[QUOTE=RJ102;17853150]uh?[/QUOTE] he asked if windows 7 will support 4GB RAM, not how much RAM he'll be able to use with that car and I gave a definite answer, where the hell did "3.5 at most" come from? it's a 1GB card, it doesn't vary depending on how it feels today
[QUOTE=TheMadness;17857495]he asked if windows 7 will support 4GB RAM, not how much RAM he'll be able to use with that car and I gave a definite answer, where the hell did "3.5 at most" come from? it's a 1GB card, it doesn't vary depending on how it feels today[/QUOTE] I was talking about how much Windows 7 can support, so I said 3GB Ram, and just gave a little fun fact about how the maximum is 3.5. But no one likes my fun fact so now I'm all sad. :frown:
Fun Fact: RJ102 is sad
That is true.
[QUOTE=RJ102;17862959]I was talking about how much Windows 7 can support, so I said 3GB Ram, and just gave a little fun fact about how the maximum is 3.5. But no one likes my fun fact so now I'm all sad. :frown:[/QUOTE] Did you know that there are 256MB GPUs, and *gasp* even 128MB GPUs?
It's too late fun facts don't make me happy anymore. Seriously, is this the "Disagree with everything I post" thread
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