aucottuk Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 Hey folks, I'm thinking of updating my systems RAM to 8gb, but I'm not sure of the difference it will make. Could anybody give me an answer? My current specs are: i7 processor 4gb ram GeForce 425m 1gb Windows 7 Thanks in advance
EmilM Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 (edited) windows 7 32 or 64 bits? Edited April 9, 2012 by EmilM
Kaesoron Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 (edited) I have a; Phenom II x6 1090T 4gb Ram Geforce 450 Windows 7 64bit The game runs almost perfect on full settings with the exception of ilum (when is was busy) I a have not seen the need to upgrade to 8GB yet, however Ram is so cheap if you dont mind installing it, you might as well... K. Edited April 9, 2012 by Kaesoron
Lycor Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 I don't know if its worth it since the game client is not in 64 bits, so it won't use more than 4GB.
SLICEofLIFE- Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 switch to x64 and upgrade. I did it on my laptop from 4 to 8 and the fps increased like +8 to +10.
Owsley Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 (edited) I'm not sure that just going to 8GB will do much, However, people have used the extra memory to create a RAM drive and placed some of the game elements on it. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=285906 Edited April 9, 2012 by Owsley
matthiaskotor Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 Unless you're actually running out of RAM, adding more won't help very much. You can check peak usage for an application in Task Manager while it's running, as well as physical memory usage for the system. The game uses a 32-bit executable, so it tops out around 2GB of memory usage. Technically they can use up to 3GB in 32-bit mode, but not on WinXP at default settings, so to be safe most games cap their memory allocation at 2GB. In short, no, I don't think it will help with runtime performance. It may help loading slightly, if the OS can cache more of the game's files in memory.
OmySpy Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I'm not a great authority on this sort of thing, but I have 6GB and everything I play runs great. I have heard from other people that 8 is about as high as you can go before it stops making any difference, so if you got 8 you'd probably be set for just about anything.
StaticJoe Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 Updating your RAM is never a bad idea so if you can do it then do do it Hey folks, I'm thinking of updating my systems RAM to 8gb, but I'm not sure of the difference it will make. Could anybody give me an answer? My current specs are: i7 processor 4gb ram GeForce 425m 1gb Windows 7 Thanks in advance
RickRedOne Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 Updating your RAM is never a bad idea so if you can do it then do do it ^ this. If you have Win7 64bit then adding ram will only help everything.
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