18gb of ram

kain666 · 4 May 2011 at 10:31

would 18gb of ram benifit me in any other way then increase 3d modeling abillity?

BIGBC · 4 May 2011 at 10:37

Compared to what? The 4GB in your sig? Probably. But would the gain be noticeable above 8or even 6GB? I doubt it.

It does depends on what software you are using and how large/the nature of your modelling.
I do a lot of product and engineering models and rarely exceed 5GB RAM usage.

When it comes to rendering though the more the better, I have 12GB and have used 11GB of it on some of the renders.

kain666 · 4 May 2011 at 10:41

no effect on gaming then?

Fragil1ty · 4 May 2011 at 18:08

Increased speed within gaming generally comes from your CPU/GPU, sure RAM does have a vital role to play, but it's all interlinking with each other.

Low ram bottle necks the cpu/gpu, bad cpu bottle necks the ram/gpu and so on!

MouthBoy · 4 May 2011 at 22:11

I personally have capped out my 4gb of RAM a few times when modelling in Maya. I have just bought 8gb more and am looking to run 12gb. I doubt I ever use all 12gb unless I go crazy, but its there just in case.

Geo-Gamer · 4 May 2011 at 22:12

i heard for gaming u dont need more than 4gb as it wont make a difference over 4 gb? is that true?

MouthBoy · 4 May 2011 at 22:16

Geo-Gamer said:
i heard for gaming u dont need more than 4gb as it wont make a difference over 4 gb? is that true?

As already said, its all linked together, but generally you would say that is correct. I have seen my RAM almost hit 4gb in large Civ5 games though, so there are instances when having more could help.

Geo-Gamer · 4 May 2011 at 22:18

smeaney said:
As already said, its all linked together, but generally you would say that is correct. I have seen my RAM almost hit 4gb in large Civ5 games though, so there are instances when having more could help.

so 4gb- 8gb for gaming ?

paradigm · 4 May 2011 at 22:34

18GB?

So 4.5GB per stick (or 3GB for Tri-Channel)?

Where would you get such odd RAM from?

Operation · 4 May 2011 at 22:42

4.5Gb RAM is all the rage now. Catch up.

KarlMcWade · 4 May 2011 at 22:56

I run 8g and use solidworks 2011 and i dont hit over 4g.

Any more than 4g i would make a ramdrive to run programs off make ssd drives SLOW

I,m running a 4gb ramdrive atm and things FLY !!!

I agree Civ 5 can get pretty high mem usage as well as SCOM 1 with huge wars !!!

Klo · 4 May 2011 at 23:07

Has OP made a typo, and accidentally put a 1 in there?

Operation · 4 May 2011 at 23:09

Twice?

masenko · 5 May 2011 at 00:47

No game is programmed to take advantage of more than 4gig and its pretty unlikely to in the forseeable fututre. More than 4gig is for business class apps, servers, multiple virtual machines etc.

kain666 · 5 May 2011 at 14:11

masenko said:
No game is programmed to take advantage of more than 4gig and its pretty unlikely to in the forseeable fututre. More than 4gig is for business class apps, servers, multiple virtual machines etc.

why not?

Alex74 · 5 May 2011 at 14:25

kain666 said:
why not?

Might alienate the 32-bit crowd

jack.mitchell · 5 May 2011 at 14:26

kain666 said:
why not?

Because outside of the enthusiast market very few people have over 4gb of ram.

Icm76 · 5 May 2011 at 15:23

masenko said:
No game is programmed to take advantage of more than 4gig and its pretty unlikely to in the forseeable fututre.

I'm 99.9% sure Metro 2033 recommends 8GB, and when I got my 8GB last year review comparisons were suggesting 6GB is the performance/value sweet spot for gamers.

RAM is cheap now, 8GB should be an easy choice now for gamers. More than that is probably unnecessary.

tom91x91 · 5 May 2011 at 15:38

metro is gpu limited only, you dont need more than 4gb, it doesnt even use a quad core fully.

Solaris · 5 May 2011 at 15:40

I cap out 8gb quite often, but I can be running up to 6 virtual machines on my box at the same time testing different projects. I could definately make use of 18