4GB to 6GB of RAM

[sephisto69 201]

Realistically speaking how much (if any) of an increase could there be jumping from 4 to 6GB of RAM?

On Windows 7 64bit even.

[Dabaroony 86]

How are your sticks configured? I imagine you have 4GB dual channel? Adding one 2GB stick would remove the dual channel capabilities, and you'd be better off with just the 4GB at that point. You can get 16GB (4x4GB) Patriot DDR3 1333hz for less than US$100. Whatever you do, make sure you have matching sticks on matching channels.

[#Sleepy 572]

For DayZ, not much if anything. If you use your computer for work like rendering, editing, etc it'll benefit.

[LunaTiK (DayZ) 45]

Contrary to what others have said, It could help a lot.

Windows+Dayz+Whatever else you might be running and you can get real close to using 4GB of ram these days.

Adding an extra 2GB can surely make things go smoother and faster. Most people who move up from 4GB to at least 6GB will see quicker responses from their computer when heavy amounts of ram is being used even if it doesn't seem like 4GB is being used. An example would be when games or loading. You'll likely notice right off that alt-tabbing from fullscreen games becomes much more smoother and quicker.

Dual Channel Ram isn't something one needs to be worried about when it comes to gaming. Most people see absolutely no gain in performance between single channel and dual channel and in the rare cases they do it usually is less than a 5% gain in performance.

I would need to know more about your computer to give a more accurate opinion. Motherboard/CPU/RAM/Video Card/Hard Drive and what type of performance boost you are needing or if you are experiencing bottlenecks while gaming.

Edited December 18, 2012 by LunaTiK

[Sgt.Asshat 607]

You don't need more than 4! lmao when are you every going to be running so many programs that it uses more than 4gb memory??

[Sgt.Asshat 607]

I have 8,l and i really rarely go over 40%..... but RAM is cheap as shit so it doesn't matter unless your ona tight ass budget

[St. Jimmy 1631]

Go straight to the 8GB so adding another 4GB, because RAM is cheap. Then you can be 100% sure that you won't run out of memory in any point if you have multiple programs on. But I think you won't get any FPS increase with that.

[LunaTiK (DayZ) 45]

You don't need more than 4! lmao when are you every going to be running so many programs that it uses more than 4gb memory??

Are you running 4GB of ram? How large is your pagefile.sys? Are you sure you have a full understanding of how ram works or are you simply throwing your opinion around forums when you know little more than how much a system is using at some random point in time and how much it has.

I've seen far too many times that an upgrade from 4GB made a large difference in how well the computer ran in gaming situations even if the system wasn't using that much ram. Especially if the user has a moderate understanding of computers and windows.

Edited December 18, 2012 by LunaTiK

[#Sleepy 572]

I'm running 8GB, and my next build is going to be 32GB.

[sephisto69 201]

How are your sticks configured? I imagine you have 4GB dual channel? Adding one 2GB stick would remove the dual channel capabilities, and you'd be better off with just the 4GB at that point. You can get 16GB (4x4GB) Patriot DDR3 1333hz for less than US$100. Whatever you do, make sure you have matching sticks on matching channels.

2x2GB of DDR2 currently, I have 2 more slots (different coloured slots though, 2 white and 2 red), going to add another 2 sticks of the same RAM.

Sgt.Asshat

You don't need more than 4! lmao when are you every going to be running so many programs that it uses more than 4gb memory??

I ran into performance issues running Lotro, it would crash to the desktop telling me I don't have enough virtual memory. I had very little to no programs running in the background too.

Edited December 18, 2012 by Drunk Guy

[sephisto69 201]

I would need to know more about your computer to give a more accurate opinion. Motherboard/CPU/RAM/Video Card/Hard Drive and what type of performance boost you are needing or if you are experiencing bottlenecks while gaming.

asrock p43de

4GB DDR2 RAM

Intel Core 2 Duo Q8300 2.5Ghz

GT 640

Samsung hd1035j (Looking to buy an SSD instead)

Edited December 18, 2012 by Drunk Guy

[HollyDayZ 9]

Well, considering that ArmaII is CPU heavy, after increasing the memory, like LunaTiK says, the extra memory should make things work better. and memory is cheap and it cant hurt.

I would suggest that the best improvement you could make would be to improve the processor.

I think you might notice more of an improvement if you could get an extra 1 GHz or went for a Intel^® Core™ 2 Extreme or Core™ 2 Quad, if your budget could go that far as your pretty close to the minimum processor spec for ArmaII

I dont think you would notice much of an increase in frame rate in DayZ until you upgraded the CPU though. Just smoother play probably

Although the SSD may help transfer data quicker so you may notice an improvement even if you dont upgrade the CPU. (Thats just an opinion btw.)

What graphics settings do you run DayZ at btw?

[LunaTiK (DayZ) 45]

HollyDayZ is correct. If you are not liking the way your computer is performing in DayZ your best bet would be to go with a more powerful CPU. The extra ram will help other things and make your overall experience smoother but when it comes to your in-game fps you aren't going to see much of a difference if any.

If you find your games crashing when alt-tabbing or hanging up or crashing with memory errors, adding more ram will usually help.

Technically there is no such thing as dual/triple channel ram. It's just normal ram sticks. These packages are labeled dual channel because the ram was made at the same time better ensuring they'll run the same and often tested together. If you buy your ram in pairs it's best to make sure you use these in matching slots even if the other ram seems identical, try not to confuse which ones you bought together.

Edited December 19, 2012 by LunaTiK