[Squall-Leonhart]

its more of a signal noise issue on poorer built mainboards.....

 

[zodac_spear]

i'm getting 24 rams

 

[LoneWolf]

dude the max you can go is 12 gb

 

[Gameman]

Just checking in......

8??????? 12 gb/????? ARE YOU JOKING??????oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo

Seriously

What the **** do you need this for?????

Unless you're doing some sort of high level CIA or government stuff or coverted science experiments at the South Pole....why is this massive amount necessary??????

I can get by on 2...

PS: I was one of the first people back in the old days to graduate to even 2 GB of Ram and the salesman told me I was nuts....and that was on my old system.....

I still find that 2 GB is fine.....

I've never seen it maxed out...and I got Vista 64 Premium....


Believe it or not SOME people have managed to get by on 512......


oh and yess Daddy's still here...he's just watching from afar....:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[46480]

Whose daddy are you, Mr. Superhertz? oO

 

[Gameman]

Yeah, My friends call me big daddy sometime because I'm over 6 feet 3 tall.....

 

[Spyhop]

While 8gb is overkill for even most gamers, 2gb is completely insufficient. I regularly use more than 3gb while gaming.

 

[Princess Garnet]

Yes, alot of things are at the point of where they're starting to show difference between 2GB and 4GB.

my bad, I left out the "I" in "I read up abit" I was merely adding my experience with it. Not disputing your findings.

Also seems I left out I'm using 64bit Vista.

It's a pair of 2x2GB DDR2 1006 Dual channel kits. They're clocked identical (should be at least) and the pairing is maintained for the channels.

Thought came to mind, is the 8gb issue in general or intel/amd based? I saw the mentioning of the ddr volt increase and north bridge volt increase to address stability issues but, is that really needed in most cases? Like my ram for example, is 1.8 in ddr2 800 or 2.0-2.1 for 1066. I just use the voltage labeled by spec and the nb is stock voltage.runs solid. maybe is chipset/ mem controller related and the 940 resolved the issue?

I figured you were using a 64-bit OS. I was using Windows 7 64-bit.

It's because you use an AMD based system. This same thing happened on older AMD systems with AMD CPUs that didn't have the integrated memory controller. The stock chipset voltage is often enough for two modules, but for four, especially if those four are running higher speeds and/or tighter timings, it needs more. Come to think of it, you probably need to add to the CPU voltage some with more modules on AMD based system then.

 

[S.SubZero]

Just checking in......

8??????? 12 gb/????? ARE YOU JOKING??????oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo

The price difference between 4GB DDR2 and 8GB DDR2 is trivial. 4GB DDR2 is about $45. Oh noes, another $45 to go up to 8GB.. /yawn. Heck, my gaming rig has been on 8GB for well over a year, when the price for 8GB was a MASSIVE $155. WOW.

My PC laptop and Macbook Pro have 4GB each in them. I do stuff with virtualization, which can consume a lot of RAM, and I see Vista does cache a lot of stuff. Yes, Superfetch has driven the free RAM of my 8GB gaming rig down to zero. Zero.

 

[Squall-Leonhart]

dude the max you can go is 12 gb

the Rampage II Gene can address 24GB/s of DDR3

The price difference between 4GB DDR2 and 8GB DDR2 is trivial. 4GB DDR2 is about $45. Oh noes, another $45 to go up to 8GB.. /yawn. Heck, my gaming rig has been on 8GB for well over a year, when the price for 8GB was a MASSIVE $155. WOW.

My PC laptop and Macbook Pro have 4GB each in them. I do stuff with virtualization, which can consume a lot of RAM, and I see Vista does cache a lot of stuff. Yes, Superfetch has driven the free RAM of my 8GB gaming rig down to zero. Zero.

The price difference between 8GB DDR2 and 12GB DDR3 is trivial .

Besides, large amounts of ram are very handy especially with Windows 7's super fetch

you also must remember, that a minimal sized pagefile will require more physical ram....

 

[mudlord]

While 8gb is overkill for even most gamers, 2gb is completely insufficient. I regularly use more than 3gb while gaming.

This must be the first ever time I agree with you. That must be scary indeed.