October 24, 200916 yr Is the Core i7 processors able to support 8 gigs of DDR3 SDRAM? ~ Proud Father ~ Proud (Currently Deployed) Army National Guardsmen ~ Proud Lakota ~ Retired Tip.It Crew ~
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October 24, 200916 yr Yeah over 2gb/3gb ram is useless if you're on 32 bit. Unless you're on a laptop and extra ram is rerouted into the graphics card/chip. Eg my laptop is 32 windows 7 4gb ram but only 2.87gb is usable the other 1.13gb is routed into graphics, god knows how but it is lol. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue
October 24, 200916 yr I thought it has a triple-channel controller. It will use 3, 6 or 9GB of RAM?Yes. It's an advantage to use a triple-channel setup, but dual will work too of course. J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff moviesJe trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vieJe ne me reconnais plus dans les gensJe suis juste un cas désespérantEt comme personne ne viendra me réclamerJe terminerai comme un objet retrouvé
October 24, 200916 yr Eg my laptop is 32 windows 7 4gb ram but only 2.87gb is usable the other 1.13gb is routed into graphics, god knows how but it is lol.The video card claims an address from the operating system before your DIMMS, which are, as far as the OS is concerned, the least important thing to need an address. The OS, providing it is 32-bit, is incapable of filling addresses past 4GB. I guess you would be correct that what isn't used for the DIMMS is given to the GPU/IGP, but it would the same for a system with 1GB or a 1MB or RAM. Your statement makes it appear as though one will receive a bonus for surpassing 4GB on a 32-bit OS, which doesn't occur; the rest is not routed to your GPU/IGP. It may be possible that your system has an IGP that can occupy ~256MB, but it cannot receive an address from the operating system after all of them are filled. That is my understanding, someone correct me if I am wrong.
October 25, 200916 yr Eg my laptop is 32 windows 7 4gb ram but only 2.87gb is usable the other 1.13gb is routed into graphics, god knows how but it is lol.The video card claims an address from the operating system before your DIMMS, which are, as far as the OS is concerned, the least important thing to need an address. The OS, providing it is 32-bit, is incapable of filling addresses past 4GB. I guess you would be correct that what isn't used for the DIMMS is given to the GPU/IGP, but it would the same for a system with 1GB or a 1MB or RAM. Your statement makes it appear as though one will receive a bonus for surpassing 4GB on a 32-bit OS, which doesn't occur; the rest is not routed to your GPU/IGP. It may be possible that your system has an IGP that can occupy ~256MB, but it cannot receive an address from the operating system after all of them are filled. That is my understanding, someone correct me if I am wrong.3.25GB usually.
October 25, 200916 yr The big question is: what on earth are you doing that makes you want to get 8GB DDR3 RAM? I thought the law of diminishing returns applies if you get more than most programs require. ~ W ~
October 25, 200916 yr The big question is: what on earth are you doing that makes you want to get 8GB DDR3 RAM? I thought the law of diminishing returns applies if you get more than most programs require. Rendering or some image and video editing can easily eat up 8gbs of ram. Thanks to Uno for the awsome sig <3
October 25, 200916 yr The big question is: what on earth are you doing that makes you want to get 8GB DDR3 RAM? I thought the law of diminishing returns applies if you get more than most programs require. very intensive gaming, video and image editing / rendering / encoding / whatever, running multiple processes at once ect...
October 25, 200916 yr The big question is: what on earth are you doing that makes you want to get 8GB DDR3 RAM? I thought the law of diminishing returns applies if you get more than most programs require. very intensive gaming, video and image editing / rendering / encoding / whatever, running multiple processes at once ect...I'll take your word for it, but it sounds like it's on the same vein as quad-SLI. Too much overkill to bear. ~ W ~
October 25, 200916 yr But you don't buy 8gb of ram for i7, you buy 6/9/12 usually. Most will go for 6gb, some may only need 3gb but why when you got a high-end right would you want just 3gb ram? And ram is cheap now too. J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff moviesJe trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vieJe ne me reconnais plus dans les gensJe suis juste un cas désespérantEt comme personne ne viendra me réclamerJe terminerai comme un objet retrouvé
October 26, 200916 yr Don't bother. The advantages over 6gb are negligble. Invest your money in a better video card, or if you have the best, buy yourself a spray tan kit.
November 1, 200916 yr Author I actually do quite a bit of video editing and other multimedia tasks which usually require a number of programs open and running at the same time. ~ Proud Father ~ Proud (Currently Deployed) Army National Guardsmen ~ Proud Lakota ~ Retired Tip.It Crew ~
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