16 GB Ram. · DIGIT-ARC

Should I upgrade to 16 GB Ram? I currently have 8GB in Lenovo Y500. I was thinking about Corsair Vengeance or Kingston HyperX. Is it required or should I wait for some time? Is 8 GB ram enough for current-next gen games?

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Is it a good idea to upgrade? Anyone?

Imo 8gb is enough for now.

ok ty

More than RAM, you need SSD if you want blazing fast speeds in games. And I think you already have SSD on your Lenovo Y500.

Vyom said:
More than RAM, you need SSD if you want blazing fast speeds in games. And I think you already have SSD on your Lenovo Y500.

Yes I got a SSD. The only 2 things left to upgrade are Ram(upto 32 GB) and processor upto 3940XM which costs 500$. I think upgrading processor won't be a good idea as it'll produce a lotta heat.

If the only downside you think to to upgrade processor is heat, rather than $$$, I think you *can* upgrade to more RAM.

ram upgrade will be a waste of money at-least for the games available now. for the next gen games, upgrade only when the need arises. 8gb is sufficient for now.

Say when will be a good time for upgrading RAM? say fall 2014? What if I remove RAM from my old laptop(1 GB) and put it here? Can we mix and match DD3 and DD2? Sorry for noob question.

seamon said:
Say when will be a good time for upgrading RAM? say fall 2014? What if I remove RAM from my old laptop(1 GB) and put it here? Can we mix and match DD3 and DD2? Sorry for noob question.

i mean , when the games demand for more than 8gb while *playing*, then upgrade. for the current gen games, upgrade is not absolutely necessary.
you cant mix dd3 and ddr2 modules unless the board support. current boards doesn't and hence you cant.

rijinpk1 said:
i mean , when the games demand for more than 8gb while *playing*, then upgrade. for the current gen games, upgrade is not absolutely necessary.
you cant mix dd3 and ddr2 modules unless the board support. current boards doesn't and hence you cant.

OK thanks I'll upgrade later then.

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OK I tried by taking out some RAM from my other laptop. 12 GB RAM and no difference in game play of Crysis 3. I think I'mma restore that 4 GB in the other laptop as it has become slow now.

seamon said:
OK thanks I'll upgrade later then.

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OK I tried by taking out some RAM from my other laptop. 12 GB RAM and no difference in game play of Crysis 3. I think I'mma restore that 4 GB in the other laptop as it has become slow now.

it is the cpu+gpu combo which plays a critical role in gaming, not the ram. you just need enough ram. Higher ram doesn't bring any miracles.

rijinpk1 said:
it is the cpu+gpu combo which plays a critical role in gaming, not the ram. you just need enough ram. Higher ram doesn't bring any miracles.

Just wanted to see if double channel ram made any difference.

8GB is enuf for gaming

Zangetsu said:
8GB is enuf for gaming

got 12 GB now