Would upgrading my PC from 1 gig of RAM to 4 have any significant effect on the power supply? Somebody told me I need to upgrade the PS as well, but so far I haven't had any issues. Any ideas?
Here is a blog article I found while searching.
http://www.upgradememory.com/blog/2005/06/power-supply-problems-after-installing.html
I would say that it depends on what your current power supply is, and how much power your current specs require.
I believe my current supply is only 125 volts. I can grab all my specs off Dell's site, if that'll help.
Thanks for the link. I'll read that right now =D
ITT you don't fucking need 4 gigs of RAM
Honesly, like he said you don't need 4 Gigs unless you do serious gaming or use Vista. Also, has nothing to do with voltage, more like Watts. And it depends on how many sticks you use, but I'm pretty sure they don't use that much anyway.
Using Vista AND serious gaming =D
BF2 (supposedly) needs a gig on its own.
Using two sticks or RAM atm
Quote from: Joba Chamberlain on November 03, 2007, 07:07:26 PM
ITT you don't fucking need 4 gigs of RAM
Vista has a recommended requirement of 1 Gig. Crysis has 1.5GB. Along with an antivirus running and maybe a few other apps, I could totally see 3 or 4 Gigs being used.
I'm sure that he's bound to actually need more than the recommended specs.
Quote from: JMV290 on November 04, 2007, 01:22:56 AM
Vista has a recommended requirement of 1 Gig. Crysis has 1.5GB. Along with an antivirus running and maybe a few other apps, I could totally see 3 or 4 Gigs being used.
I'm sure that he's bound to actually need more than the recommended specs.
WELL IF IT REQUIRES 1, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET 4 TIMES THAT AND CALL IT A DAY
Quote from: Joba Chamberlain on November 04, 2007, 07:19:02 AM
WELL IF IT REQUIRES 1, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET 4 TIMES THAT AND CALL IT A DAY
Again, playing BF2 which supposedly requires a gig of ram.
2 gigs ran it with a lot of lag.
So I bought 4. Why on Earth does it matter? o.o
Quote from: Wolf Link on November 04, 2007, 10:02:23 AM
2 gigs ran it with a lot of lag.
hey guys wtf is a graphics card
Quote from: Joba Chamberlain on November 04, 2007, 10:17:17 AM
hey guys wtf is a graphics card
Hey bud, 256 mg Nvidia 7900. WELL over the requirements.
Try again.
Quote from: Wolf Link on November 04, 2007, 10:29:44 AM
Hey bud, 256 mg Nvidia 7900. WELL over the requirements.
Try again.
Well, if your processor sucks, it won't matter even if you upgrade to 16 gigs. caterpie;
Quote from: Lawlz on November 04, 2007, 10:33:18 AM
Well, if your processor sucks, it won't matter even if you upgrade to 16 gigs. caterpie;
Dual core 3.0 gigahertz Pentium D.
Don't think that was the problem =P
After the RAM upgrade, the game runs flawlessly, btw.
Quote from: Commodore Guff on November 04, 2007, 10:40:17 AM
found the problem =P
Something wrong with Pentium D? I was always told it was really good D:
Quote from: Wolf Link on November 04, 2007, 10:40:57 AM
Something wrong with Pentium D? I was always told it was really good D:
I was told that there's a black hole in the bermuda triange DX
Nonono. Michael Jackson is operating a huge electromagnetic machine at the bottom of the ocean.
Or so says this one guy I know O.O
Quote from: Joba Chamberlain on November 04, 2007, 07:19:02 AM
WELL IF IT REQUIRES 1, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET 4 TIMES THAT AND CALL IT A DAY
1.5 x 4 = 4? Uhm no. 1.5 x 4 = 6
Quote from: Wolf Link on November 04, 2007, 10:29:44 AM
Hey bud, 256 mg Nvidia 7900. WELL over the requirements.
Try again.
a) lol you think your 7900 is badass
b) the point i was trying to make is that you were attributing everything to the amount of RAM you had which is kind of ridiculous
hey guys my 64mb of VRAM is well over the 32mb of VRAM that flight simulator requires so FSX is going to run flawlessly rite
rite
rite
Quote from: Joba Chamberlain on November 04, 2007, 02:56:13 PM
a) lol you think your 7900 is badass
b) the point i was trying to make is that you were attributing everything to the amount of RAM you had which is kind of rediculous
Don't think the card is badass, but it's more than enough.
And well, I'm basing it on facts.
I had one gig of ram, and the game didn't run.
Now I have four, and it runs perfectly.
Hmm...how does that work...
Quote from: Wolf Link on November 04, 2007, 04:58:35 PM
Don't think the card is badass, but it's more than enough.
And well, I'm basing it on facts.
I had one gig of ram, and the game didn't run.
Now I have four, and it runs perfectly.
Hmm...how does that work...
pentium
Again, can you explain? I really don't get it D:
Quote from: Wolf Link on November 04, 2007, 05:49:27 PM
Again, can you explain? I really don't get it D:
Yes you do.
Quote from: Joba Chamberlain on November 04, 2007, 02:56:13 PM
a) lol you think your 7900 is badass
b) the point i was trying to make is that you were attributing everything to the amount of RAM you had which is kind of ridiculous
hey guys my 64mb of VRAM is well over the 32mb of VRAM that flight simulator requires so FSX is going to run flawlessly rite
rite
rite
I thought i was the only one that had a 64MB card here.
Quote from: Joba Chamberlain on November 04, 2007, 07:41:00 PM
Yes you do.
If you can't explain it, I'm going to ignore it and continue assuming the RAM is the only thing that needed the upgrade :o
Quote from: Wolf Link on November 04, 2007, 10:40:57 AM
Something wrong with Pentium D? I was always told it was really good D:
Netburst Architecture = fail.
Quote from: Kingoftherings on November 07, 2007, 09:02:46 PM
Netburst Architecture = fail.
because...D:
No seriously, I don't understand. I mean, the game is running flawlessly right now so I know the processors cannot be THAT bad...but what's wrong with em?