Lecksa Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I have intel i5 760 processor, radeon HD 6850 OC, 4gb ddr3 1333MHz and using windows 7 64bit. How much would it make FM11 faster if i buy another 4gb more ram making it total 8gb? Can fm11 use more memory than 32bits software allows 3,3gb? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoRobbo Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 AFAIK it would be pointless as its a 32bit application. So wether you have 4 or 24 it wouldnt make a difference. The only way it would make a difference is if you multitask a lot. So the full 4gig could be used for FM and the other 4gig for other programs. I could be wrong though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
x42bn6 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 It will only help if you multi-task a lot and you somehow use more than 4 GB of RAM as a result, so I wouldn't really expect it to change much (except burning a small hole in your wallet). Not that it's that slow a PC anyway... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecksa Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 If i look now to the side gadget from 4bg there's only 2,2gb free and i only have open programs like (chrome, messenger, irssi, mse, steam). So in thery there is only 2,2bg for games left. If i'm not totaly wrong windows 7 uses more memory just because there is memory to use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyr1777 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Don't spend the money just for FM. If you have other needs maybe. But It's not really going to help your game that much, just tab out and read the forums while it processes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
x42bn6 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 If i look now to the side gadget from 4bg there's only 2,2gb free and i only have open programs like (chrome, messenger, irssi, mse, steam). So in thery there is only 2,2bg for games left. If i'm not totaly wrong windows 7 uses more memory just because there is memory to use. Those programs combined shouldn't blow 2.2 GB of RAM (if it does, I would be worried)... Windows 7 does have a caching feature, introduced in Windows Vista, where it consumes more memory if it can, to cache certain features, to make the computer faster. It was implemented quite badly in Vista - in some situations, Vista's RAM usage went through the roof and scared some users. But the point is, the cache can be reduced at any time, and Windows 7 takes care of that. Useful link: http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/windows-7-4gb-vs-8gb-performance/ Basically, an idle Windows 7 with a few applications consuming 1.8 GB of RAM smells of caching, so I wouldn't really be worried. If you start to approach 3 GB of RAM usage (ignoring caching), Windows 7 will throttle-back a little. Therefore the real question to ask is whether you run around 3 GB worth of programs in memory. You can check right now to see how much RAM your Football Manager game uses, and gauge from there (Task Manager > Processes > View > Select Columns > VM Size > Look at VM Size for fm.exe). But I wouldn't really hold my breath - 4 GB is good for one single game (even if resource-intensive like Football Manager), plus the odd few other tasks and Windows 7. 6 GB is nice, 8 GB overkill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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