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How much ram for x86 Vista?


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I think GTA is suffering a little bit from my sh*tty ram. I currently have 2GB ddr2 667. But I have read that the maximum amount of x86 Vista can handle is 3.2GB, so do you think I should purchase 2GB (but alot faster than what I have currently)

3GB, or 4GB? I have also read that dual channel dosent work with 3GB and that will decrease performance.

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12gb colgate.gif with the price of ram being so cheap go for 4 gb i went from 2gb to 4gb and gta ran a lot faster biggrin.gif and also think about getting a 64 bit operating system

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I think GTA is suffering a little bit from my sh*tty ram. I currently have 2GB ddr2 667. But I have read that the maximum amount of x86 Vista can handle is 3.2GB, so do you think I should purchase 2GB (but alot faster than what I have currently)

3GB, or 4GB? I have also read that dual channel dosent work with 3GB and that will decrease performance.

Grab yourself a couple of 2GB sticks and put one in each channel. You can get that speed/type very cheap, around $10/GB. When you're ready to move to x64, put more in smile.gif

 

Did your Vista come pre-loaded? If you have a copy does it have the x64 version also? If so, install it.

 

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I think GTA is suffering a little bit from my sh*tty ram. I currently have 2GB ddr2 667. But I have read that the maximum amount of x86 Vista can handle is 3.2GB, so do you think I should purchase 2GB (but alot faster than what I have currently)

3GB, or 4GB? I have also read that dual channel dosent work with 3GB and that will decrease performance.

the performance difference (single-dual channel) is negligible. and if u have a 4 dimm socket mainboard then get 2x1gb and 2x 512mb for dual channel modus. with the intel 8 series chipset and upwards u can also plug in two 1gb dimms and ONE 2gb dimm and dual channel is working.

 

just get two 2gb dimms and be happy i say.

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