Mitchell Sale 1093858 Posted May 24, 2009 at 02:31 AM Posted May 24, 2009 at 02:31 AM if i buy a 2gb of ram and add it to my 1gb will i get better frames because i getting low frames with low settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted May 24, 2009 at 03:33 AM Posted May 24, 2009 at 03:33 AM ram is the best and cheapest upgrade for a pc. as far as it improving frames, itll help. but its not the only thing to consider, especially if running FSX. upgrading your video card, etc. will also improve on frames. its never just 1 thing to upgrade. doing just 1 will certainly help, but also consider what else may need to be upgraded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Westbrook 827267 Posted May 24, 2009 at 03:46 AM Posted May 24, 2009 at 03:46 AM Yes if your motherboard can take it. Most only let you go up to 3- (windows xp systems) or 4+ gigs (windows vista systems). I would check that before buying RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Sale 1093858 Posted May 24, 2009 at 04:46 AM Author Posted May 24, 2009 at 04:46 AM ive been watching a vid and i need ram! trying to run 4 programs while runing fsx kills my machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Gerrish Posted May 24, 2009 at 09:22 AM Posted May 24, 2009 at 09:22 AM what other programs are you running with FSX? Richard Gerrish Developer, STM Applications Group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Sale 1093858 Posted May 24, 2009 at 09:30 AM Author Posted May 24, 2009 at 09:30 AM what other programs are you running with FSX? vroute, vafs4(virtual airline filght recorder) ,fs real time and fsx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Gerrish Posted May 24, 2009 at 09:48 AM Posted May 24, 2009 at 09:48 AM vroute, vafs4(virtual airline filght recorder) ,fs real time and fsx the extra gig will help a bit. You're probably gonna want to check into upgrading your video and or CPU Richard Gerrish Developer, STM Applications Group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romano Lara Posted May 24, 2009 at 10:03 AM Posted May 24, 2009 at 10:03 AM You can always give fs9 a try if all your hopes to get good frames with fsx are all gone... Romano LaravACC Philippines, Manager - Training & Standards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Sale 1093858 Posted May 24, 2009 at 10:13 AM Author Posted May 24, 2009 at 10:13 AM (edited) You can always give fs9 a try if all your hopes to get good frames with fsx are all gone... ive spent too much one fsx add-ons to go back to fs9 fs9....why do i still have it? i could make $50 for it Edited May 24, 2009 at 10:15 AM by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Sale 1093858 Posted May 24, 2009 at 10:15 AM Author Posted May 24, 2009 at 10:15 AM vroute, vafs4(virtual airline filght recorder) ,fs real time and fsx the extra gig will help a bit. You're probably gonna want to check into upgrading your video and or CPU thats a long term job, this is a short term for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart Vedin Posted May 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM Posted May 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM Yes if your motherboard can take it. Most only let you go up to 3- (windows xp systems) or 4+ gigs (windows vista systems). I would check that before buying RAM. I bet XP take 3G+ (4G is the teoretical maximum, but all 4G it not usable). Typical the motherboard work in pear of RAM i.e. one pear are matched from factory to be set in one memory-bank. Be carefull to read the motherboard specification and buy high speed RAM as your motherboard support. An other way to win performace may could be to get an additional low cost second computer. To use for chart etc. also some FS-application may could be run in a second computer by use of local network connection. / Lennart Vedin / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Kolin Posted May 24, 2009 at 03:06 PM Posted May 24, 2009 at 03:06 PM Are we actually running out of RAM and swapping, or are the CPU and/or video card the bottleneck? If it's the latter, getting more RAM will do next to nothing. Cheers! Luke ... I spawn hundreds of children a day. They are daemons because they are easier to kill. The first four remain stubbornly alive despite my (and their) best efforts. ... Normal in my household makes you a member of a visible minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Cowan 979498 Posted May 24, 2009 at 06:17 PM Posted May 24, 2009 at 06:17 PM Are we actually running out of RAM and swapping, or are the CPU and/or video card the bottleneck? If it's the latter, getting more RAM will do next to nothing. Cheers! Luke luke hit the nail on the head. the fastest your comp will be is the slowest component. so you could have a terabyte of RAM, but if the vid card sucks, it wont do a thing really. Sam Ah, Windows: An operating system that makes you shut your computer off by clicking a button marked "Start" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Gerrish Posted May 25, 2009 at 03:43 AM Posted May 25, 2009 at 03:43 AM on the as good as slowest component. are you running an integrated graphics card? if so have you checked your BIOS settings to see how much of your shared RAM it has access to Richard Gerrish Developer, STM Applications Group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart Vedin Posted May 25, 2009 at 09:03 PM Posted May 25, 2009 at 09:03 PM I dont agree there is a generic simply "bottleneck" or the "fastest your comp will be is the slowest component". The harddisk is always the slowest component in the FS application but is not used all the time for all operations. Getting two 10000 RPM harddisks in a RAID 0 system will increase FS performance a lot in some sense, but CPU, RAM and videocard will effect performance quite independent. A fast CPU or additional RAM-size (if running applications can take advantage of more RAM) will increase performance quite independent of each other. RAM-speed and CPU speed will typical allways both increase performance and independently. FS is an application that may could take advance of RAM to load 3D objects or bitmaps as a cache to avoid reloading from harddisk. videocard typical only hold 512Mb. It does not mean FS first must have problem with swap at harddisk, FS could somehow look how much RAM are available and adapt allocation to available RAM. I've seen changing views seams be quicker with more RAM, while it not effect the typical FPS. E.g. SATA speed 100 or 300 I understand make no difference due to the hardisk rotation speed is the bottleneck, and here the bottleneck matter. / Lennart Vedin / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Morris 920567 Posted May 26, 2009 at 12:18 PM Posted May 26, 2009 at 12:18 PM Lennart, while I'll agree with you, Luke's point is very salient. If his CPU is a 2.1ghz, or has almost no L1 or L2 cache, or he has a cheap motherboard with a slow FSB, adding RAM isn't going to help much. Finding the actual bottleneck should always be your first step before you go dump money on hardware you may not need. http://www.execjetva.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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