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does ram really matter for games?

Discussion in 'PC' started by stirgo1212, Jan 19, 2010.

  1. stirgo1212

    stirgo1212 Well-Known Member

    Im building a pc online and it says 4 GB ram is only used properly on 64 bit operating systems.
    Does it mean that if i get 2 GB ram that games will lag?
     
    stirgo1212, Jan 19, 2010
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  2. snebbers

    snebbers Well-Known Member

    No not at all...
    If you have a 32 bit system, only 3.31gb of ram will be utilised. the other 0.69gb will be useless.
     
    snebbers, Jan 19, 2010
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  3. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    More accurately, a computer with a 32bit operating system can only address 4GB of ram, including ram on the graphics card. Anything above 4GB will not be visible to the operating system, but if the hardware is 64bit, can be used for storing hardware information by the bios.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 19, 2010
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  4. snebbers

    snebbers Well-Known Member

    I would agree that that would be far more accurate than what I said.
     
    snebbers, Jan 19, 2010
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  5. Yungstunna221

    Yungstunna221 Member

    I'm no PC guru but I don't think I have ever seen any game besides Dragon Age: Origins recommend over 2G of RAM.
     
    Yungstunna221, Jan 20, 2010
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  6. snebbers

    snebbers Well-Known Member

    I think stirgo1212 meant that as an example. :)
     
    snebbers, Jan 20, 2010
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