is 4gb ram needed

i know vista 32bit doesnt display that 4gb ram is in the pc, will it ever show it? i dnt know much about this but does XP show if your pc has 4gb ram or not? so will vista show that u have 4gb ram in ur system later on.. when it gets updated and such? also should i upgrade to 4gb from 2gb, mainly because i see bioshock, cod4, crysis, nfs pro street and i want to max all of them out.my pc:8800gtsq66002gb ram32bit home premium vistakinda leaning towards the idea of going SLI but stupid of me to not buy a sli board or a psu large enough..am i just paranoid?is 4gb ram needed
[QUOTE=''b0ssy'']i know vista 32bit doesnt display that 4gb ram is in the pc, will it ever show it? i dnt know much about this but does XP show if your pc has 4gb ram or not? so will vista show that u have 4gb ram in ur system later on.. when it gets updated and such? also should i upgrade to 4gb from 2gb, mainly because i see bioshock, cod4, crysis, nfs pro street and i want to max all of them out.my pc:8800gtsq66002gb ram32bit home premium vistakinda leaning towards the idea of going SLI but stupid of me to not buy a sli board or a psu large enough..am i just paranoid?[/QUOTE]Your PC is fine. No need to upgrade. What kind of LCD you have??is 4gb ram needed
19'' at the momemt. planning to get a 19'' widescreen and giving my 19'' to my friend, dont really need any higher i dont want to spend more money getting a 8800gts 640mb version when i have a 320mb version already
how does cs:s compare to lets say call of duty in a pc intensity level?
[QUOTE=''b0ssy'']19'' at the momemt. planning to get a 19'' widescreen and giving my 19'' to my friend, dont really need any higher i dont want to spend more money getting a 8800gts 640mb version when i have a 320mb version already[/QUOTE]Upgrad your LCD beofre you upgrade anything else. Go for at 20-22'' whit that GPU. And 320MB should do well in that resolution.
[QUOTE=''b0ssy'']i know vista 32bit doesnt display that 4gb ram is in the pc, will it ever show it? i dnt know much about this but does XP show if your pc has 4gb ram or not? so will vista show that u have 4gb ram in ur system later on.. when it gets updated and such? also should i upgrade to 4gb from 2gb, mainly because i see bioshock, cod4, crysis, nfs pro street and i want to max all of them out.my pc:8800gtsq66002gb ram32bit home premium vistakinda leaning towards the idea of going SLI but stupid of me to not buy a sli board or a psu large enough..am i just paranoid?[/QUOTE]It can't be updated.. 32 bit operating systems can not handle 4 gigs of memory... There are my explinations on places like wikipedia that can give you the math behind it.
alright, i'll see how much i can spend on an lcd
[QUOTE=''Munkyman587''][QUOTE=''b0ssy'']i know vista 32bit doesnt display that 4gb ram is in the pc, will it ever show it? i dnt know much about this but does XP show if your pc has 4gb ram or not? so will vista show that u have 4gb ram in ur system later on.. when it gets updated and such? also should i upgrade to 4gb from 2gb, mainly because i see bioshock, cod4, crysis, nfs pro street and i want to max all of them out.my pc:8800gtsq66002gb ram32bit home premium vistakinda leaning towards the idea of going SLI but stupid of me to not buy a sli board or a psu large enough..am i just paranoid?[/QUOTE]It can't be updated.. 32 bit operating systems can not handle 4 gigs of memory... There are my explinations on places like wikipedia that can give you the math behind it.[/QUOTE]oh okay, i see
The stuff it can't detect (approx anything above 3.2 usually) will make no performace difference at all. Its as if it doesnt exist. Some people just go for 3 gigs then, others get a 64 bit OS and go for the 4 gigs.
[QUOTE=''Munkyman587'']The stuff it can't detect (approx anything above 3.2 usually) will make no performace difference at all. Its as if it doesnt exist. Some people just go for 3 gigs then, others get a 64 bit OS and go for the 4 gigs.[/QUOTE]that is..... pretty g8ywhy in the world do motherboards support up to 8gb ram for anyways?:x
I got 3g and I do massive photo and video editing, sometime 3d modeling, never at one moment has the ram usage exceed 1.5g, 4g is just a greed I think, if anything just go 3g like me and you are more than fine!
[QUOTE=''Nerfit'']I got 3g and I do massive photo and video editing, sometime 3d modeling, never at one moment has the ram usage exceed 1.5g, 4g is just a greed I think, if anything just go 3g like me and you are more than fine![/QUOTE]alright, will do!
Bioshock and all upcoming games wont be RAM eaters even 1gb would be fine.
[QUOTE=''yoyo462001'']Bioshock and all upcoming games wont be RAM eaters even 1gb would be fine.[/QUOTE]Well, Crysis will probably be RAM eater since it will have that huge open space. Bioshock on the other hand, wont be, since all game takes place in closed area.
[QUOTE=''yoyo462001'']Bioshock and all upcoming games wont be RAM eaters even 1gb would be fine.[/QUOTE] They used 4GB's RAM in the PC's running Crysis atE3!!!
[QUOTE=''b0ssy''] i know vista 32bit doesnt display that 4gb ram is in the pc, will it ever show it? i dnt know much about this but does XP show if your pc has 4gb ram or not? so will vista show that u have 4gb ram in ur system later on.. when it gets updated and such? also should i upgrade to 4gb from 2gb, mainly because i see bioshock, cod4, crysis, nfs pro street and i want to max all of them out.my pc:8800gtsq66002gb ram32bit home premium vistakinda leaning towards the idea of going SLI but stupid of me to not buy a sli board or a psu large enough..am i just paranoid?[/QUOTE] dont upgrade, but i advise you to check out that ram, it could be crap Value ram, watch out for that stuff man. you dont need 4gb ram unless your doing some crazy 3d app, otherwise the ram just ownt show. as i said before if you want to upgrade something try buying some quality ram. (if you dont have good ram alrdy)also you could have a default power suply unit. look into how much is your max, it could be slowing down or damagin your machine!
Your pc is fine.