Hi is there any real advantage between this 4 Gig card and the 2 Gig? Do games take advantage of the extra memory?
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I think they do. Some games do but probably not all. I have had zero issues with this card producing ultra settings on every gane. I never had the 2 gig one tho so its hard to compare.
1999937
Some games do like Assassins Creed 4 for example. My friend with a GTX 760 2gb (Which these cards are VERY equivalent you could say they are twins seperated at birth) can run AC 4 on high with a little lag I can run mine on Ultra with a little Anti Aliasing and I can hit 50fps no issue
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It has 2GB VRAM, which is sufficient for 1080p gaming. The 4GB gpu would give you better performance on multi monitor setups, but the 2GB plays games like Titanfall and Dark Souls 2 on high settings easily and for prolonged periods of time.
594128
I do not own the 2 GB version; however, I have two 3GB versions and I love them. Never a problem and they are relatively fast on the USB 3.0 ports. Easy to install, basically plug-n-play.
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I don't know. I've found the memory to be sufficient though. But I tried installing an ASUS silent 210 graphics card and it actually made the games worse! I'd buy from Amazon so you can return the memory if there is any problem. That's what I did with the graphics card.
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The memory is not upgradable as it is soldered to the motherboard. Personally I have run some games on high resolution settings and the gameplay has been excellent. Additionally, Windows 8 has been architected to be more efficient with the memory it uses so the higher memory requirements should not be an issue unless you plan on running Hyper-V or doing memory intensive type of computing.
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8 gb cards are avaialble. Google it. I have a 4 gb in mine and it works fine.
2082649
I dont know a game that use more than 1 giga of spaced.8 gb of memory is so much memory atuallythan this hd is 5 times faster !!No problem for you.
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Yes, it should be fine with an 8GB stick and a 4GB stick. Though you'd get slightly more performance out of 2 x 8GB sticks.
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All depends on what you plan to use it for.Usually more is better.I have the 16GB unit and that is fine for me.I will never use the 16GB. But if you plan to download a real lot then get the bigger one.There is an expansion slot on all.
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I have 2 of these and they work wonders. Depends what you're doing/playing. If you're monitor is 120/144hZ or 4k (best to go with the 4gb version of this card) What are your specs going to be?
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It has a low effect on FPS. If you are looking for more FPS you want a faster card, not one with more ram. This card should get you 30 FPS in most modern games, 60 fps in older ones and games that are well optimized (Very few well optimized games on PC)
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just so the record is set straight on the max ram for this system it is 4GB not 2GB, i have 2 systems of this type one with and one without the external gpu. both of which i have upgraded to 4GB (though the system only shows 3.25GB). that being said the the system with the integrated graphics was picky about it's ram sticks. I ended up actually putting one of my older sticks from the other system in it along with one of the new one's I had bought in it, but they both work fine after that.
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Yes, I have the some computer and that was the first set up I had. However, when I replaced the 2 x 2 GB with 2x 4GB for a total of 16 it worked much smoother. When you have all the same size sticks it improves performance a little.
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I have all the expansions and it works fine with 8gb of memory. I hope that answers your question, I am a little unsure what you were asking.
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For gaming specifically, the extra RAM would likely not benefit performance. But for other system memory dependent tasks like multitasking (using several programs/utilities at the same time), CAD/engineering applications, virtualization, etc, the extra RAM would benefit you.
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Seems to be about the same as the 4GB card, but that is just based upon loading times when I used both. Haven't attempted to test with my PC for fear of possible accidental damage to the card.
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Using the 4 GB version. I don't know the official answer but I had a 16 GB card, it recognized at first but then I was having buggy problems (wouldn't turn on) and so I took out the card and it seemed to work better. However I'm not truly sure it was the card. I'm thinking the device is just buggy (have RMA'd once already and still problems. )