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m17 memory question

post #1 of 20
12/5/10 at 11:20pm
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do i have to upgrade to a quad-core cpu to use 8 gigs of ram? or i can just keep using my dual-core?
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post #2 of 20
12/6/10 at 5:36am
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do i have to upgrade to a quad-core cpu to use 8 gigs of ram? or i can just keep using my dual-core?
Dual core is fine - it is mostly OS related.

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post #3 of 20
12/6/10 at 10:20am
you will need a 64 bit OS to take advantage of the 8 GB

A 32 Bit OS is limited to 4 GB
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post #4 of 20
12/6/10 at 12:50pm
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Thanks guys ... I guess since I have win 7 64 bits I should be fine. I'm currently using 2 gigs and it runs fine though I feel 8 gigs should give me a boost while playing games..
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post #5 of 20
12/6/10 at 3:21pm
I am not so sure about 8gigs would boost game playing though

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post #6 of 20
12/6/10 at 3:33pm
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I just figured since when I play wow and crisis war head they hug all the ram and I can barely multi task. A second gpu card should help for games but they run a bit pricy at this time, so I rather spend my money on ram then, I will do gpu and finally CPU
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post #7 of 20
12/6/10 at 3:37pm
Now we are talking - multi-tasking - yes, 8gigs would help you out in this case

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post #8 of 20
12/6/10 at 9:05pm
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I just figured since when I play wow and crisis war head they hug all the ram and I can barely multi task. A second gpu card should help for games but they run a bit pricy at this time, so I rather spend my money on ram then, I will do gpu and finally CPU
Split the difference and get 4GB which will be more than enough and save the rest for the second GPU. Unless you plan on playing multiple games at once 8GB won't come into affect. If you like running large databases or running multiple virtual machines off your system then go ahead with the 8GB.
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post #9 of 20
12/6/10 at 10:04pm
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Split the difference and get 4GB which will be more than enough and save the rest for the second GPU. Unless you plan on playing multiple games at once 8GB won't come into affect. If you like running large databases or running multiple virtual machines off your system then go ahead with the 8GB.
Good idea.. I might just do that but still damn 300 bucks for a somewhat out dated gpu card is super steep
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post #10 of 20
12/6/10 at 10:05pm
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Whoever here might sell a 3870 let me know
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post #11 of 20
12/7/10 at 11:19am
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Whoever here might sell a 3870 let me know
This works?

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post #12 of 20
12/7/10 at 11:22am
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This works?

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He would need to get a hold of a slave bios to make that work.
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post #13 of 20
12/7/10 at 11:37am
Oy ..
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post #14 of 20
12/7/10 at 5:46pm
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He would need to get a hold of a slave bios to make that work.
I thought all I had to do was plug in the card and that's it.. What's this slave bios thingy
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post #15 of 20
12/7/10 at 5:53pm
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I thought all I had to do was plug in the card and that's it.. What's this slave bios thingy
For the newer systems they have the same video bios. The older 3870s had a master and slave vbios. That's why you will see a "M" or "S" sticker on it.
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post #16 of 20
12/7/10 at 9:23pm
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For the newer systems they have the same video bios. The older 3870s had a master and slave vbios. That's why you will see a "M" or "S" sticker on it.
so each card comes with its own bios then? then i will have to buy one with the s on it?
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post #17 of 20
12/7/10 at 11:08pm
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off-topic.. is the gpu bus interface in the m17 suppose to go at x16? mines is @x8
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post #18 of 20
12/7/10 at 11:17pm
x8 per GPU total 16x
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post #19 of 20
12/8/10 at 2:55pm
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so each card comes with its own bios then? then i will have to buy one with the s on it?
Yes, there are ways of flashing a master to a slave. The easiest thing to do is just make sure it's a slave card.
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post #20 of 20
12/9/10 at 3:22am
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Thank you every one for your help
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