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16 GB Ram upgrade make a difference?(And few other ram related Qs)
I have a laptop that comes with 2 x 4 GB rams (Hyundai DDR3 PC3-12800 (800MHz)) with a GPU that has 4 GB ram dedicated and 4 GB shared , and i have few questions about :
1 - When I play games I usually do it in full hd and have most settings at high and check with performance tab in task manager only to find it consuming 3 GBs max of dedicated memory and non from shared while consumption of system rams may well be under 80% , while this indicates everything is under control would a 16 GB upgrade make a difference in performance ?
2 - If nor the manufacturer or the internet would say the laptop can operate a 2 x 8 GB rams how can i make sure they would work if the purchase would be an overseas non refundable one , would them be DDR3 PC3-12800 be enough ?
3 - Vendors on the internet claim their rams are DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) is that because when they run at dual channel the bus speed multiplies x 2 ?
4 - Why is it on CPU-Z it measures NB-Frequency to be 2494 MHz while the internet claims for a DDR3 1600MHz the numbers should be 2200 , are some rams better than others ?
5 - There are some vendors that sell DDR3 PC3-15000 (1866MHz) but I only find them as a 4 GB x 2 , would these work better or at all for my laptop ?
6 - I get to see non ECC rams have 8 small chips on board and some have 4 big ones , are there virtues for which over one another ?
Last edited by nIGHTmAYOR; 26 Sep 2018 at 10:28.