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[sadegh1993]

Hello

how much is the difference between 8GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) and 8GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) for gaming ?


Thank you

[GTMonster]

For anyone who is interested... If you have a large amount of RAM in your machine and want applications and games to fly... place the page file onto a RAM disk as this really improves things! (Primo RAMDiskPro)

I have also cached the hard disk using system RAM which has improved data transfer for writes to the hard disk using system memory as well. (Fancycache)


One question though... where is the microphone in this notebook... from tapping the machine it would appear to be located between the Windows button and the front of the case. If so what a stupid place as who talks to the keyboard!!!! It picks up every key press and mouse swipe pretty loudly but for dictation is absolutely rubbish! Surely placing it next to the cam would have made sense!!

[Chaytup]

So, is it normal that my 7970m only displays the GPU usage at like 50-80%? It never reaches up to 100% and its hardly above 70.
In games like BF3, Saints row 3, and others, msi afterburner says it's only at those percentages. And saints row 3 specifically has a pretty low framerate while only using 50% of the gpu.
Is there something I'm doing wrong that is making the GPU not use its entire power? Or is that normal?

[lordbaldric]

Hello

how much is the difference between 8GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) and 8GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) for gaming ?


Thank you

Probably less than 1 FPS.

[gkrules]

One question though... where is the microphone in this notebook... from tapping the machine it would appear to be located between the Windows button and the front of the case. If so what a stupid place as who talks to the keyboard!!!! It picks up every key press and mouse swipe pretty loudly but for dictation is absolutely rubbish! Surely placing it next to the cam would have made sense!!

There is a hole to the top-right of the touchpad. That looks like it could possibly be the mic.

[PakAttakManiak]

For anyone who is interested... If you have a large amount of RAM in your machine and want applications and games to fly... place the page file onto a RAM disk as this really improves things! (Primo RAMDiskPro)

Would you recommend this for those that have 8GB @ 1333mhz? Also, how exactly do you place the page file onto a RAM. Let's just I - I mean a friend - does not know much about computers and I - I mean he - may want to do this. Thanks!

[Hurricane9]

Hello

how much is the difference between 8GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) and 8GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) for gaming ?


Thank you

Virtually nothing. I got the 1333MHz and it is perfectly fine. Gave me $50 saving too.

So, is it normal that my 7970m only displays the GPU usage at like 50-80%? It never reaches up to 100% and its hardly above 70.
In games like BF3, Saints row 3, and others, msi afterburner says it's only at those percentages. And saints row 3 specifically has a pretty low framerate while only using 50% of the gpu.
Is there something I'm doing wrong that is making the GPU not use its entire power? Or is that normal?

It's "normal" in a way. The GPU usage should be much higher, but Enduro/drivers are limiting it in some games. So it's normal in that everyone is having this problem and it's not a problem on your end, but it is a problem that will need to be fixed by AMD.

[extide]

For anyone who is interested... If you have a large amount of RAM in your machine and want applications and games to fly... place the page file onto a RAM disk as this really improves things! (Primo RAMDiskPro)

I have also cached the hard disk using system RAM which has improved data transfer for writes to the hard disk using system memory as well. (Fancycache)

Putting the page file on a ramdisk is a bad idea. Just make your page file small (like 256mb) and you will get a better effect.

Windows by default (as well as linux and most other OS's) use ALL un-used system ram as disk cache. There is no need to use any apps for that, they don't really do anything but mess with windows' algorithms. I would suggest not using apps like that.

[Chaytup]

It's "normal" in a way. The GPU usage should be much higher, but Enduro/drivers are limiting it in some games. So it's normal in that everyone is having this problem and it's not a problem on your end, but it is a problem that will need to be fixed by AMD.

Oh, pssh that's pretty lame. Any idea on when/if that'll get fixed?

It still runs pretty great, but it'd be nice if it was better :>

[Hurricane9]

AMD is notoriously slow for driver updates. So probably a while.