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 Buying a second screen and adding RAM, 1st timer, need advices

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chocobo7779
post Jul 24 2014, 06:05 PM

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QUOTE(Painfall @ Jul 24 2014, 11:49 AM)
Hi, so I'm planning to buy another 4GB RAM for my laptop (Asus), can anyone suggest me which brand is good? Preferably for gaming.
Also, what about monitors from second screen? I'm looking for maybe around 15-17 inch sized ones, which is slightly larger than regular monitors, and that's best for 16:9 view. Do most vendors provide the cables as well to connect with notebook device?

Sorry for asking since I don't follow much about hardwares, and I want to make sure my purchase will be worth it. It would be greatly appreciated if you give more details on PM as well smile.gif

Thanks!
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Note that more RAM usually does not translate to better gaming performance, as gaming is more taxing on the GPU and the CPU. icon_idea.gif
chocobo7779
post Jul 24 2014, 06:44 PM

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QUOTE(Painfall @ Jul 24 2014, 06:40 PM)
Understood, what I'm worried is if I'm going to do dual screen, I will prolly open more applications. I'm not after the better graphics, but "will my laptop able to handle if I open more applications"

Let's say, I want to run 2 games, which each of those actually would run smoothly graphic-wise, but if I run 2 of those together, it could eat up a lot of RAM which I'm afraid my PC can't handle.

So, will adding RAM help on this case?
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No... it would be dependent on the GPU... BTW what games are you going to run?
RAM might be useful for multitasking though... hmm.gif
chocobo7779
post Jul 24 2014, 06:53 PM

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QUOTE(Painfall @ Jul 24 2014, 06:46 PM)
Let's say it's Skyrim level, and opening youtube for example.

Not really going for the high maintenance games such as Watchdogs icon_rolleyes.gif more to mid level ones

basically I want a second screen so I can do 2 fullscreens without alt tabbing too much, and kinda hoping both activities won't slow down each other
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RAM might help in this case....
Note that if you are gaming then you'll need to upgrade the GPU... which is not possible in this case. icon_idea.gif
chocobo7779
post Jul 24 2014, 07:06 PM

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QUOTE(Painfall @ Jul 24 2014, 06:55 PM)
Let's say I'm already comfortable with my graphics and doesn't plan to upgrade, just want to run more applications together. RAM should help in this case, right?
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Yup, as well as a Solid State Drive (SSD). icon_idea.gif

 

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