Is 4GB RAM enough?

[genexis_x]

I'm getting a laptop soon with only 4GB RAM. Is it enough for school work and gaming? I only play Dota 2 and CSGO.

[Guest]

What are the rest of the specs. Mine on CS GO sometimes reach up to 6GB

[Pauleh]

As Long as you don't crank the settings, then you should be fine with only 4 gigs of ram, although you shouldn't have anything else open while you game.

 

What are the rest of your specs by chance?

[Froody129]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

What are the rest of the specs. Mine on CS GO sometimes reach up to 6GB

AFAIK CS is 32 bit so shouldn't use a lot of RAM. I played CSGO on 6GB just fine, however don't expect great FPS if the laptop only comes with 4gb RAM since that probably reflects the caliber of the rest of the components

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Mine on CS GO sometimes reach up to 6GB

because windows uses more ram if more is available, windows itself is actually quite comfortable using as little as 1GB, or as much as 8GB.

 

that said, CS:GO lists minimum 2GB ram, and dota lists 4GB ram minimum.

[genexis_x]

21 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

What are the rest of the specs. Mine on CS GO sometimes reach up to 6GB

 

19 minutes ago, Pauleh said:

What are the rest of your specs by chance?

I5 7300HQ, GTX 1050 2GB, 1TB HDD

Anything else?

[Silentprototipe]

4 GB of RAM is plenty for chrome or edge. Gaming is a bit of a stretch although the only 4GB machine I have is a low powered celeron laptop so I can't speak from that end

[manikyath]

Just now, ZM Fong said:

I5 7300HQ

they paired a quadcore i5 with 4GB ram....

 

please tell me that that's upgradable, because it's a pretty nice laptop besides the 4GB ram.

[genexis_x]

21 minutes ago, Pauleh said:

As Long as you don't crank the settings, then you should be fine with only 4 gigs of ram, although you shouldn't have anything else open while you game.

Will not play on ultra settings so that I can get consistent framerates. I don't run any programs on background while gaming.

[mathijs727]

2 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

 

I5 7300HQ, GTX 1050 2GB, 1TB HDD

Anything else?

If you buy a laptop with those specs, it should come with 8GB RAM minimum

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, mathijs727 said:

If you buy a laptop with those specs, it should come with 8GB RAM minimum

i think OP's location may be a giveaway to the reason for the 4GB. laptop manufacturers often "cut corners" to make their laptops more affordable in regions with lower budget. for example one of my laptop has two heatpipes, while the russian model only has one. and ram is just a *VERY* easy corner cut, certainly if it's in a slot, because you can quite literally just toss a cheaper stick in.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

i think OP's location may be a giveaway to the reason for the 4GB. laptop manufacturers often "cut corners" to make their laptops more affordable in regions with lower budget. for example one of my laptop has two heatpipes, while the russian model only has one. and ram is just a *VERY* easy corner cut, certainly if it's in a slot, because you can quite literally just toss a cheaper stick in.

Yeah like puttiing Ubuntu inside instead of windows

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Will not play on ultra settings so that I can get consistent framerates. I don't run any programs on background while gaming.

It should be fine, CS GO is more of a cpu heavy, I ran it all low on my laptop igpu with i3 5005u and get around 50fps. Playable.

[Damascus]

5 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

 

I5 7300HQ, GTX 1050 2GB, 1TB HDD

Anything else?

Lol, that 1050 makes all the difference in the world.  You should be capable of running CSGO and DOTA with that GPU/CPU combo, maybe spend a couple of shekels to get another 4GB stick

https://www.amazon.com/Patriot-Signature-PC4-17000-2133MHz-PSD44G213381S/dp/B016TQ36SQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1489506793&sr=1-2&keywords=ddr4+so-dimm&refinements=p_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A10656894011%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A673263011

[genexis_x]

29 minutes ago, manikyath said:

i think OP's location may be a giveaway to the reason for the 4GB. laptop manufacturers often "cut corners" to make their laptops more affordable in regions with lower budget. for example one of my laptop has two heatpipes, while the russian model only has one. and ram is just a *VERY* easy corner cut, certainly if it's in a slot, because you can quite literally just toss a cheaper stick in.

Yup you're right. Many entry level gaming laptops here only came with 4GB RAM which is quite common.

[Mooshi]

29 minutes ago, silentprototipe said:

4 GB of RAM is plenty for chrome

Are you having a giggle? 

[Silentprototipe]

Just now, Mooshi said:

Are you having a giggle? 

Ok well not so much chrome but its enough, I kept thinking my main PC for some odd reason. Since that machine has 8 GB of RAM. 4 GB of RAM on edge is kinda nice and even chrome aint that bad. I had a ton of tabs open and the RAM usage went to like 69%. Not bad