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  • Crysis lags like shit on certian parts for a completely unknown reason and I have 2gb of ram. All I know is i'm upgrading to 4gb. Maybe that'll teach my computer not to be a gay ass faggot. Plus my Cpu and Graphics card IS sufficient. Radeon HD 4830 and Dual-Core 1.6ghz, 2.4 when overclocked.

  • omg get to your point!

  • i think it wouldve been important to mention that ram enables quicker processing

  • @mithilag 2009 buddy, 2009....

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  • My computer only has 2gb of ram and i use photoshop and Sony Vegas Pro 9 now i know why it runs so SLOW looks like ima upgrade to 8gb

  • More RAM = more multitasking. The more RAM you have the more photoshops you can open and so on. I have 8GB RAM but I only ever use under 50% of it, so it was a waste for me to upgrade from 4 to 8 =/

  • basically if a computer doesnt have RAM it has amnesia

  • so the more RAM the faster your computer right? or what?

  • There is solid state memory (includes flash memory), and there is hard disk memory. Many many states huh.

  • ok so if i have 4gb of ram right, and i have 2gb free and open a heavy program like photo shop and does not take all the 2gb free ram, will 4 FREE RAM make it open faster although it wont use it???

  • but the ram does not hold all data in ram right even if you dont turn it off it has to delete or "forget" as soon as you turn of a program ... how else would other pgorams use it in turns? it would become full

  • @TheRogueMonk well, that can happen and it will say something like ' not enough virtual memory' had it a few times before on my old computer when I was chopping up sounds and video at the same time.

  • @SidneyTurner yeah .. i guess.. that is why more ram is required .. i guess its the principal of force vs capacity

  • What bout RAM-drives?

  • can you use laptop hard drive for desktop memory

  • @lucafe006

    NO u can not use laptop memory on desktop memory, they are different densities, pin counts, and sizes.

  • Does RAM effect on gaming?

  • @opli852 yes big time having a lot of RAM means that you get a faster PC

  • @opli852 No. More ram will not improve your gaming experience. 4GB of ddr3 can handle any game on earth right now.

  • @opli852 yes

  • pause at 0:11 xD

    

  • How about first defining the difference between ROM and RAM, then moving on to volatile and non-volatile memory. Those are the basics which I think you should start with. Then move on to the generational notions of static and flash.

  • I wish I had grandpa like this one ! ^^

  • Not very informative

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  • If u don't have ram in your com , pm me u might have some problems

  • @tomoliverpool8 If you don't have ram. You don't have a computer. 

  • But what about a usb drive?

    Its flash too, but doesnt have to be connected...

  • so if u have a game for pc it will not lag ?

  • @Terryd152 the more RAM you have, the less possibility is there for lag

  • A human dictionary.

  • This is what today's generation says: "I DON'T GET IT... I'M SCARED!!!"

  • THANKs GRANDPA!

  • how can i upgrade my laptop to run better playing games like minecraft? i get tonnes of lagg and ive tried loads of different techniques but nothing seems to make a difference,so does anyone know if upgrading my laptop is the way to go and if so how should i go about doing it?

  • mmm your explanation is technically incorrect in many ways I would recommend learning what is the difference between Static RAM and dinamyc RAM both of them have no moving parts, so that is not the reason why static RAM is called static, also Flash memory is not called flash because it is fast

  • so if u have upgraded ur computer with more ram, and while u r working, the power goes off. do u lose all the data from just the ram or from the hard drive also.

    someone please help me?!!!!!

  • @whsdg00

    ram is basically temporary memory that is used when u r running programs

    so the more ram u hav the more programs u can use at once, and when u turn off the computer, memory that is stored on the ram is lost, not the hard drive

  • ram i knew what it was but i love this dude

  • what does RAM have to do with video games?

  • @Nasbayern well on average, a game uses about 700,000kb of RAM/Memory (CTRL + ALT + DELETE and go to Processes)

  • @FRr3AkOnALEaSh hey thanks! :)

  • In other words, RAM is not random as its name suggests. The RAM is highly controlled and the storage can be directly ascertained. There is a decisive method that RAM utilizes to make its memory available to certain areas of the computer system.

  • The term RAM, calls out the distinction of volatility. However, all RAM is not Random Access (VRAM uses both Random Access and Serial Access features). More poignant, is that most of the other IC memory families also use Random Access architecture so the random accessibility of the RAM clan does not distinguish it from any of the other families of memories. Hence, RAM has become a noun meaning Volatile and no longer reflects the acronym or the random accessibility which it once represented.

  • It should be noted that RAM is no longer "accessed" randomly.

  • hello..ahm..

    may i know what CPU supports by EDO,SDRAM,DDR,DDR2,DDR3, and RAMBUS..

    i really need the answers....please...

  • your handsome i can see well when your young

  • IM BEGING YOU---Wich solution is better:

    Processor:Intel Core i5-650 Graphics card:Ati Radeon HD6850 RAM: 8 GB DDR3

    OR

    Processor:Intel Core i7-870 Graphics card:ATI HD 6870 RAM: 4GB DDR3 Apacer

    By processor and graphics card seems that the bottom one is better but the RAM is 2 times lower..

    Wich is better for gaming? PLEASE HELP MEE!!!!!

  • @C2aimar123 The i7-870 would be better

  • @C2aimar123 Just throwing a query out there but how would you state the intensity of the game, i mean if it is graphics intense i concur with the i7-870 processer but if your not primarily focused on the aesthetic of the game, and rather the frame-rate and fluidity of the game then i opt for better processing speed which i also note may not entirely be improved with more RAM

  • @xavenger32 actually i was a little inaccurate in my previous post but i meant if your more on the performance of the game then possibly opt for the 8 GB of RAM but like i said this may not be a sure-fired way to improve game performance

  • Which would be better and more powerful, a different processor (i3,i5,i7) or a higher GHz number.

    Also is a desktops processor different to Laptops processor?

    Thanks

  • do RAM is local disc ?

  • @bunga707 Calm The Farm

  • i want to make my computer faster so i can play computer games faster. Do i need RAM? Cause i know i need a video card but im confused about the RAM.. :/

  • Ill trade someone 4gb of laptop ram for 4gb of desktop ram

  • i guess that explains why computers start getting slower and slower as it gets older and older...

  • What is best a high Mhz or a low Mhz?

    Like 1600Mhz or 800Mhz

    THANKS!!!

  • @funnyfootballs A high MHz is good.

    You'll rarely see MHz on modern computers.

    Mostly its GHz.

    Higher the number, MHz or GHz is better. :)

    MHz < GHz, if I didnt say before. :)

  • This was very helpful. Thank you.

  • he looks more trusty than tom hanks 

  • Is there a way to get RAM back? like, if you have a huge program on your computer that takes up alot of RAM and you delete the program, would you regain that RAM back?

  • okay i know this is kinda dumb but its 20x better than stupid expert village

  • You HAVE to make sure you don't store your important documents on RAM!! All that stuff will be ERASED you turn your computer off!!! Panic!!! Be Afraid!!!

  • oh man... captions are REALLY mesed up...

  • What components does the RAM connect to ?

  • it would be funny as hell if he said "your all idiots and im the moron trying to turn jackasses into geniuses like me!" XD

  • Thanks Dr.Jonathan for the valuable information.

    very clear explanation ^_^ now i knew wts RAM =P LOL

  • Thank you so much

  • @decisionvida You mean 4 GB of RAM? Well, it depends.

  • I got the HP touchsmart300 PC & it came with 4.00 GB of RAM is that enough?

  • @bunga707 Yes you can use all your RAM up. Im not technical but maybe this helps. When you PC is low on RAM, it moves certain apps and programs out of RAM onto a space on the hard drive. If the computer needs to use the apps that were placed on hard drive, it takes them off the hard drive and puts them into RAM, and then takes another app/program and puts that on a space on the hard drive until it needs to use that again. Its called Memory swapping, someone who knows pc's will explain better.

  • @NikonSanz thanks for going in more depth about RAM. Appreciated much.

  • Did you know that the internet uses half of your memory? When you burn a DVD, its a good idea to get off the internet because burning the DVD uses all of your memory. I messed up a few DVDs because I was also on the internet.

  • @essentialeugene Lol what? running the operating system, burning dvd, playing games and internet is easy. I do it all the time, you must have a computer from like 7 years ago and a crappy one at that.

  • SDRAM = Standard RAM

    VRAM = Video RAM

  • @seinfeldfan7898 SDRAM is Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory, and it is obsolete now, as it was replaced by Double Data Rate SDRAM, which was replaced by DDR2. DDR2 is now being replaced by DDR3 as DDR3 becomes more cheap to produce.

  • RAM: Ramdon Access Memory :D

  • If You Dnt Know What RAM Is.... You Need To Go Back To School

  • @TamatiMana I still go to school so...

  • what is RAM? it doesn't store memory but runs memory through it? does that mean that it just helps the computer open, operate and function more faster? im confused =/ i quite don't understand what its used for

  • can you run out off RAM?

  • @bunga707 ....no

  • @bunga707 Yeah, if you're doing a bunch of things on your computer. The more programs you have open, the more RAM that you use.

  • so ....we had to focus on how fast the electros goes in and goes out? how fast is that.?

  • I have 8 gigs of RAM. it basically tells my integrated video card to go suck it. :P

  • Lol im running 40 tabs on google chrome, nothing slowed down....

  • RAM is like the info we CRAM in our heads right before the test then forget it immediately afterwards because we arent using it. lol

  • what is the diffrence between RAm and processor CPU?

  • @parzaa00 ram its like the things you remember before getting it out of the system

  • i have 3,50 GB of RAM

  • I only have 512 MB's of Ram...I'm thinking that is bad...

  • @racheljonas1996 its ok unless you are into gaming still 512mb is the minimum requirement for most games. my computer that i have now has only 265mb or around that but thats going to change tomorrow when it gets 1-2GB of ram

  • @xLuciferProductionsx I play alot of games i just got my laptop from my uncle as a gift... But it randomly restarts when I play a game online...example:maple story(I do not play this! just an example) those are the type of games i like to play... I have tried 3 games but it gives a blue screen and does a restart... its a 512 MB's ram.. what you recommend me so it stops giving me problems?

  • @xMikey69x it seems as though you have a virus. a virus is usually the the blue screen happens. but private message me your system specs and i can evaluate your situation better.

  • @racheljonas1996 thats really really bad.even 1gig ram is still pretty bad.i need a 4 gig ram

  • This guy is really a profession at technology. I'm going to go to here as reference for the study of laptop technology. Go ehow!

  • what about when yur computer says its low on virtual memory wat do u do too fix the problem? someone help plzz

  • @iateyursandwiches gotta get a new video card

  • where do u get them and how much do they cost =/ since my computer has only 717mb of RAM i guess i definitely need one

  • @iateyursandwiches you can get them at any electronics store and they have a wide range of prices

  • @iateyursandwiches you cant do anything really. your computer is fixing this and you cant do anything to speed it up aside from restarting your computer. you can buy more RAM which will make this problem less frequent or not happen at all.

  • @oS4Ko

    honestly i didn't really read what you said i was just making a joke =)

  • I HAVE 128 gb of ram to!!!!!!!!, yep i have 1000 128mb ram sticks. =p

    (not really =D)

  • @oS4Ko its pathetic u make a joke a lame joke actually and u think it makes you hilarious? your just retarded thinking a computer has that many gigs since your the 1 who said it did in the first place dumb ass

  • @pruanePathetic

    Hah yo, bro. I never said i was hilarious, im laughing at your idiotic comments. I know a computer cant fit that many smart ass, and besides i only have 1. Im not dumb, i know it can't fit that many, thus i made a joke about it.

  • @oS4Ko thats where your stupidity comes in, i didnt say that u said u were hilarious i said it cause u were trying to be but failed so let this die cause it serves no more purpose and if u were smart u would remove that lame high gig fail joke so u dont get more comments on how fail it was

  • why woud there be a joke needed int his video? i dont think it was a joke your stupidity amazes me no joke was needed here .

  • no i think its just you

  • A friend of mine told me i can buy RAM but idk where. Can any1 help me out please????

  • best buy

  • Hey guys, where an I see what kinda RAM memory I have? LIke DDR, DDR2, or DDR3? And whats the difference?  Please answer someone !

    Ill subscribe u if u give a (Serious) answer!

  • in english for younger people and gamers

    it means that a game with more data and such that usually makes ur compulter "Lag" the ram at 2gb will operate very smooth

    at 517 mb which is for normal computers not gaming computers, is basicly simple and ur bound to lagg on higher data games

    so when u get a memory make sure its ram becauses its alittle more important then memory when it comes to gamers

  • i got 4 gigs of ram :D

  • 4 GB of RAM is normal these days. It's not like it's anything to be boasting about...

  • well i wasnt really boasting about it

  • I saw your :D, so i thought you were...

  • arent u a little old to do this but thanks!! :D

  • its mostly for older people

  • Do you really need a motherboard to support more memory?

    Try finding some supercomputer info before posting your personal use information.

  • it was only a joke, calm down

  • i have 2gigs of ram:)

  • just check what type of RAM slot you have

  • Quick change of attitude there m8. This computer is amazing, And yea i know now.

  • In a nut shell, the more RAM you have, the faster you're computer is going to operate. If you have a low amount of memory, and you are running a lot of programs and broswers, you're computer is going to run very slow. a Good computer now-a-days should have a basic 5GBS, I, myself, have 128 Gigs, maxed out running a x64 Bit Vista Ultimate with 1TB of internal memory, which is sadly half taken up already with my Library of music and videos =). More than 100k of programs? hell yeahhhh

  • i have 512mb

  • to a FREAKING degree.

    Think of it like lanes on a highway as ram and cpu speed (this is VERY general) as the speed limit of all cars.

    Traffic can go the speed limit and not be bogged down with not enough lanes.

    But for most things, you really don't use that much data at once. So you have a couple cars on a gigantic highway going the speed limit, which makes ZERO difference in speed.

    I can't see how you could have afforded 128gigs of ram, much less how it would make you comp faster.

  • unless you're running some kind of weather simulation. which on a pc, I say not bloody likely.

    The most you'll EVER need right nowadays is 20gigs. like, ever.

  • @matchbox2022 actually 4gb is the most youd need for good gaming

  • your computer cant support 128 gigs of ram and if it did i would just buy a new computer u dumb ass

  • It's not possible to have 128 gigs of RAM. It is only possible for the hardrive to have that much.

  • oS4Ko, stop trying to cover up your failed attempt at lieing about how much ram you have.

  • i seen some cards that are 16GB each, and one of them is 32GB

  • Hey can anyone help me?

    I wanna get more ram for my pc but non of the websites have my model on them! Help!

  • how do u find ur memory?

  • but the it reduces your hard drive if you download a program that reduces hardrive memory and adds to ram,but if you hav a computer with the ram already with about 1 gb or 2 then your computer should run supremely fast,gaming computers about 500gb or 1tb bytes to it gaming computers are the best computers probaly in the world=D im 11 years old i kno many things i even signed up for my school to fix computers =D i dont kno all about computers but i study on youtube or wikipedia

  • Yes, RAM does make your computer faster. :) It's the open memory you have that's used to access anything, such as internet, gaming, ect. Nothing is permanently stored on it. It's just free space for the computer to work with :)

    2GB of RAM is good enough for any computer right now. If you want it to be more capable, go higher. 3--8 GB is more than enough.

    I liked Jonathan's word on RAM, by the way. ha ha

  • And if your computer runs out of RAM to store temporary files on, it will move all of that information to a temporary zone on your Hard Drive. This can take a long time, seeing as RAM transfers data at an average of 2gb per second, while hard drives are at least 2x slower.

    That is why a lot of RAM is always good to have, because it limits the amount of data needed to be moved to your hard drive

  • OK, I know what RAM is, but I don't know what it does? Does make the computer faster?

  • u can go to control panel choose performance and maintenance and choose see basic information about your computer and click on the panel that says general and it should say how much ram u have. i dont know what u mean by what kind of ram u need for your computer. if u mean how to like get ram u need to buy thingys of ram(i forgot what they're called) and open your computer tower and insert the ram thingys in some sorta slit.

  • y , how to get more ram ??

    but , no progams hack -.-

  • electronic store, they sell RAM.

  • humm try walmart they do have it or any where they sell computers

  • how do i get more RAM?

    i barely got any at all i only hav 512mb of RAM

    plz giv me advice...

  • you have to buy it and install it, goto where you can buy it (walmart, best buy, radioshack, ect) and ask a computer guy (technition) and they'll help you

  • i dont know where you are but, you can buy and expand your memory RAM, for faster access...

    but there are things that you need to consider...

    because there are motherboards(main board) thats has limits in RAM, for example... your motherboard can only use a RAM that has the size of up to 512mb, so you cant upgrade you RAM if thats the case...

    so you must also buy new motherboard for that, but if not... good...

    as long as your motherboard can handle the RAM, thats ok

  • there is also types of RAM memory...

    like

    ddr1 ddr2 ddr3 sdRAM etc...

    that is also the cases... if your motherboard slot is for ddr2, buy a ddr2 RAM... ^o^

    hope i helped you

  • ok all you have to do is pop down to your local computer store ask for a few gb sticks of ram they should not cost too much and dont worry about the brand as they all work exactly the same after you have done this simply open up your computer by unscrewing some medium sized screws which can be removed by a philips screwdriver on the back side of your case make sure you slide open the the correct side of the case and then simply install it by looking for some longish slots on your motherboard

  • first u must figure out how much can your computer can sustain (hold). than based on that u must buy the RAM device from a electronic shop. now ur ready to install to ur computer. the computer manual should show how to do that or u can find it in the internet.

  • how do you figure out how much ram your computer sustains and how do i find out what kind of RAM i need for my computer

  • to bulldog2045 press windows + pause break

  • buy it, open up your computer, install it.

  • If we upgrade a memory stick, does the ram go up?...

  • Thank you for this video. You are an excellent teacher and made it so simple and interesting. I appreciate it.

  • Could htis possibly be why Windows Movie Maker is not publishing videos about 4 mins in length? i use a program named fraps which uses alot of space but could htis possibly be the reason that i need ram? PLEASE REPLY!

  • Hum. Re-install windows movie maker. I definitely don't think it's the ram. How much RAM do you have? It might be the processor? Let me know the specs of your computer. Then I'll try to help you better. Thanks.

  • ram is kinda helps the processor run fast for ur os operating system so it opens stuff faster but its sounds like ur is slow are u on a laptop

  • No, but i'm on a windows vista desktop computer.

  • you need to be more specific. how much ram do you have? it could be you ram or almost anything else. you need to specify the specs.

  • i have 3 Gigs of ram.

  • well then its not ur ram. it could be a virus slowing down your computer. or you just dont have insufficient hard disk space. it could also be due to insufficent processor clock speeds. open ur task manager (ctrl+alt+del) and tell me what you see under the performance tab with no programs running, then tell me what it says with your program running.

  • When i ctrl alt del i don't get tabs. All i get is task and status, i don't even have a red X to close it i have to go to the bottom right and click close on it.

  • what os do you have? well to answer ur queestion its not ur ram. its prob a virus scan your system. if you scan your system and find nthing, the cleanup your disk or defragment it (assuming you know how to do that)

  • means 4,000 mb.

  • i am going to have four

  • I have 960mb ddr ram i still have one slot open how much ram should i get for the second slot?

  • 1 Gb or 2 Gb

  • i got ram today and got it installed but for some reason my computer is still going slow?? so i wanted to find out if the ram has to still take a while to activate how long does it take??

  • Fix the subtitels T_T

  • how do you find how much ram your computer has?