Folks, will 12GB's of total System Ram run v4.0?

[Sesquashtoo 2,846]

My motherboard only allows for a all-in total of 12 GB's of System Ram. I have that installed.  Will I benefit from purchasing v4.0, over my v3.4, with that system limit in mind?

Thoughts, appreciated...

BTW, XP11 which is 64 bits and uses my 12 GB's work quite alright.  Was hoping that the coding for P3D v4.0 would do the same...

What do you folks think?

Ses

[Guest JustanotherPilot]

Sure will, 64bit means the 4gig stopper for 32 bit app is gone, so you'll get an extra 8gig of ram, in theory. LM recommends min 4gig 16gig recommended

https://www.prepar3d.com/system-requirements/

steve

[denali 74]

NO.  The CPU runs it.  RAM doesn't run anything.  It stores it.  Think I'm joking?  This is something most programmers would do best to use as a mantra for a while.

[Sesquashtoo 2,846]

10 minutes ago, denali said:

NO.  The CPU runs it.  RAM doesn't run anything.  It stores it.  Think I'm joking?  This is something most programmers would do best to use as a mantra for a while.

So you're thinking that 12 GB's of System Ram, will NOT be able to run v4.0 at mid to high in-sim settings, and with Orbx...custom mesh,blah, blah, with decent in the 30's FPS?

[n4gix 4,947]

12GB of system ram is quite enough to run well, providing the rest of the machine is up to the task.

[denali 74]

You should be OK.  I think I saw Rob make a post saying he hasn't seen it go over 16GB.  But he is running Max settings with a 12GB GPU too.