June 29, 20187 yr Right now my laptop (specs in signature, or here https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ASUS-Vivobook-X556UQ/specifications/) has 6 GB of RAM, divided this way: - 4 GB soldered on board - 2 GB on a stick. I guess is DDR4 2133 MHz, based on the specs. My idea is to upgrade the RAM (the only thing left for upgrade on my laptop), but I'm not sure what to do, if replacing the 2GB stick with a 4 GB, 8 GB or even 16 GB one. Right now, this is what I run on my laptop: - FS9 (with the iFly 737 and 747v2) - FSX-SE (with the iFly 737 and Aerosoft Airbus) - PF3 ATC, with any of the sims. I'm not sure if will be worthwhile going into P3D4 with my laptop, this may affect the RAM I'd be needing. Any ideas? Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
July 10, 20187 yr Everyone will have their own ideas on this. If it were me, I'd replace the 2 gb stick with an 8. 12 gb will be the best you can do with your configuration. You could do 16 if the mounted ram were an 8. Personally, I'd chuck the HHD ( they are slow anyway) and replace it with a 1TB SSD, copy the 250 SSD over to it, and use the 250 for extra backup(or save it as is for yet another way to restore Windows). Less moving parts and more speed. When I think about it, there are several combinations. The gpu is the hold-up. Bob i5, 16 GB ram, GTX 960, FS on SSD, Windows 10 64 bit, home built works anyway.
July 13, 20187 yr I would not invest any $ into this laptop. Run it as is and save up for something much more powerful.
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