13" 2011 MBP with 8GB Ram = Better Graphics ?

[yly3]

Is it true that if you add 8 gigs of ram your GPU will raise up to 512 mb and get even closer to the 320M ? Does anyone have this configuration ?

It's a matter of dealbreaker for me but if it's true I'm gonna buy it

 

[hebbis2]

It does boost your graphics memory to 512MB. I checked under System Profiler. I haven't really seen a noticeable boost in frames per second but I don't check FPS often.

 

[seafowl]

Yes, although it does increase your graphic memory to 512, it is still shared memory. So there might not be much improvements in graphic performance. But in theory yes.

 

[yly3]

Of course I didn't expect that my card will all of a sudden become twice as good . So there WILL be a slight improvement, a 2-3 fps increase I think.

@hebbis2 Have you managed to play some recent games with your config ?

 

[Unpleasant]

the ram on the video cards aren't what you think it does.

Its for helping pushing out pixels on resolution. So more pixels on the screen needs more pixels.

And if you turn the AA way up.

Unless your connecting this to a 1080p monitor/tv and trying to play crysis maxed out. It really shouldn't effect it much if any.

 

[Wafflausages]

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[hebbis2]

Of course I didn't expect that my card will all of a sudden become twice as good . So there WILL be a slight improvement, a 2-3 fps increase I think.

@hebbis2 Have you managed to play some recent games with your config ?

I've only played Minecraft and Team Fortress 2 since upgrading my RAM. You'll get a bigger boost going into Windows for gaming then from the RAM most likely. Also, if you want to view your frames per second in Steam games (I think this works in most), type cl_showfps 1 into the developer console. To remove it, type cl_showfps 0 or just relaunch the game.