A CLEAR answer about RAM!

[Jatgfc]

I had an early 2011 MacBook Pro 13" with 4GB Ram.

I recently purchased the Crucial 8GB Kit.

Yes, it worked no problem.
Yes, it increased my VRAM to 512mb.
Yes, my graphics essentially doubled.
*Noticed large differences in Diablo 3-Starcraft 2-Team Fortress 2.

^---Out of all the research I did before I purchased the ram, none of it got to the point.

 

[GGJstudios]

^---Out of all the research I did before I purchased the ram, none of it got to the point.

What point is that?

 

[brand]

An answer to what, there wasn't a question?

 

[Cisco_Kid]

What point is that?

An answer to what, there wasn't a question?

Yeah I'm with you fellas.....

 

[kettlecorn]

I dont understand this thread.

 

[sireShonBohn]

I had an early 2011 MacBook Pro 13" with 4GB Ram.

I recently purchased the Crucial 8GB Kit.

Yes, it worked no problem.
Yes, it increased my VRAM to 512mb.
Yes, my graphics essentially doubled.
*Noticed large differences in Diablo 3-Starcraft 2-Team Fortress 2.

^---Out of all the research I did before I purchased the ram, none of it got to the point.

It's good to see that the MBP memory upgrade produces tangible results in graphics performance. Congratulations! Since I own an rMBP I can't take advantage of this knowledge but I'm sure others on the forum can.

 

[maratus]

Well then I do understand this thread and suddenly it made me think: what if I installed 8Gb in 320M 13" MBP? Would it increase VRAM allocation to 512Mb?

Stay cool guys, this is serious thread!

 

[Moriarty]

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3246

 

[Rajpdx]

^---Out of all the research I did before I purchased the ram, none of it got to the point.

You've come here to tell everyone that your research wasn't very good?

 

[Cisco_Kid]

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3246

Beautiful!!!

Thanks for posting that

 

[igiboi]

so 16gb allocates 1gb?

 

[Panini]

A CLEAR answer about RAM!

Misleading title imo.

 

[SR71]

Misleading title imo.

I dont understand this thread.

Yeah I'm with you fellas.....

An answer to what, there wasn't a question?

What point is that?

Literally just laughed out loud to myself after reading the OP and your guys's responses.

Ahh, it's the little things in life.

(Not hating on the OP, this thread just caused me some laughter, which is always a good thing, and even now, at almost 4 AM, has made my day that much better.)

 

[FastEddiebags]

so 16gb allocates 1gb?

Id like to know this too.. Would ram also affect the dgpu

 

[zuckuss00]

Don't bash the OP, he's just trying to help out. Perfectly understandable.

I bought the very same Crucial 8GB 204 pin DDR3 10600 kit for my late 2011 MacBook Pro as well.

Worked great! Install took 10 minutes. Increased my VRAM to 512MB as well.

Just make sure you buy a quality philips 00 screw driver for the screws on the bottom. A cheap one will strip.

 

[MyRomeo]

I've just ordered a 16gb 1600MHz kit for my late 2011 13" i5 mbp do I'll post what it allocates to VRAM when installed, it's just awaiting dispatch so should be later this week.

Would be very happy if it allocates 1gb to VRAM but hey, 512mb is a worthy improvement for my needs.

 

[Glockron]

I'm planning on getting either 8GB or 16GB for my MBP (not on the apple store, of course )

Having even more allocated to graphics in the 16GB would make it a clear choice!

 

[MH01]

Yes, my graphics essentially doubled.

ummmm nope.

 

[The Mercurian]

an answer to what, there wasn't a question?

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[kemo]

I got 1GB VRAM for my VGA on Late 2011 with 8Gigs installed. Anyway I'm still missing the point of this thread!

 

[colour]

I've just ordered a 16gb 1600MHz kit for my late 2011 13" i5 mbp do I'll post what it allocates to VRAM when installed, it's just awaiting dispatch so should be later this week.

Would be very happy if it allocates 1gb to VRAM but hey, 512mb is a worthy improvement for my needs.

You do get 1GB ram but its not the same as a dedicated graphics cards, you get 1GB of shared memory. The ram will help in running GPU heavy tasks, but it's not a graphics card up date by any stretch. Also read this thread, it outlines how 512mb vram is the max for OSX even with 16GB but you can hack bios is windows to get more.

 

[MyRomeo]

Cheers colour,

I apreciate that an integrated GPU is not the same as a dedicated unit but if by adding more RAM I can increase the RAM made available to the GPU and increase the bandwidth then there is no loss there.

From reading around it appears OS X limits the shared VRAM to 512mb regardless of installed RAM, at least on the 2011 models anyway. Thats fine, any increase is an increase after all and with 16gb RAM I don't think 512mb will be missed.

 

[GGJstudios]

Don't bash the OP,

I don't think anyone was bashing the OP. A few of us posted legitimate questions, which remain unanswered.

 

[Dangerous Theory]

I am actually curious on the effect of games with the increase to 512MB VRAM with 8GB RAM. What sort of performance increase have you noticed OP?

 

[blkprlz]

Yeah I'm with you fellas

+1!

I've just ordered a 16gb 1600MHz kit for my late 2011 13" i5 mbp

I thought the '11 i5's were 2nd gen Sandy Bridges @ 1333MHz, wouldn't the 1600MHz cards/chipset reduce to 1333MHz (figuring that the 'kit' means 2-8gb cards)??
There was another thread mentioning the 16gb upgrade...

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1393123/

& an individual complained about apple support communities saying it wouldn't work. I ?'d the head floor 'tech' @ the NYC store (Adam) about it & he said you could do it but risk cookin' the core. & for them to t-shoot/triage the unit if u got problems, they'd have to swap the cards out for the original.

I don't think anyone was bashing the OP. A few of us posted legitimate questions, which remain unanswered.

+1 as well, wondering if the OP is seeing how long this thread goes on before he/she returns w/the specifics...