Is 16GB RAM worth it?

[heisenberg123]

why do people always ask how to spend their money around here?

give your current scenerio and ask if more RAM would benefit you, thats a real question that can be asnswer by people with knowledge on the subject, if you need to be told how to spend you money than your in biger trouble than low RAM

 

[Ccrew]

Back in December, ya know...when that comment was made...it WAS so much money.

Still a lot less than the select ones that paid $1600 when it was released

 

[hafr]

why do people always ask how to spend their money around here?

give your current scenerio and ask if more RAM would benefit you, thats a real question that can be asnswer by people with knowledge on the subject, if you need to be told how to spend you money than your in biger trouble than low RAM

Isn't that what pretty much everyone, the OP included, are doing?

 

[heisenberg123]

Isn't that what pretty much everyone, the OP included, are doing?

No the OP does not say what he currently has, he left room to assume he has 4 but I dont assume, he did not say why he thinks he is running out of RAM, no mention of page outs, no mention of anything this current set up is telling him he needs more RAM. He is essentially asking if that price is worth it for 16GB kits.

 

[hafr]

No the OP does not say what he currently has, he left room to assume he has 4 but I dont assume, he did not say why he thinks he is running out of RAM, no mention of page outs, no mention of anything this current set up is telling him he needs more RAM. He is essentially asking if that price is worth it for 16GB kits.

He's asking what the difference in performance will be in a couple of specific games using 16 GB instead of 8 GB, and if the difference is worth the extra money he needs to put out. The only info really lacking is which MBP he has.

 

[Vinsanity93]

I have the 2011 MBP 2.2GHz i7 with 4GB RAM. My page outs say 75MB but I'm only using mail and safari right now. I'm running 10.8.1 and I use iStatPro to determine memory usage most of the time. I notice programs run slow when the free memory is less than 200MB, even if there is only 1 program that I am running.

I just checked crucial's prices for the 16GB pack, its less than $100 so Ill probably get that since its only $50 more than the 8GB. Can't believe the prices went down so fast, but I'm not complaining

 

[stevelam]

sorry buddy but more ram isn't going to give you any real increase in game performance.

 

[xdxdaustin]

sorry buddy but more ram isn't going to give you any real increase in game performance.

way to beat a dead horse there

 

[spoonie1972]

16 gigs? i can't wait until 32 gigs is available in two chip units.

 

[Handsome Bacon]

Bought a base 15" cMBP yesterday, cracked it open and installed an SSD. Ordered 16GB of RAM from Newegg and now waiting for that. I am a music producer and have a studio Windows 7 PC that has 32GB of RAM installed. I have rarely gotten past 10GB of usage...BUT intend to use my MBP the same way. 16GB makes sense and it's now like $100 to put that much RAM in. Seems like it's a no brainer. I can imagine in a few years 16GB will seem small just like 4GB does now.

 

[ieani]

I upgraded to 16GB and am very happy I did. I am in a normal use session now (Chrome, iTunes, Mail, iCal, Papers, iMessage, iPhoto, Papers, Stickies, Notes, and Steam[downloading in background]) and have 7.3GB in Free and Inactive.

Thats still quite a lot, and 8GB would have been fine(lower inactive) but its still close and by no means is 16GB overkill.

 

[phpmaven]

sorry buddy but more ram isn't going to give you any real increase in game performance.

Well... not knowing the game or his exact configuration, you could be right or you could be way off. If he barely has enough RAM available for a RAM intensive game, it could make a world of difference.

However, more RAM is ALWAYS better, period.

 

[racer1441]

wait till 2012, price willdrop even more

I'm waiting till 2020. Not overpaying here.