4GB vs 8GB RAM difference

[Lovinescu Georgian]

So i have a laptop with Intel Core i7-3630QM 2.4Ghz, Nvidia GT 740M 2GB and 4GB ram and i play games decently but I to buy 4GB more of RAM and I'm wondering if it will have a big inpact at games FPS. What you guys think? (Sorry for bad english)

 

[RaDiKaL_]

It will help in preventing having fps drops since the pagefile will be accessed way less often, however in order to increase your fps in games you need a better video card, that'd mean a new laptop of course.

 

[Suget419]

It all depends on how much game the game or games actually demand and use. Example: If I'm playing Minecraft and it's only using 2GB/4GB , then I upgrade to 8GB of ram, I wouldn't notice the difference because it's still using that 2GB out of 8GB available ram. But lets say I'm playing Battlefield 4 and it's using 4GB/4GB ram although the game is supposed to be running with 6GB of ram, as well as lagging trying to multitask and do other variances, then yes a impact would be noticeable, given 6GB/8GB is being used. A game will only use as much ram as it needs or that it is allowed to use (manual input). Even if I have 128GB of RAM and I'm playing minecraft, it still will only use as much as it needs at any given time.