RAM vs GPU

[sixsamuraisoldier]

Hey, I was looking at some gaming laptops, because my parents said that I had to get a laptop (sorry desktop is out of the question 🙁 wanted to build my own qq), anyways, i was looking at this http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np9377-clevo-p377sma-p-6982.html?wconfigure=yes and, the thing is, I can either get dual gtx 870ms instead of dual gtx 860ms OR i can get 32gb of ram instead of 12gb of ram. which should i get? thanks in advance (p.s. i will probably have this laptop for 4 years or so )

 

[Ubrales]

The more RAM the better!

 

[firo40]

Are you full retard UBrales. 12 gb is more than enough get the better GPU'S more ram wont increase performance at all.

 

[Remixex]

32 Gb...my god who would need such RAM, quad running BF4? go for 12 that is already OVERKILL

 

[LummusMaximus]

Agreeing with everyone else, the 12GB RAM is a nice luxury, but won't give you a performance increase as large as going for the 870m SLI.

 

[Ubrales]

32 Gb...my god who would need such RAM, quad running BF4? go for 12 that is already OVERKILL

Autocad, Photoshop, and other rendering programs. I have 32 GBs of 1600 RAM and I wish I had more!

 

[LummusMaximus]

32 Gb...my god who would need such RAM, quad running BF4? go for 12 that is already OVERKILL

Autocad, Photoshop, and other rendering programs. I have 32 GBs of 1600 RAM and I wish I had more!

The keyword here is gaming laptop. Games will rarely use even 8GB of RAM, whereas graphics and processing power are pretty much the most important factors to gaming framerates.

 

[Remixex]

Who needs more than 8Gb when gaming? he specified GAMING laptop

 

[Ubrales]

If it is restricted to gaming and no academic work it is OK (8 GBs).

 

[sixsamuraisoldier]

Ah, I should probably say that, sorry for being unclear 🙁 , although it will be mainly for gaming, I will be doing a lot of work in Blender (blender only supports gtx cards for cycles rendering so don't tell me to get a professional ) If it helps, I will be playing Total War: Rome II, Total War: Shogun II, Rome: Total War, and Crysis 3

 

[Ubrales]

For rendering go with 32 GBs. Even with 32 GBs of RAM I find that the cloning tool in Photoshop works slow. Same case with regens in Autocad.

 

[LummusMaximus]

For rendering go with 32 GBs. Even with 32 GBs of RAM I find that the cloning tool in Photoshop works slow. Same case with regens in Autocad.

Unless he's doing some pretty heavy rendering, 12GB of memory is more than he'll use.