upgrading tommorow, question about fps (current)

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How do you get 8GB RAM with 6 RAM slots? Am I missing something obvious? I thought it would have to be in multiples of 3GB (3, 6, 12, 24).

I assume you're getting a new MB to support the i7?

yes im getting

Asus P6X58D-E Intel Mainboard - 6x DDR3 / 6x Sata / Gigabit Lan / LGA 1366 or similar

and where i am the ram comes in 2,3,4,6,8.12.24

Mr. Original Poster you don't mention anything about hardware brands or even a motherboard so it is impossible to say whether you'll be making the right choices. If you're going to buy an i7 930 and not use triple channel memory you're going to be gimping yourself. If you're trying to cut costs by only going with dual channel instead of triple channel I can only suggest you hold off until you can afford triple channel as to not cause headaches down the line during a memory upgrade. From the first post it almost looks as if you're going to try and drop a 930 into the same motherboard that is holding the Q6600, which isn't going to work.

Here is a generic answer. Yes if you upgrade your old hardware you will obviously see an increase in your frame rate, it would not make any sense if you upgraded your hardware from old school to mainstream and saw a performance drop.

yeah sorry i forgot to put the m/b in. it has 6x DIMM slots and triple channel memory

nvidea 9800gt
intel q6600 cpu
corsair 4gb ram

upgrading to

Asus radeon ati 5770
intel i7 930
corsair or kingston (undecided yet) 8 or 12gb ram (opinions?)

[MiRai]

yes im getting

Asus P6X58D-E Intel Mainboard - 6x DDR3 / 6x Sata / Gigabit Lan / LGA 1366 or similar

and where i am the ram comes in 2,3,4,6,8.12.24

You're safest bet is to go with either 6GB or 12GB. If you're going to be running 5 clients then 6GB may be cutting it a little close; I'm trying to think ahead here for Cataclysm too.