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DDR3 Ram upgrade x box 360

Discussion in 'Gaming' started by Harib, Nov 30, 2006.

  1. Harib Newcomer, in training

    could anyone in here advaice me if it possible to upgrade the xbox 360 ddr3 ram from 512 to 1gb i really dont know if it can be done?
  2. Didou Bowtie extraordinair! Posts: 5,898

    It's a console, not a computer. Why would you even want to upgrade the ram ?
  3. Harib Newcomer, in training

    Recently we have some lagging and connection issue and it came to my mind if that will help
  4. Didou Bowtie extraordinair! Posts: 5,898

    It won't. Consoles have fixed hardware & are meant to work with that specific hardware. If you go around changing it, consoles lose the whole benefit of a fixed hardware vs. a moving one such as on the PC.
  5. TimeParadoX Newcomer, in training Posts: 2,445

    You can upgrade a Xbox 360?
  6. Harib Newcomer, in training

    is it really can be !! how is that can be? do you know anyone who did that cuz i really wanna know if the Ram can be upgraded?
     
  7. Rick TechSpot Staff Posts: 6,283   +41

    DDR-3? LoL... jumping the gun, aren't we? :giddy:

    Now I don't know much about X-box 360 hardware, but here's my thoughts....

    DDR-3 is used exclusively for graphics cards, at the moment. Not only would upgrading your graphics card memory do absolutely nothing (because games are optimized to run utilizing only the amount of memory that shipped with your console), but upgrading your graphics memory will probably be an impossibility.

    If you're referring to system memory, then you must mean DDR-1 or DDR-2, but I'm pretty sure consoles like X-box don't really need system memory, it's all used for graphics. Upgrading system memory, if it is an option, would be useless as well.
  8. AtK SpAdE TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,846

    The 360 shares 512 MB of DDR3 RAM between the CPU and GPU. But I agree that
    A. The RAM is most likely soldered on the mainboard.
    B. No games would ever utilize it.