will ddr ram co-exist with 8600gt?

[ani123]

hallo friends,my pc has two 512mb ddr ram,i.e total 1024mb,if i upgrade my pc to nvida geforce 8600gt which uses ddr3 memory,will i have to change my rams also?will i have to buy two new ddr3?will ddr2 also serve the purpose?what if i want to use those two old ddr rams?

 

[Didou]

The memory on the video card has nothing to do with the memory on the motherboard. In other words, yes you can use DDR ram or even DDR-II ram with that 8600GT without any problems.

 

[kpo6969]

hallo friends,my pc has two 512mb ddr ram,i.e total 1024mb,if i upgrade my pc to nvida geforce 8600gt which uses ddr3 memory,will i have to change my rams also?will i have to buy two new ddr3?will ddr2 also serve the purpose?what if i want to use those two old ddr rams?

Yes. I run a 8600GT with DDR3 and my system's ram is DDR2.

 

[nickc]

The memory on the video card has nothing to do with the memory on the motherboard. In other words, yes you can use DDR ram or even DDR-II ram with that 8600GT without any problems.

read what he said. the ram on the computer and the ram on the video have nothing to do with each other.

 

[kpo6969]

read what he said. the ram on the computer and the ram on the video have nothing to do with each other.

Thanks for catching that. I meant no it wouldn't be a conflict.

 

[MetalX]

Besides, video RAM is GDDR3/GDDR4, not DDR3/DDR4. Totally different technologies despite the similar names.

 

[kpo6969]

Besides, video RAM is GDDR3/GDDR4, not DDR3/DDR4. Totally different technologies despite the similar names.

Thank you for the correction, I did know that. Thanks