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Last Updated:  10-19-2019

Video card memory (VRAM) temporarily stores data for quick retrieval. The more video memory you have, the more image information your video card can store away for quick and easy access.

These are not official guidelines. They are my opinions on the matter.

Type of Computer	Recommended Video RAM
Office / Work Computers (for non-Multimedia use)	1-2GB of VRAM
Gaming / Multimedia Systems (<1080p)	2-4GB of VRAM
Gaming / Multimedia (1080p)	4GB of VRAM
Gaming / Multimedia (2k)	6-8GB of VRAM
Gaming / Multimedia (4k)	8-12GB of VRAM

Definitions:

“Office / Work Computers” — any computer that is used for word processing, spreadsheets, and anything else that is generally used in an office.

“Gaming / Multimedia” — any computer that is used to play games, develop FX effects for videos, video editing, etc.

Have you ran several programs at once on your computer, but found that switching between them was time consuming? Was it, if nothing else, annoying to switch between the many programs running?

In Windows 7 (not sure if this works in Vista or XP; you can, of course, try it out and see if it works!), you can press Alt+Tab to switch between programs. Remember to hold down the Alt key while pressing the Tab key to select the program that you want to go to.

Nifty little feature, eh?

Hey there! Do you need to get to Windows’ device manager on Windows 7, but do not know how?

Here is how you can get to it:

1. Click on the Windows Start button on the bottom-left of the screen.
2. Click on “Control Panel”.
3. Now find the entry called “System” inside the Control Panel, and click it.
4. Now towards the top on the left hand side, you should see a click-able link called “Device Manager”. Click on that.

There you are!

Having a multi-core CPU does not mean that it will make everything run faster. This just means that your CPU can do more than one thing without slowing down too much.

Let us say that you have a 4-Core CPU. Now think of a bank that has only three tellers employed there. If you hired one more teller to work at the bank, would that make all of the other tellers (including the one you hired) work any faster? Nope! Each person still works at the same pace, but you can now fit in a fourth person at the same time.

Get the idea? Also, another thing to keep in mind is that you must be running software that supports multi-cores, otherwise while the program should run without problems, it will not be taking advantage of all your CPU’s cores.