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A RAM upgrade question

Discussion in 'Techno-Magic' started by Morgoroth, Aug 28, 2006.

  1. Morgoroth

    Morgoroth Just because I happen to have tentacles, it doesn'

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    Since Windows XP runs quite slowly and when playing certain games Windows starts complaining about the lack of memory capacity I have decided to do a RAM upgrade for my computer which is currently at 256MB. Now will 512MB of RAM be enough and further upgrade be excessive if I have a 64MB Geforce4 MX graphics card and AMD Athlon 1.2 Mhz processor which I have no intention of upgrading at this point?
     
    Morgoroth, Aug 28, 2006
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  2. Chandos the Red

    Chandos the Red This Wheel's on Fire

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    The first XP box I built ran 512MB of system memory, and it ran pretty well, not slow at all. After I upgraded to 1GB, I found that most everything ran smoother; games such as Half-Life 2 ran MUCH smoother. My advice: Go for the 1GB upgrade of memory if you are playing some of the newer games (or plan to in the future). Hint: I also unplugged the old 512MB, because with some dual-channel mainboards and chipsets, they may run slower with all the memory slots filled, rather than just filling the first two slots. But I'm not sure about single channel configuratoins....
     
    Chandos the Red, Aug 28, 2006
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  3. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Huh...I never liked AMD to begin with, but you would see an awesome increase of speed and performance if you decided to upgrade to Intel's 5MHz 8088 processor...and if you upgraded to Intel's new Core 2 processor, you'd sh** yourself. :p :rolleyes:

    Morgoth, I had a similar problem as you awhile back. My laptop came with 128MB of RAM and a 64MB video card. Windows ran slooooooow, so after a few months, I added a stick of 256MB, and it ran a bit faster...but then I got Battlefield 1942, and suddenly, things slowed down a bit. So a little while ago, I decided to get two 512MB sticks for a total of 1GB and enable dual channel mode. Now everything runs smoothly. I currently have MSN premium, Trillian IRC, WinAmp playing music, M$ Word, Photoshop CS2, µTorrent downloading 2 4GB torrents, my firewall, virus scanner, and spyware program all open or running, and my RAM monitor is showing that I still have 49% (about 500MB) free memory. :thumb:

    Honestly, at this point, a dual 512MB (1GB) RAM upgrade is cheap enough, and with 1GB, you'll be good for a loooooong time. :thumb: :rolling:

    [ August 28, 2006, 07:53: Message edited by: Kitrax ]
     
    Kitrax, Aug 28, 2006
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