Upgrading memory

Rafi,

What OS are you using?

Seideric
win_xp pro

Seideric

It is me above
Rafi

Hi Rafi,

Had you said you had Win98 I would have told you to stick to 512mb.

XP Pro I am told uses 128MB of ram to run, so adding more memory would be good, the more the better.

Here are a couple of sites to check out:

http://www.pricewatch.com/

http://www.tomshardware.com/

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/

You can always trade or sell your extra memory to a buddy when you upgrade.

Let me know what you decide.

I would get a 1G stick, and if your 512 works with it, good. There's a lot of people who have experienced probs (inc me) with multiple sticks of memory, esp from different manufacturers. That way, your gig will work fine whatever, instead of rendering the whole lot useless...

Rambunctious

You are so right about problems with different type of sticks. I had aloft of it. Just the problem is a stick of 1G is a lot of money and I don't know how is the "cost/effectiveness" on my computer. 😉 For example: When I upgraded my computer from P-3 800 to P4 2.8 with the same video card and the same amount of memory (not the same speed)the contribution to frame rate was unbelievable.
That is my constant message to the forum: You have to think where to put your money. It is not all ways the video card or memory.

Of course the above from me Rafi

Man, you tried to run 2004 on a 800 p3??? 😳

The 2.8 should give you roughly 2x the framerate as the 800 all others constant, but if you're running XP with 512M, then the memory will become a bottleneck. Those hardware guides listed in the "What vidcard" threads have some good info on upgrading.

You're right, though - it's always good to borrow bits & pieces if you can to check out if you really need them.