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 Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:16 am Post subject: Is there anything wrong with having 3gb of Ram? |
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I always hear people with having either 2gb or 4gb.
Well i recently got a core duo, 3.00GHz processor so i decided to add a 1gb ram stick to it from my older computer. Will this speed up my computer a lot or stay mainly unused?
EDIT: Using 32bit vista
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| It doesn't work with dualchannel, thats the problem. |
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dude thats a crappy computer
no matter...only 1 RAM card is being used at a time for any OS...you forgot to mention your OS (key point specially for vista and XP comparisin) minimal RAM for XP (top perforance is 3 to 4 GB) for vista its 8 GB to 16 GB
average buisness use ratio:
XP: 1GB to 2GB
Vista: 3GB to 4GB
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| Even numbers of DIMMs is really only for dual-channel DDR2 configurations, which don't offer very much of a performance boost with everyday and gaming tasks (no matter what they say). Don't worry about having 3GB of memory. Vista will be able to use more for Superfetch, and at the worst, you just don't really need the extra memory. |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:11 am Post subject: |
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| sgamer4 wrote: | dude thats a crappy computer
no matter...only 1 RAM card is being used at a time for any OS...you forgot to mention your OS (key point specially for vista and XP comparisin) minimal RAM for XP (top perforance is 3 to 4 GB) for vista its 8 GB to 16 GB
average buisness use ratio:
XP: 1GB to 2GB
Vista: 3GB to 4GB |
Completely wrong.
I have run XP on 512mb of RAM fine...
I have run Vista on 1gb of RAM fine.
Grant it, more RAM is better since Vista utilizes RAM more than XP... but it doesn't mean you cant get by with 1gb.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| localhost wrote: | | sgamer4 wrote: | dude thats a crappy computer
no matter...only 1 RAM card is being used at a time for any OS...you forgot to mention your OS (key point specially for vista and XP comparisin) minimal RAM for XP (top perforance is 3 to 4 GB) for vista its 8 GB to 16 GB
average buisness use ratio:
XP: 1GB to 2GB
Vista: 3GB to 4GB |
Completely wrong.
I have run XP on 512mb of RAM fine...
I have run Vista on 1gb of RAM fine.
Grant it, more RAM is better since Vista utilizes RAM more than XP... but it doesn't mean you cant get by with 1gb. |
However, you won't be getting by very smoothly with that.
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| Stupid Reggin wrote: | | localhost wrote: | | sgamer4 wrote: | dude thats a crappy computer
no matter...only 1 RAM card is being used at a time for any OS...you forgot to mention your OS (key point specially for vista and XP comparisin) minimal RAM for XP (top perforance is 3 to 4 GB) for vista its 8 GB to 16 GB
average buisness use ratio:
XP: 1GB to 2GB
Vista: 3GB to 4GB |
Completely wrong.
I have run XP on 512mb of RAM fine...
I have run Vista on 1gb of RAM fine.
Grant it, more RAM is better since Vista utilizes RAM more than XP... but it doesn't mean you cant get by with 1gb. |
However, you won't be getting by very smoothly with that. |
Wrong. My 1gb desktop ran Vista fine. Yes, with Aero.
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| Humper wrote: | | It doesn't work with dualchannel, thats the problem. |
1 x 1GB + 1 x 2GB= 3GB in dual channel.
There is no such thing as "dual channel" memory.
As for the OP's ram config...
If he's got the same config as I pointed out then dual channel is present.
If he's got 2GB (2x1GB) then yea dual channel won't be there when he adds the extra ram. |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:44 pm Post subject: Re: Is there anything wrong with having 3gb of Ram? |
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| Censored wrote: | I always hear people with having either 2gb or 4gb.
Well i recently got a core duo, 3.00GHz processor so i decided to add a 1gb ram stick to it from my older computer. Will this speed up my computer a lot or stay mainly unused? |
Post some additional info of your motherboard chipset.
Generally, more memory never harms. Nevertheless, 32-bit OS does not recognize anything above 3GB. Microsoft, after releasing the original version of WindowsXP, disabled access to anything over 3GB. The reason was to prevent systems from crashing, since some people not having required hardware manipulated with mixed memory modules. |
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| sgamer4 wrote: | dude thats a crappy computer
no matter...only 1 RAM card is being used at a time for any OS...you forgot to mention your OS (key point specially for vista and XP comparisin) minimal RAM for XP (top perforance is 3 to 4 GB) for vista its 8 GB to 16 GB
average buisness use ratio:
XP: 1GB to 2GB
Vista: 3GB to 4GB |
A 3GHz C2D isn't crappy at all, all the RAM sticks will be utilized by any OS(are you retarded?), and the minimal RAM for XP is 64MB. Vista runs just fine with 2GB and XP runs fine with 512MB, 256 if you don't multi-task.
I'm fairly sure you're a troll, but I'll hold back on reporting you, maybe you just like to talk about things you don't understand.
Back on topic, in most scenarios, you will benefit a lot more with the extra GB of RAM as opposed to the extra bandwidth of dual channel.
| Quote: | | Nevertheless, 32-bit OS does not recognize anything above 3GB. |
Ugh, I'm getting so sick of seeing this. A 32-bit OS without PAE will recognize 4GB of RAM, including VRAM. Most 32-bit Windows based OSes however are limited to a total of 3.5GB. |
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| Cheetah wrote: | | sgamer4 wrote: | dude thats a crappy computer
no matter...only 1 RAM card is being used at a time for any OS...you forgot to mention your OS (key point specially for vista and XP comparisin) minimal RAM for XP (top perforance is 3 to 4 GB) for vista its 8 GB to 16 GB
average buisness use ratio:
XP: 1GB to 2GB
Vista: 3GB to 4GB |
A 3GHz C2D isn't crappy at all, all the RAM sticks will be utilized by any OS(are you retarded?), and the minimal RAM for XP is 64MB. Vista runs just fine with 2GB and XP runs fine with 512MB, 256 if you don't multi-task.
I'm fairly sure you're a troll, but I'll hold back on reporting you, maybe you just like to talk about things you don't understand.
Back on topic, in most scenarios, you will benefit a lot more with the extra GB of RAM as opposed to the extra bandwidth of dual channel.
| Quote: | | Nevertheless, 32-bit OS does not recognize anything above 3GB. |
Ugh, I'm getting so sick of seeing this. A 32-bit OS without PAE will recognize 4GB of RAM, including VRAM. Most 32-bit Windows based OSes however are limited to a total of 3.5GB. |
Well, if i have
2x1gb and
2x 512mb
is this a problem?
would i benefit really by switching the 512 ones for 1gb ones? |
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It's fine, just do it.
@Stupid Reggin, figure it out. He's either got a different computer or runs a different operating system now, right? |
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| cheesecan wrote: | | Cheetah wrote: | | sgamer4 wrote: | dude thats a crappy computer
no matter...only 1 RAM card is being used at a time for any OS...you forgot to mention your OS (key point specially for vista and XP comparisin) minimal RAM for XP (top perforance is 3 to 4 GB) for vista its 8 GB to 16 GB
average buisness use ratio:
XP: 1GB to 2GB
Vista: 3GB to 4GB |
A 3GHz C2D isn't crappy at all, all the RAM sticks will be utilized by any OS(are you retarded?), and the minimal RAM for XP is 64MB. Vista runs just fine with 2GB and XP runs fine with 512MB, 256 if you don't multi-task.
I'm fairly sure you're a troll, but I'll hold back on reporting you, maybe you just like to talk about things you don't understand.
Back on topic, in most scenarios, you will benefit a lot more with the extra GB of RAM as opposed to the extra bandwidth of dual channel.
| Quote: | | Nevertheless, 32-bit OS does not recognize anything above 3GB. |
Ugh, I'm getting so sick of seeing this. A 32-bit OS without PAE will recognize 4GB of RAM, including VRAM. Most 32-bit Windows based OSes however are limited to a total of 3.5GB. |
Well, if i have
2x1gb and
2x 512mb
is this a problem?
would i benefit really by switching the 512 ones for 1gb ones? |
If you're running it in that configuration, you should be just fine, it will still run in dual channel. If you want to get 1GB sticks that probably wouldn't cost much more, though with a 32-bit OS you may not be able to utilize the extra. |
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