Adding more SDRAM
28 January 2004, 07:45 PM
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My PC has 128mb of ram currently installed. As it can have up to 1.5GB max, I'm thinking of filling the second socket
I was looking at some 512MB from dabs.com
What difference would installing this amount be expected?
I was looking at some 512MB from dabs.com
What difference would installing this amount be expected?
28 January 2004, 07:48 PM
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the chances are thet your useing more then 128 @ presant so you would get a good speed increase
i had 256 installed and shoved another 512 in and got a good speed boost, and then my 256 fooked up so im down to 512
wont be buying anymore as im changing the mother board in the summer and i want ddr ram instead
i had 256 installed and shoved another 512 in and got a good speed boost, and then my 256 fooked up so im down to 512
wont be buying anymore as im changing the mother board in the summer and i want ddr ram instead
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Me and my mate at work have almost identical spec notebooks, 2.4ghz running XP, except I've got 512mb and he's got 256mb.
The difference in speed between the 2 is unbelievable. If you look in the task manager you'll see that it's always using a minimum of 300mb of RAM, which means 50mb of this is actually on the hard disk.
It's fine when he's using 1 app, but when he's got more than a couple of apps open and he's trying to switch between them it gets as slow as buggery. I can open almost as many apps as I like, to the degree where I've got 2 lines on the task bar with little or no noticeable loss in speed.
The difference in speed between the 2 is unbelievable. If you look in the task manager you'll see that it's always using a minimum of 300mb of RAM, which means 50mb of this is actually on the hard disk.
It's fine when he's using 1 app, but when he's got more than a couple of apps open and he's trying to switch between them it gets as slow as buggery. I can open almost as many apps as I like, to the degree where I've got 2 lines on the task bar with little or no noticeable loss in speed.
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