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Upgrade 1 gig to 4 gig, worth it?

Peter PrinciplePeter Principle Registered User regular
edited April 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm running this motherboard, this CPU, windows XP sp2, and currently this RAM. I'd like to get this RAM. Worth it? Or waste of time?

If I do get the RAM, would it be better to leave the two 512 sticks in and then add the two 2gig sticks, or remove the 512 sticks and replace them with the two 2 gig sticks?

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  • KismetKismet Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Windows XP is limited to 4GB maximum, so it would make the most sense to simply replace the old sticks with the new.

    You should see a performance increase going from 1GB to 2GB or more. From 2 and upwards, the gains are minimal depending on how many applications you have running at once and what their requirements are. So, you could pick up another 512 X 2 set (super cheap) and keep your current memory for a total of 2GB.

    With the prices on that memory type, it's not really expensive either way.

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  • chamberlainchamberlain Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Are you running XP 32 or XP 64?

    I am almost positive that a 32 bit operating system will not recognize more then 3 gig of ram.

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    chamberlain wrote: »
    Are you running XP 32 or XP 64?

    I am alost positive that a 32 bit operating system will not recognize more then 3 gig of ram.

    Yep - Windows XP locks it at around 3GB, ensuring there is enough address space left for other RAM types (Video, sound, network, etc). If you're planning on sticking with a 32 bit system, just go to 2 GB and call it done.

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  • Peter PrinciplePeter Principle Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I'd be better off getting this RAM?

    Also, what is Vista's limit on memory?

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  • FatsFats Corvallis, ORRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Same as XP's, 3 GB for the 32 bit version and 8 terabytes or something for the 64 bit version. 64 bit Vista is much, much better than 64 bit XP, but probably still more hassle than most people want.

    That 2 GB package looks good to me.

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Fats wrote: »
    Same as XP's, 3 GB for the 32 bit version and 8 terabytes or something for the 64 bit version. 64 bit Vista is much, much better than 64 bit XP, but probably still more hassle than most people want.

    That 2 GB package looks good to me.

    Well, I haven't had any hassle with Vista 64bit, but I'm apparently in the minority. I guess. Anyway, I'm running Vista 64 on 2GB of RAM anyway. It's good enough for pretty much anything (Although I plan on going to 4GB sometime, I just don't see the need for it yet).

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