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post #1 of 5
4/22/04 at 1:07pm
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I currently have 512, but was thinking about getting up to a gig. Has anyone done this and how much of a performance boost do you think I will see? Anything significant?
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post #2 of 5
4/22/04 at 1:21pm
I've upgraded from 256 to 1gig. The performance increase isn't great in terms of benchmarks. Meaning your scores won't double just because you've got double the amount of ram. But in apps that require alot of ram to run, such as games, you'll see a noticeable difference.
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post #3 of 5
4/22/04 at 1:54pm
yah i did the same thing. on an everyday use u can see some difference. for exsample when u pop up MY computer it will come out faster. little thing like this that about it.
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post #4 of 5
4/22/04 at 3:14pm
The amount of performance boost depends on how RAM hungry your applications are. Basically, if your system is having to go into virtual memory (which is actually temporary space taken on your hard drive) then upgrading the RAM will make the system perform better. How much better depends on how much you needed to swap to and from VM (and how fast the HD is for that matter).

If you started with 256 MB and doubled it to 512, you would probably see a BIG difference. Going from 512 to 1 GB would usually be significant, but not as big a jump. 1GB to 2GB normally is only worth while if you are running applications that really use a lot of memory - the vast majority of people are better off spending the money on other things than going to 2GB of RAM.
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post #5 of 5
4/22/04 at 3:44pm
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Originally Posted by KevDA
The amount of performance boost depends on how RAM hungry your applications are. Basically, if your system is having to go into virtual memory (which is actually temporary space taken on your hard drive) then upgrading the RAM will make the system perform better. How much better depends on how much you needed to swap to and from VM (and how fast the HD is for that matter).

If you started with 256 MB and doubled it to 512, you would probably see a BIG difference. Going from 512 to 1 GB would usually be significant, but not as big a jump. 1GB to 2GB normally is only worth while if you are running applications that really use a lot of memory - the vast majority of people are better off spending the money on other things than going to 2GB of RAM.
I sceond KevDA. For a normal end user using XP, 512mb is ok. Not too much difference if u upgrade it to 1gb. Stick to what you have now and
upgrade it later since the ddr sodimm memory will be way cheaper maybe a year later.
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