 Update Ram From 1.4g To 2g? |
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 Jun 10 2007, 12:46 AM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ]  Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 10-June 07 From: Fremont, California Member No.: 22,514  |
Should i upgrade my RAM from 1.4g to 2g. I'm using windows vista ultimate at the moment and wondering if it will greatly make a difference in speed and preformance? What if i upgrade to 4 gigs? Wil i notice alot of speed? Thanks alot for your time and info on this!
My RAM: pc2 ddr2 4200 533mhz 1.4g Mike |
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Jun 10 2007, 02:20 AM
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Colonel Panic  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,730 Joined: 25-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 3,233 |
The more RAM the merrier.
Your system will utilize a lot of RAM, so it'll be best to get as much RAM as you can afford. xboxrulz |
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Jun 10 2007, 01:14 PM
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Way Out Of Control - You need a life :)  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,018 Joined: 2-August 05 From: Kapellen (Antwerp, Belgium) Member No.: 7,585 |
I wouldn't directly say yes, it depends a bit on what you do and what you want. I have Vista Home Premium on a Dell with 2Gb memory and I usualy never use more than 1Gb of memory (I have to admit that I did disable Aero and some other useless services).
If you don't use a lot of memory hungry applications, then maybe 1,5Gb is enough, otherwise I'd suggest to upgrade (tip: check the taskmanager from time to time to see how much memory you're currently using). |
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Jun 11 2007, 12:37 AM
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Way Out Of Control - You need a life :) Group: Members Posts: 1,086 Joined: 21-June 05 From: New York Member No.: 6,440 |
Do you use all the resource guzzling features in Vista? LOL. Try turning on a bunch of those widgets and run the Aero glass interface along with a bunch of programs you commonly use. Monitor the performance and see if you notice any sluggishness. According to Microsoft, 2GB is the recommended memory for Windows Vista Ultimate. I usually go against what they say is the minimum specifications and upgrade a bit higher if I can
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Jun 11 2007, 12:51 AM
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Colonel Panic Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,730 Joined: 25-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 3,233 |
For me, I was forced to scrap all the "features" including Aero, sidebar, tablet, and other useless features.
Now it runs smoother. xboxrulz |
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Jun 13 2007, 03:26 PM
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Way Out Of Control - You need a life :) Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,018 Joined: 2-August 05 From: Kapellen (Antwerp, Belgium) Member No.: 7,585 |
QUOTE(xboxrulz @ Jun 11 2007, 02:51 AM)  For me, I was forced to scrap all the "features" including Aero, sidebar, tablet, and other useless features. Now it runs smoother. xboxrulz glad to hear I'm not the only one
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Jun 14 2007, 02:21 AM
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Colonel Panic Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,730 Joined: 25-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 3,233 |
QUOTE(wutske @ Jun 13 2007, 11:26 AM) glad to hear I'm not the only one Of course you're not the only one. Then again, I would suggest not to use Mercury Messenger to speed up the system since Mercury Messenger itself use tons of memory. xboxrulz |
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Jun 28 2007, 05:00 AM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 28-June 07 Member No.: 22,998 |
Your talking about upgrading your Ram, but that isnt the only thing you should upgrade for improved speed. Ram is not for prossesing info, thats what a prossesor does(lol). Also, your MotherBoard has a bit to do with Speed. And, like a ton of other people said, Vista uses a lot of Memory for its components(then add all the programs you installed on top of that), so you would need to upgrade your Hard Drive memory too. Yea, it cost alot of money. It sounds better to just buy a new computer, but if you want to get good prices for brand new upgrades, check out 4allmemory by clicking here they have nice prices on more than just Ram, and its designed specifically for your computer.
-Murtahg p.s, Your talking about upgrading to 4Gigs??? My laptop only has 256Megs and it runs like a racehorse!!! |
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Jul 2 2007, 05:47 PM
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Premium Idiot Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 661 Joined: 9-July 05 From: Switzerland, but currently in Pakistan Member No.: 6,943 |
QUOTE(murtahg @ Jun 28 2007, 05:00 AM) p.s, Your talking about upgrading to 4Gigs??? My laptop only has 256Megs and it runs like a racehorse!!! And what OS? Windows 98? |
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Jul 2 2007, 08:15 PM
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SM- the Man -The Myth - The Legend Himself Group: Members Posts: 433 Joined: 4-September 05 From: Drinking da rootbeers Member No.: 8,313 |
Well yeah if you disable most of the Vista features then yeah you could run on 1-1.5 gigs of ram, but if your doing that you might as well have installed Windows XP since it defeats the purpose of running vista without all the features. I plan on running 2 gigs on Home Premium once I install it, but I plan to have software that keeps the system running smoothly with no problems, like spybot, RamDEF, a registry cleaner or two. I would say 4 gigs would be a bit excessive unless you plan to have a multimedia based computer to design games, video's, music, large graphics and stuff like that.
I would say though that if you run ultimate at 2 gigs you shouldn't have to many problems for it to be slow, if thats the case drop another 512 or 1 gig into the machine for a just in case. |
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