Author Topic: Memory Question - 512MB vs 256MB RDRAM (Read 373 times)

aknimitz · « **on:** March 07, 2002, 07:28:58 AM »

Hiyas Fellas,

Ok, I have a question regarding memory. I am running a P4 1.8Ghz with 256MB RDRAM. When I right click on My Computer, and go down to properties, I routinely get that my System Resources are anywhere from 65-80% free.

When I had my 1Ghz AMD with 512MB SDRAM I routinely stayed around 90-94%. Some of my applications seem to load a bit slower at times, and I am wondering will I notice a signifcant difference between 512MB and 256MB RDRAM memory?

Appreciate your responses.

S!
Nim

Animal · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2002, 08:02:51 AM »

Hey Nim,
What OS you using?
If its XP or 2000, then yes you should get as much ram as you can afford.
512mb is the sweet-spot.

aknimitz · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2002, 08:12:19 AM »

Heya Animal,

Sorry shoulda made that clear - Win98SE. I'd like to make the switch to XP ... you recommend it? Office or Pro?

Nim

Eagler · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2002, 09:20:15 AM »

I put in another hard drive (80gig Maxtor ATA100) and installed WInXP Corporate Pro with dual boot as I couldn't get my Studio DV capture stuff to work 100% under Win98SE.
Was only going to go to XP for the DV editing but now find myself in XP for everything but games, I boot to Win98 for them. Best of both worlds

1.33 Tbird
512mb Crucial 133 ram
geforce2 ultra
X45 with CH peds <- reason Win98SE is still on my hd

SKurj · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2002, 09:47:47 AM »

I run XP Pro for games. Its faster and more stable +)

Nim if you have a spare partition on your HDD XP installs itself real easily as dual boot so that you can test these things.

I am REAL glad I made the move from 98 to XP.

SKurj

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2002, 10:22:37 AM »

Go with XP. It seems to be the first OS where Microsoft seems to have its act somewhat together. I'm quite happy with it.

Go with the 512M RDRAM if you're running XP or NT... it won't help as much for Win9x.

AKDejaVu

Sox62 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2002, 11:24:11 AM »

Check and make sure you don't have any background programs running since you built your new system.That's more likely the culprit.

If you do,go to Start-Run,then type in MSCONFIG,and then click on the Startup Tab.Uncheck any BS that you don't need(Task Manager,etc)click apply and reboot.

Tac · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2002, 11:50:38 AM »

dammit sox, thats a deep sig