need sum tips on upgrading my memory

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 30 Sep 2005, 22:36

On my computer i'm currently running two 256mb memory cards and i was wondering how much of a difference it would make to get two 1gb cards.i multi-task alot and i need more memory.

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » 01 Oct 2005, 01:18

It would make a HUGE difference... I have 1500MB RAM, and before I had 512. Now I can easly run LOADS of programs at once without having to close windows, and stuff. 2GB is seriously GREAT!

James31278 · Post by **James31278** » 01 Oct 2005, 01:51

One gig a memory in your case would work just fine.

Dragon-of-Rune · Post by **Dragon-of-Rune** » 01 Oct 2005, 02:19

That depends on what programs you are using at once.

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 01 Oct 2005, 03:13

i usually have photoshop,a few tabs in firefox,yahoo messenger,windows media player and a few more i cant think of right now.

Sir Ibi · Post by **Sir Ibi** » 01 Oct 2005, 10:57

I think one gig of ram is more than enough for anybody, and try to get just one stick.... also getting a fast speed ram will help like DDR400, but make sure your motherboard can handle it.... I don't really see any point in having two gigs, in fact i'm not entirely sure why I bought two gigs my self

vellu · Post by **vellu** » 01 Oct 2005, 14:07

Indeed, two gigs is overkill at the moment. For pro use only (very heavy photo/video editing, huge databases, 3d rendering, servers, etc). There isn't much out there for "home" use, that would truly benefit from more then one GB.

Not sure about the one stick vs two sticks though. One stick is better if you have an "oldish" motherboard. But if you have, or are going to get, a DUAL CHANNEL cabable motherboad, then two sticks is better, as they can be accessed simultaneously via dual memory channels. So get either a single 1GB stick or two 512MB sticks...

Dragon-of-Rune · Post by **Dragon-of-Rune** » 02 Oct 2005, 00:39

Maybe it is overkill, but you don't have to worry for the next 1,5/2 years that you don't have enough memory.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 02 Oct 2005, 02:47

Ah, yes. Buying a FX-57 and 7800GTX isn't overkill too. I mean, you look towards the future right?

Sir Ibi · Post by **Sir Ibi** » 02 Oct 2005, 11:05

yes, that's a good point, but if when you come to a point when you do need it, whether its 1or 2 years down the line, the prices of RAM will more than likely drop consederible...

silentracer · Post by **silentracer** » 02 Oct 2005, 12:23

Use always two cards of memory - not less and not more. so you can use dual channel and have double speed, e.g. DDR800 or PC6400. condition is of course a dual channel compatible motherboard. e.g. a s939 or s775 Board - they're all DC compatible.

also with single channel 2 cards are expedient, because small cards or small chips are more powerful than big chips, for example better timings etc. ..

if you're running 4 cards of memory your system can get unstable, because you have 64 RAM Chips and this often is too much for current chipsets. 1 or 3 cards make also no sense because you can't use DC.

One gig is enough at the moment. only if you're running video editing or graphicsediting and games like FEAR or BF2 on highest graphics settings you may have better performance with 2 Gig.

Sweeper · Post by **Sweeper** » 06 Oct 2005, 11:27

Dual channel is technology that has been availible for quite some time.
Actually Nvidia nForce 1 introduced it, though back then it was fairly new and the bandwidth gain was so small it wasn't worth.
nForce 2 saw a much more gain and was favoured by OC'ers since they got the same bandwidth at lower memory speed but still the bandwidth gain was small.

I think now with the more recent AMD systems the gain has increased, as for Intel's, allways go dual, using single there will really hurt the bandwidth as Intel has lots of bandwidth.

As for what RAM to chose, well 256Mb to 512 will be noticeable actually, depending on your CPU speed there can be quite a jump to 1024 now, but seriously to judge that I need to know more about your PC.
Like motherboard type, CPU brand and such, to see if you can benefit from low timings or not

Dragon-of-Rune · Post by **Dragon-of-Rune** » 06 Oct 2005, 21:36

PSZeTa wrote:Ah, yes. Buying a FX-57 and 7800GTX isn't overkill too. I mean, you look towards the future right?

True that's why i have a 7800GTX at the end of this week, when the mail man comes

donaldgladden · Post by **donaldgladden** » 08 Oct 2005, 01:59

2 gigs do you know how many units you can get on one screen during LOTR battle for middle earth without lag!?!?!?!?!

i cant even run AOE conquers with no lag anymore.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 08 Oct 2005, 03:30

Dragon-of-Rune wrote:
PSZeTa wrote:Ah, yes. Buying a FX-57 and 7800GTX isn't overkill too. I mean, you look towards the future right?
True that's why i have a 7800GTX at the end of this week, when the mail man comes

GAFHAOSHFOASHFAF.

Send me one too. :')

korge · Post by **korge** » 08 Oct 2005, 03:32

Ill get one of my Mailmen buddys to change the shipping address to my house.

Tunerfreak · Post by **Tunerfreak** » 12 Dec 2005, 09:54

I should be getting hooked up with some more sticks tomorrow.

Does 1024mb ram sound plenty?

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 12 Dec 2005, 10:05

I gig is good, yeah.

Jmac- · Post by **Jmac-** » 12 Dec 2005, 10:10

1 GB is good for now ...

EuroRacer · Post by **EuroRacer** » 15 Dec 2005, 14:31

yes, that's a good point, but if when you come to a point when you do need it, whether its 1or 2 years down the line, the prices of RAM will more than likely drop consederible...

No they won't... at least not for DDR1, the prices are slowly rising again just like a few years ago with SDRAM, the only prices that will drop now are DDR2 memory prices, so if you want loads of DDR1 memory, buy it now!!!

arabnight · Post by **arabnight** » 15 Dec 2005, 18:21

i jumped from a 768 to 2gig...crossair xms..which i think are amazing but make sure if ur gona buy memory get dual memory like 2x 1g or 2x 512 and make sure there both 100% the same and make sure your mobo can handle it..

donaldgladden · Post by **donaldgladden** » 15 Dec 2005, 22:27

if i get 2 Gbs then ill be able to play some music while i play games right?!

arabnight · Post by **arabnight** » 15 Dec 2005, 22:28

hahah u dont need to 2igs to do that but it would be able to do more then just play music and play games..i could do that wit 1 gig..fine...2 gig is if u got alot of aps going like photoshop then got most wanted playing and music and net..

EuroRacer · Post by **EuroRacer** » 16 Dec 2005, 10:00

donaldgladden wrote:if i get 2 Gbs then ill be able to play some music while i play games right?!

no, you can't play music while playing games because your processor is overloaded, you can't do anything about it.

RenoVado · Post by **RenoVado** » 16 Dec 2005, 10:22

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