Scarthy © ® ™ Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 Hi all ;) ,Just been to Crucial and seen that the 512MB memory module for my PC is only £55inc vat now. I have 512MB DDR Ram at present and wanted to know if getting another 512MB would increase anything?ie...Will games/ applications or the computer in general run any better?...Or am I just crazy to even consider it???As always, all comments are welcomed ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 it all depends on what you use your computer for of course. you won't notice a lot difference while using regular programs and o/s, if there is any increase in speed it will be slight. you'll really notice the difference in memory hungry programs , hi end games and stuff ps: i see that you're still thinking of a message ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 just bought a extra 512 stick for mine,do I need it no but memory is cheap at the minute so I bought it anyway so why not if you can afford it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted February 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 Thanx for the input guys ;) It is cheap at the moment and I may take the plunge......Yes I am still thinking of a message...hmmmmmmmm <_> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Damo Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 should be ok as long as your not using windows ME, theres a bug in ME memory management which caches the extra memory, therefore slowing your system down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 I think it will go down in price some more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted February 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 Damo...I'm on XP mate ;) Craig...Me 2 ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest whizwrinkly Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 What's the bug in ME? I added another 256m without problems with caching, am now thinking of another 512 as I use a few graphics progs at the same time. My Systemax caters for one and a half gig of RAM but I dont think I'll ever need that much. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Damo Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 whiz, Apparently Windows ME cannot take over 512mb ram.........its something to do with the memory management, anything over 512mb and it Caches the rest of it, supposedly slowing the system down.God knows why microsoft released it with this bug!But thats Bill Gate$ for ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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