Extra 256Ram guna help?

lowndsie · 03-06-2006, 08:59 PM

Already running 1gig of ram in my system, just wondering if i would notice any difference by putting in another 256? I have a spare card somewhere but havent got round to putting it in as I fiqured it wouldnt make any difference.

Viking · 03-06-2006, 09:53 PM

what OS do you have ?
what type of pc pent 2, 3, 4, AMD ?
what card ????

if you have one gig already it probably will not. If your pc is starting to sloooooow down, could be infected.

oh i just checked you have a pent 4, 2.6 gig. what are you doing thay you need that much ram
if win 2000 or xp, do a " ctrl + alt + del " then click task manager, then performance, you should see cpu usage,,, if you have hyper threading you will see a split screen. With nothing running, the usage should be almost zero, if you are seeing 10 - 30 % or higher it might mean unwelcomed guests that are zapping your resources. the graph bellow is you page file.
i still want to know about this "card"

Is that you in your Avatar ?

Dropkickmurphys · 03-06-2006, 09:57 PM

if you are running programs that use up the 1gig of ram you have in your system, then yes the 256mb should help. but it wont make much difference if you are not using the 1gig up. it might be worth putting it in anayway...

Mr.Suave · 03-06-2006, 10:16 PM

you can use the extra 256 as a RAM disk or RAM drive. its like a temporary HDD kind of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_disk
you get easy access to storage faster but once you turn off the comp it gets erased.

03-06-2006, 08:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
lowndsie Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bathurst, NSW, Australia Posts: 37	Extra 256Ram guna help? Already running 1gig of ram in my system, just wondering if i would notice any difference by putting in another 256? I have a spare card somewhere but havent got round to putting it in as I fiqured it wouldnt make any difference.

03-06-2006, 09:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Viking Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: east coast Posts: 392	what OS do you have ? what type of pc pent 2, 3, 4, AMD ? what card ???? if you have one gig already it probably will not. If your pc is starting to sloooooow down, could be infected. oh i just checked you have a pent 4, 2.6 gig. what are you doing thay you need that much ram if win 2000 or xp, do a " ctrl + alt + del " then click task manager, then performance, you should see cpu usage,,, if you have hyper threading you will see a split screen. With nothing running, the usage should be almost zero, if you are seeing 10 - 30 % or higher it might mean unwelcomed guests that are zapping your resources. the graph bellow is you page file. i still want to know about this "card" Is that you in your Avatar ? Last edited by Viking; 03-06-2006 at 10:01 PM.

03-06-2006, 09:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dropkickmurphys Diamond Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Worthing, UK (Uni at Kent) Age: 19 Posts: 1,805	if you are running programs that use up the 1gig of ram you have in your system, then yes the 256mb should help. but it wont make much difference if you are not using the 1gig up. it might be worth putting it in anayway... __________________ Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz (OC @ 2.5GHz) Gigabyte P35C-DS3R motherboard 2GB 6400 DDR240 RAM (OC @ 427.5mhz) 512Mb Geforce 8600GT (OC core: 651Mhz, memory: 475Mhz) 500GB Seagate 7,500RPM HDD Lite-on 20x DVD+RW OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU CoolerMaster Black Centurian 534 Case Samsung 19" 1440x900 SyncMaster 940BW monitor / Samsung 19" 1440x900 TV Dual Booting: Windows XP Proffessional SP2 / Windows Vista Business SP1

03-06-2006, 10:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mr.Suave Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,373	you can use the extra 256 as a RAM disk or RAM drive. its like a temporary HDD kind of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_disk you get easy access to storage faster but once you turn off the comp it gets erased. __________________ The Comp: CPU--Athlon64 X2 4200+ Manchester @ 2.5!!!:D HDD--WD Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA MB---DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR RAM--OCZ Titanium 2GB (2 x 1GB) GPU--Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512mb SPU--Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS PSU--ENERMAX Whisper II 535W all inside a Thermaltake Matrix VX

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