4gb why not?

seanandnik · 03-03-2007, 03:38 PM

I recently built a new rig and used an Asus p5b-e with a c2de6600, along with 2gb of ddr2800 (pc6400). Newegg is running a sale on 2 gb of pc6400 for $169 (plus they throw in a 1gb thumb drive)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211066. So I don't think I really needed 4gb of ram, but it can't hurt right? so i ordered it. I'm not running Vista yet, but when I do 4 is more useful there isn't it? will it speed up my XP though?

elitehacker · 03-03-2007, 03:46 PM

The performance gain for XP plateaus at around 1GB, which means that having beyond 1GB of ram will not significantly increase XP's performance, however having 4GB of ram doesn't hurt and will certainly increase the performance of RAM intensive programs because it eliminates the need to use the pagefile, or constantly swap from it.

03-03-2007, 03:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
seanandnik Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Medford (outside Boston) Age: 36 Posts: 106	4gb why not? I recently built a new rig and used an Asus p5b-e with a c2de6600, along with 2gb of ddr2800 (pc6400). Newegg is running a sale on 2 gb of pc6400 for $169 (plus they throw in a 1gb thumb drive)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211066. So I don't think I really needed 4gb of ram, but it can't hurt right? so i ordered it. I'm not running Vista yet, but when I do 4 is more useful there isn't it? will it speed up my XP though? __________________ Thermaltake Wings RS case,64bit W7 home prem, OCZ Vertex 60gb HDD (flashed with TRIM fw) for OS,Intel E6850 ,Zlman 9700cpu cooler/fan,Gigabyte p45ud3l mobo,8gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2-1066,2 Seagate 320gb Sata HDD's,2 dvd burners.,Antec 500 watt sli PSU, ATI HD4650 gpu (have a PS3 for games),HP Laserjet 1600 color laser printer,21 card reader,22" w.s. LCD,Logitech QuickCam,logitech G-15 kb,MX1000Laser mouse, Ipod Nano,Sony dsc-t100 cam/dock,linksy wirles routr,VOIP phone. 2.1 speakers.Quiet & stable.

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03-03-2007, 03:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 2,413	The performance gain for XP plateaus at around 1GB, which means that having beyond 1GB of ram will not significantly increase XP's performance, however having 4GB of ram doesn't hurt and will certainly increase the performance of RAM intensive programs because it eliminates the need to use the pagefile, or constantly swap from it.