Thats not quite true, world of warcraft could, and you can play that on fairly high settings with a low video card. just without the shaders. I used to play it all the time with my MX440, and i saw a bigger inprovment wth more ram, then when i upgraded my video card. Ctrl-Alt-Dlt during a game of it and look to see how much ram is being used and you will be amazed My sister only has 512Mb yet its useing over 600MB which means its working on vitrual ram just to work.[-0MEGA-] said:There would be a significant improvement in most tasks. But it wont make much of a difference in games since anything that you play with your integrated graphics probably dont even use 512mb of ram.
YES. lolChrisDVD said:I use lots of Abode pages (for homeschool) and they are quite 'delicate'. sometime the whole thing will mess up, so i had to re-open them,. lpus, sometime with my school, i have about 6-7 pages open, so you guys think i should go from 512 MB to a gig?
Chris
I only see 2 gigs as neccisary for extreme gamers and professional media editors (Photoshop, Premier), for most of us users, I don't thin 2 gigs offers really any noticable increase in performance at all.ChrisDVD said:nice! i better start working this summer tho....cause i'm broke
But soon i wint!!!! haha
i wa slaso thinking o 2gigs, but not sure yet.....see how it is going financialy!
Chris
3 years from now won't you have a new machine, obsoleting the DDR in your current rig?ChrisDVD said:o, well, i tihnk this is what i will do..... add a 512 MB stick in one slot, thus leaving one empty..in a few years, like 3 maybe, i will by a whole gig stick, and add. By that time we will need 2
Chris
about $30-$35, depending on the speed and where you get it.terpsjohn said:how much does a 512MB upgrade usually cost, and where's a good place to get it?
this is true as of the present...SC7 said:I only see 2 gigs as neccisary for extreme gamers and professional media editors (Photoshop, Premier), for most of us users, I don't thin 2 gigs offers really any noticable increase in performance at all.
I think in 3 years, 2 gigs will become the mid range offering, not the neccesity. And yes, 256 is so slow that it sometimes causes the system to lock up.ChrisDVD said:yeah, i go on my gramps' computer sometime (Acer sapire soething) it has a 256 MB RAM. i get nutss!!!!! it is so slooow! i can't barely breath. When i get back home i jsut have to cuddle my HP (512 RAM) (L)
256 still works, but they hardly sell PCs with it anymore...
but don't you guys tihnk that in 3 years we will need 2 gigs?
Chris
SC7 said:I think in 3 years, 2 gigs will become the mid range offering, not the neccesity. And yes, 256 is so slow that it sometimes causes the system to lock up.