Memory?
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dmsee said:
what kind of a difference are you looking for?
simply installign another 512MB of RAM won't feel different if all you do is boot up and surf the web/check e-mails. You should have run some benchmarks with 256MB of RAM and then ocompared them to 768MB of RAM. Infact you still can...jsut take out new stuff and then put it back in when you're done testing.
What speed RAM is it? DDR? PC3200? The speed can make a huge difference. I went from 512MB PC3200 to 1GB PC3500 and just going to desktop and booting i didn't notice a large change. But in games and loading programs everything was much faster.
dmsee said:
ah OK, so still DDR...and not incredibly slow. What exactly are you wanting to speed up on your computer? game loading? program loading? overall performance? simply adding RAM can be a good first step, but it's definetly not the end all be all of upgrades for speed.
i can give you some tweaking tips if you want, which wont cost you any money or upgrading or anything. but i need to know what exactly you are having problems with or what u want to run faster.
dmsee said:
just speed tests basically. they monitor your computers overall eprformance and it's sort of a "race" to see how fast you can get done. they are used mainly for computer enthusiasts to monitor overall system performance and speed.
dmsee said:
...not necessarily. if your HDD is bogged down or has a low RPM rating, then programs will only load as fast as the HDD can access the data. it won't make a difference if you have 256MB of PC2100 or 2GB of PC4400 if you HDD is the bottleneck. thats why im saying...what are you wanting to speed up? Maybe you dont need to focus on the RAM, but some other hardware instead.
EDIT: lol skidude we are thinking alike
if you jsut want it to run faster then your most beneficial would be to upgrade the motherboard and the CPU. adding memory to an already maxxed out CPU and motherboard won't do much. You need to find out your bottleneck in the system before you purchase anymore upgrades.
A list of the hardware in your computer would be helpful. http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=13713]Questions 101[/URL]
A list of the hardware in your computer would be helpful. http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=13713]Questions 101[/URL]
dmsee said:
for better performance and a faster experience, jsut like you said.
what i am saying it a memory bottleneck might not be the ONLY thing slowing down your computer. its true getting more memory usually helps system performance, but it's not the only thing that can, and sometimes it can have no effect at all.
if adding another 512MB of RAM yielded no system speed increase or better performance, then you have spoken for me...that pretty much proves that a memory upgrade was not the right upgrade for you to speed up your computer. there is obviosuly a bottleneck (most likely CPU/motherboard) that needs to take place FIRST in order to take advantage of your new additional memory.
and there is also the chance that you just aren't seeing it personally, but it's there. addding 512MB wont magically make your computer LIGHTNING fast...but it can load programs load a second or 2 faster. so even if your games load a second faster, or your programs are a second or so faster...thats an improvement you payed for. jsut not a phenominal one.
