i use my system mainly for gaming. will increasing my ram to 2gb give a boost in performance or is there something else i'd be better off upgrading? my sys specs are:
ASUS A8N-VM (nvidia 6100 chipset) mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 939pin (L1 cahce 128kb L2 cache 512kb)
I-ball Grabit cabinet Navtech 450Watts PSU
512x2 Transcend 400MHz RAM (2.5-3-3-8)
Sapphire Ati Radeon X1600 Pro 256mb DDR2 (RV530)
Hitachi Deskstar SATA 80Gb 7200rpm HDD
Lite-On Combo SOHC-5236V
Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 (32-bit)
upgrading ram will surely give u a boost in gaming.
if possible sell off ur 2 512 sticks and take a 2*1gb
Dude, if u are planning on getting another 2x512Mb to make a total of 4x512Mb = 2Gb, I will suggest dont do that, it will NOT increase the performance, NOT AT ALL, I will not be surprised if you get a lower performance in the end.
Either you can sell ur existing ram and get a 2Gb, or sell off your processor and upgrade to a dual core, or sell mobo+procy+ram and get X2 3600+ brisbane with M2N-E and 2Gb DDR2-667 and OC the processor, this will give you a heck of a boost.
@ kniwor: i was just wondering why adding more ram will slow ur system...
^^^ adding more ram wont slow down ur system.
but if u add 4 chips of 512 and all dont hav same latencies then dual channel mode wont be enable and this in turn wud slow down ur pc and if u add 2*1gb sticks then dual channel mode will be enabled
In case of certain MBs such as NForce4 Ultra, I have read that 2x1GB 400MHz(as an example) will work @ 400 and when all the four slots are with another similar 2x1GB 400MHz, it will work @ 333. In such a case it should degrade performance.
^^i've got 2x512 presently and i'll add a 1gb card. i guess that means dual channel will stop working.
In your case, u will find it slower because u will be running the modules in single channel mode. and if u add 2x512, most likely they will be at DDR333, again resulting in lower performance.
I have been using 2x1GB for the past several months and the and since then I have disabled the virtual memory and never experienced any problem.
ok guys, thanx for the help but i'v changed my mind. going in for a portable hdd
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