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Vista 2 GB Vs 4 GB

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freshseasons
freshseasons Original post #1
Aug 6, 2007 at 12:55 PM
Right now i have 2 X 1 Gb DDR 2 Ram (Dual Channel )overclocked by increasing FSB Mhz and Volt 1.9 running on Vista .
I wanted to know how much difference will adding another 2 GB Ram make to it.
Should i go for it , or skip it as it wouldn't make any real time difference?
Sukhdeep Singh
Aug 6, 2007 at 12:58 PM
It woke make difference since you may not be even be utilizing the 2GB you got now even :)
gxsaurav
Aug 6, 2007 at 1:15 PM
1 GB is enough

2 GB is perfect

4 GB is overkill & not required right now.
aryayush
Aug 6, 2007 at 2:39 PM
Depends on what you do on the computer actually and whether you are experiencing any slowness.

And if in doubt, I do believe that an investment in RAM is never wasted because the more the RAM, the better a computer performs. I was reading an article on how to speed up XP (quite a while ago) and the author had listed nine useful tips. In the last tip, he wrote, "10. Screw the other tips, spend a little cash and feed the bugger more RAM. It will fly." I am not sure this was the exact sentence but you get the gist. And I tend to agree with that opinion.
Even if you don't need it right now, more RAM will only help you once you install a lot of applications and run them together.
slugger
slugger #5
Aug 6, 2007 at 5:43 PM
aryayush said:
Even if you don't need it right now, more RAM will only help you once you install a lot of applications and run them together.
ya like designing d Airbus A380, or its Indian equivalent

Workstations performin solid modelling 4 d A380 on Catia were equiped wit 4GB of RAM
J
janitha #6
Aug 7, 2007 at 9:30 AM
But I heard 32 bit application cannot utilize more than 3.5 GB!

I have been using 2GB for nearly 2 years and the RAM utilization is ~500MB only, but I have disabled the virtual memory. (XP)
Choto Cheeta
Aug 7, 2007 at 9:56 AM
But I heard 32 bit application cannot utilize more than 3.5 GB!

They can, some time not by default, as in those rare cases one may need to use PAE Switch....

*www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEdrv.mspx
iMav
iMav #8
Aug 7, 2007 at 10:02 AM
when ur working on the machine 2 or 4 shouldnt make a visible difference but when u start ps, corel, ie and access ur mail together its gonna b better on a 4gb add to that playing games like nfs pro street
Choto Cheeta
Aug 7, 2007 at 10:05 AM
^^^^

Well I would say even at Games too, when u have a Getter Dedicated cards like 8600+ u wont see any difference with 4GB :p I have 4GB, for OverClocking purpose I poped 2 out out of the Box :p, and relly no difference in 2GB or 4GB whats so ever :lol:

but yeah, one stuff really helps with 4GB thats Virtualization... :) its damn easy to run 4/5 instance of Virtual OSes, on VPC or VMware :D
iMav
iMav #10
Aug 7, 2007 at 10:13 AM
ya i too feel 4gb would be a little too much but what the hell as arya said ... more the supplements better the performance ... more the merrier ....
slugger
slugger #11
Aug 7, 2007 at 10:37 AM
iMav said:
when u start ps, corel, ie and access ur mail together its gonna b better on a 4gb add to that playing games like nfs pro street

tell me how wud u work on PS, CS, chk ur mail AND play NFS all @ d same time all on d same rig
LOL!!!
Zeeshan Quireshi
Aug 7, 2007 at 1:54 PM
iMav said:
ya i too feel 4gb would be a little too much but what the hell as arya said ... more the supplements better the performance ... more the merrier ....
2 GB RAM in enuf according to me , and you can run your system quite well even while virtualizing(1 OS only) in Vista :)