Doubling the RAM performance

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On a 3.0GHz processor PC with 512Mb RAM running WinXP.

Has anyone doubled their 512Mb RAM to 1024Mb and noticed the difference?
What differences did you notice in performance? Is it worth doing?
 
Ben said:
On a 3.0GHz processor PC with 512Mb RAM running WinXP.

Has anyone doubled their 512Mb RAM to 1024Mb and noticed the difference?
What differences did you notice in performance? Is it worth doing?
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Well, I could run Half-Life 2 with High texture detail without any
stuttering.

Or did you mean WinXP by itself? No difference IMHO.
 
Ben said:
On a 3.0GHz processor PC with 512Mb RAM running WinXP.

Has anyone doubled their 512Mb RAM to 1024Mb and noticed the difference?
What differences did you notice in performance? Is it worth doing?
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for just running light apps...it won't make any difference...
but for photoshop or video editing etc adding more RAM will help
 
On a 3.0GHz processor PC with 512Mb RAM running WinXP.

Has anyone doubled their 512Mb RAM to 1024Mb and noticed the difference?
What differences did you notice in performance? Is it worth doing?
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I did . Actually 512 is a good amount you really notice a difference
from 256 to 512 and I thought I woudnt notice much difference between
512 and 1 gig. I actually did. In general I would say Im using my 512
meg 2nd PC now and it runs great.

The usual thing though is its supposed to make a primary difference
with Photoshop etc like the other poster said. But I noticed it made a
huge difference in my case with power desk the file managing app that
replaces File manager. I use this ALL the time its a basic util I
install on all my PCs. The problem is it runs slower than File
Manager and often used to hang and mess up. I thought it was due to
lots of things but after updating and doing all kinds of stuff it
never seemed to improve, After going to 1 gig it improved
dramatically. It runs much smoother now. Does that mean you have to go
to 1 gig? Not really but I did notice I was fairly low in free memory
even with 512 megs so I feel like its giving me a bit more headroom.

Im even thinking of going higher since 3200 DDR has fallen in price
recently again in the 40-50 range during rebate sales since I plan to
use Photoshop more and do some video editing.

If you are a light user and 50-60 bucks is a lot of bucks for you ---
I wouldnt add that extra mem. If you have 50-60 lying around anyway
and you are a heavy user then Id probably add it to your system. I
also wouldnt add it if you are running a PC133 mem system or planning
to buy more more 2100 DDR since itll be hard to get rid off later on
and you wont get any extra money for a 1 gig ancient system.
 
On a 3.0GHz processor PC with 512Mb RAM running WinXP.

Has anyone doubled their 512Mb RAM to 1024Mb and noticed the difference?
What differences did you notice in performance? Is it worth doing?
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It depends entirely on what you're running, job sizes and
numbers of them. Some people will have zero benefit, while
others will have their job times cut by 300%. Most PC users
will find something inbetween, depending on how large the
job (or game, etc) is, since 512MB is plenty for a few dozen
IE windows, the whole MS office suite opened, etc.

On Win2k/XP the Task Manager, Commit Charge (Peak) is a very
useful tool in determining how much memory you're using.
Add a little (128-256MB) to the peak for HDD caching and
compare to physical RAM installed.
 
Ideally you should be using at least 1 gb of RAM on a P4. Depending on the
applications, we noticed a big difference. There is a lot less caching with
more RAM.

If you are running simple word processing, and small applications, 512 mb is
okay. If you are working in large databases, performing photo editing,
software development, or running games, you should have more than 512 mb
RAM.

--

Jerry G.
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On a 3.0GHz processor PC with 512Mb RAM running WinXP.

Has anyone doubled their 512Mb RAM to 1024Mb and noticed the difference?
What differences did you notice in performance? Is it worth doing?
 
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