More memory - how useful?

[John Jones]

Our XP pc has 1gb of ram installed.
Just bought another 1gb.
Before installing it though what's a good way of testing the pc before
and after installation to see the effect of the additional ram?
....some benchmark software I expect...if so any advice on simple, free
program?
Thanks, John

 

[SteveH]

Our XP pc has 1gb of ram installed.
Just bought another 1gb.
Before installing it though what's a good way of testing the pc before
and after installation to see the effect of the additional ram?
...some benchmark software I expect...if so any advice on simple, free
program?
Thanks, John

Unless you run any particularly memory hungry apps or games, I doubt you'll
see much (if any) performance difference. You could run the memory tests in
Everest to see if there is any difference.

SteveH

 

[x5]

Our XP pc has 1gb of ram installed.
Just bought another 1gb.
Before installing it though what's a good way of testing the pc before
and after installation to see the effect of the additional ram?
...some benchmark software I expect...if so any advice on simple, free
program?
Thanks, John

if u system ran full speed with 1gb, adding 1 more will not
make it faster or anything. unless u want to multitask every
single program written since 1977

 

[Paul]

Our XP pc has 1gb of ram installed.
Just bought another 1gb.
Before installing it though what's a good way of testing the pc before
and after installation to see the effect of the additional ram?
...some benchmark software I expect...if so any advice on simple, free
program?
Thanks, John

http://www.xtremesystems.com/pi/
http://www.xtremesystems.com/pi/super_pi_mod-1.5.zip

(For fun - a ranking page)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36835&highlight=superpi+download

HTH,
Paul

 

[SteveH]

if u system ran full speed with 1gb, adding 1 more will not
make it faster or anything. unless u want to multitask every
single program written since 1977

Unless he's running M$ Flight Sim 10, in which case he needs another 2 gig!

 

[John Jones]

OK...thanks 4 all the advice...I'll give them a go. J
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