Memory Issues

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I am using windows xp on P4 1.6 over Intel 850MV motherboard with 384 MB
RDRAM. I want to know whether increasing RAM will effect or boast the
performance of my pc? I also want to know what is better RAM for windowsxp,
SDRAM, DDR SDRAM or RDRAM? or is it imaterial to have one type of RAM over
the other and its just the quantity that matters? Anyone with a suitable
advice......
 
Adding more RAM will certainly improve your PC performance.

The type of RAM you need is dependent on your Motherboard.

Mack
 
Adding more RAM will certainly improve your PC performance.
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That depends entirely on what apps he runs. *Most* people running
a common range of business apps under Windows XP on a computer
with 384MB will see no improvement by adding more RAM.

On the other hand, if Usman does tasks that are particularly
memory-intensive, such as editing large photographic images, yes,
adding more RAM can make a big difference.

--
Ken Blake
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DDR and RDRAM and the two fastest, but that doesnt really
matter because your motherboard can only use RDRAM!

Adding more RAM will help windows depending on what u r
doing. if u just use your computer for web brosweing and
e-mail u dont need more RAM. but if u play games, edit
video or audio get more. u dont need more than 512 mb
though.
 
Thank you, Blake, I do use memory intensive programs on my pc, but I dont
remember where but I read it somewhere that large amount of RDRAMs do not
perform well with windowsxp. Is this correct? I just needed to gather more
comparison information on the different types of RAM and precisely which is
better than the other?
 
Usman said:
I am using windows xp on P4 1.6 over Intel 850MV motherboard with 384 MB
RDRAM. I want to know whether increasing RAM will effect or boast the
performance of my pc? I also want to know what is better RAM for windowsxp,
SDRAM, DDR SDRAM or RDRAM? or is it imaterial to have one type of RAM over
the other and its just the quantity that matters? Anyone with a suitable
advice......
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Others have tackled the "how much" question. As far as "what type," I could
buy gigabyte upon gigabyte of RDRam, but it wouldn't help me at all, as my
mainboard doesn't support it. You need to find out what your system
supports, and go with it.
 
Mack said:
Adding more RAM will certainly improve your PC performance.
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512MB is pretty ideal for most purposes. Applications
such as Photoshop like even more.
The type of RAM you need is dependent on your Motherboard.
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Yes. However, if you're starting fresh, RDRAM is
probably still the fastest for applications that do mostly
serial access. I have heard though that DDR has shorter
latency than RDRAM (confirm anyone?), so DDR may
be faster for applications whose memory accesses are
mostly random, such as chess playing software.

-- Bob Day
 
Usman said:
Thank you, Blake, I do use memory intensive programs on my pc, but I dont
remember where but I read it somewhere that large amount of RDRAMs do not
perform well with windowsxp. Is this correct?
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No. I have 512MB of PC1066 RDRAM on my
computer (which runs Windows XP), and it's run
smooth as glass for over a year now.

-- Bob Day
 
Usman said:
I am using windows xp on P4 1.6 over Intel 850MV motherboard with 384 MB
RDRAM. I want to know whether increasing RAM will effect or boast the
performance of my pc? I also want to know what is better RAM for windowsxp,
SDRAM, DDR SDRAM or RDRAM? or is it imaterial to have one type of RAM over
the other and its just the quantity that matters? Anyone with a suitable
advice......
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The main benefit from adding more RAM is that it reduces, or perhaps
eliminates completely, the need for Windows to move active memory
pages from RAM to the paging file so that RAM can be used for other,
currently more important, tasks.

Therefore if there is currently little or no activity of this type
occurring on your computer then it is highly unlikely that you will
see much if any benefit from adding more RAM.

Unfortunately there is no readily available reporting tool in Windows
XP that shows the actual paging activity. There is a free utility
that you can download from
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm or from
http://billsway.com/notes_public/WinXP_Tweaks that will show you how
much of your paging file consist of actual current memory pages that
have been moved out from RAM. If that figure shows as 50 mb or more
on a regular basis then that is a pretty good indication that there is
considerable paging activity and therefore adding more RAM is likely
to be beneficial.

This applies regardless of how much, or how little, RAM is currently
installed in the computer.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
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