Memory

[Sanford Aranoff]

Shall I update memory to make my machine faster? XP SP2, 3
GHz, 1 G ram, Dell.

 

[JS]

1GB of ram is more than enough for the average user.

JS

 

[Alias]

Shall I update memory to make my machine faster? XP SP2, 3
GHz, 1 G ram, Dell.

Unless you do video and image editing, you won't notice any speed
increase by adding RAM.

Alias

 

[Unknown]

Won't do a thing for you.

 

[John John (MVP)]

Unless you use memory intensive applications like CAD/CAM, Video
Editing, Photoshop, very large spreadsheets or do very serious gaming
then you will probably be wasting your money. Few users even have a
need for or use a full 1GB of RAM and the added RAM may just go unused.
Look at the Commit Charge in your Task Manager and look at the Peak
Commit Charge to determinge how much RAM is potentially needed.

John

 

[Bob I]

No, updating? memory will not make the machine faster. ADDING memory MAY
increase the the PC response IF the current memory is insufficient for
all the programs the user wishes to access concurrently.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Shall I update memory to make my machine faster? XP SP2, 3
GHz, 1 G ram, Dell.

It depends entirely on what apps you run and how you use your
computer. If you do very memory-intensive tasks like video editing or
photo-editing, more memory might help your performance.

For the great majority of Windows XP users, 1GB is already
considerably more than is needed, and adding more would do *nothing*
for you.