RAM 1gb (256mb x 4)

[Guest]

Can having a 256MB x 4 configuration result in a bottleneck and slow down of
Vista? This is my config and recently, Vista has started to run slowly.
Even right-clicking on desktop items seems slower.

My system:
P4 HT 3.0Ghz
1 gb RAM (256MB x 4)
ATI Radeon 1600 PCIe 512MB
Nothing running except for Windows Sidebar and Norton System Works 2007.
(Norton 2007 is running smoothly on my gf's XP laptop, and turning off its
services does not help much)
Normal processes running.

 

[Guest]

Should hav e added that my system scores a 4.2...

Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz 4.2
Memory (RAM) 1.00 GB 4.5
Graphics Radeon X1600 Series 4.6
Gaming graphics 767 MB Total available graphics memory 4.9
Primary hard disk 207GB Free (233GB Total) 5.8

 

[Jeff Ingram]

Do you know what your system score was before you added the memory?

Jeff

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP]

System score will be the same, as it is based on the lowest performer which
is the CPU..

Do you know what your system score was before you added the memory?

Jeff

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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

 

[Guest]

It was still 4.2 since I had 512MB.
So, back to my question...

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP]

Phil

Each component is tested and an individual score given.. your memory is
4.5.. your cpu score is 4.2.. so your overall score is 4.2.. it has nothing
to do with memory.. your cpu is the weakest link..

BUT, does the system work ok for you? if it does, forget the scores and just
get on with using it..

It was still 4.2 since I had 512MB.
So, back to my question...

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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

 

[Dustin Harper]

As far as the four RAM sticks becoming the bottleneck? In some benchmarks
you will see a difference between 2 sticks and 4. But only in the order of
~2-3% at maximum. In general use, you wouldn't recognize it. I'm running a
P4 3.0 HT and 2 512MB sticks, and I have slow moments, too (right clicking,
opening programs). Not dreadfully slow, but slower than normal.

I also have a dual core AMD machine with 2 GB that is a screamer. So, I plan
on upgrading the P4 to a Core2Duo with 2 GB of RAM to speed it up a bit.