Upgrading from 1-2 gigs of ram

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  • Za Ha
    Confirmed User
    • Oct 2001
    • 5112
    #1

    Upgrading from 1-2 gigs of ram

    Getting another monitor next week (too cold to go outside this week in toronto) and thought I might upgrade my comp to 2 gigs of ram.

    Im running xp and mostly work with photoshop, dreamweaver and have a few other little things open. The computer will be running dual monitors.

    Will the gig of ram help at all?
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    • Dirty F
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Jul 2001
      • 59204
      #2
      Hardly

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        • Dirty F
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Jul 2001
          • 59204
          #3
          Its cheap so you can think what the hell, i'll buy it anyway but dont expect too much improvements. Actually i think you will not notice anything.









          <--- shaves

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            • machinegunkelly
              Confirmed User
              • Jun 2003
              • 3304
              #4
              You'll only notice a difference if you usually push your system farther than what your ram will allow .

              one 3d program I use shows you the amount of ram you are using , and it gets pretty wild sometimes . So I upgraded and its buch better in THAT program . only cause it was using more ram than I had .
              dead.

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                • AdultNex
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 8985
                  #5
                  Depends on what kind of RAM you're using.

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                    • Vitasoy
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                      • Oct 2003
                      • 58202
                      #6
                      yea depends what kind of ram, and the specs of it. Oh and try to get idenetial ones


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                        • s9ann0
                          Confirmed User
                          • Sep 2001
                          • 4873
                          #7
                          i never see XP / windows 2000 using all the ram, I mean I have a gig of ram it uses 400mb and it demands like a 1 gig swap file, shouldn't it be using the RAM instead of swapping?!

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                            • Ash@phpFX
                              Confirmed User
                              • Nov 2003
                              • 4292
                              #8
                              i only have 768 of SD ram, it was obviuosly a huge increase for me because i upgraded from 256. some stuff does run better, but if you are just running one regular (ie not demanding) program there is no difference

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                                • boneprone
                                  Hall Of Fame
                                  • Jan 2001
                                  • 34415
                                  #9
                                  seems more cpu is needed more than ram once you are over 1 gig of memory

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