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ram upgrade

  • 29-09-2004 6:39pm
    #1
    griffdaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭


    will i notice any difference in speed by upgrading from 512 of pc 2700 to a gig of pc 2700? it wont bottleneck on the 2.6 Ghz processor or anything like that will it? will it speed up encoding of divx's and the like?


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  • #2
    MazdaMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 147 ✭✭MazdaMan


    With an extra 512mb of ram you would notice about a 20% improvement in some applications. Mainly Image editing and possibly a smaller percentage in Divx Encoding. DivX Encoding is generally a processor intensive task, but it would mean less usage of the swap file as there will be more ram available.

    You should even see an improvement in some games that you might find stutter slightly. And possibly the loading times of some applications.

    1gb Ram is always better than 512mb, the maths is not hard to figure, Ram is a good cheap upgrade for any PC.


  • #3
    ViperVenoM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 807 ✭✭✭ViperVenoM


    oh yeh, go for that 1gb...it made a huge improvement for me on the newer games like farcry/ut2k4...dont use too many apps so i couldnt tell you but extracting files/playing games and what have you theres been a definate improvement...go for it :D


  • #4
    griffdaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭griffdaddy


    cheers for the advice. i've just ordered 512 of corsair from komplett through a friend. i got it for 65 euro cause he buys en mass so even if it doesnt make much of a difference it's not too much to pay. i'll post back what i notice different once i have it in


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