Re: 256 DDR vs. 512 DDR

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 18:57:23 -0700

Cool, thanks for the info guys. I ran the preformance
tab in task manager and ran about five items andd it
didnt exceed 256mb. I think it was in the 125-150 range.

>-----Original Message-----
>It all depends on what you have running and what you do.
>For simple web surfing and email or simple word
processing,
>256 MB with proper virtual memory settings will be just
>fine. The time used to do disk access read/writes will
jot
>be noticed, you are not using very much computer power.
But
>if you do any photo editing, large spreadsheets, or other
>memory intensive applications at the same time, more RAM
>helps because you won't be using slower hard drive based
>virtual memory as much.
>A few years ago, you could spend several thousand dollars
>buying 512 MB of memory so systems were built with a
minimum
>amount of RAM. Today you can buy 512 MB for less than
$100.
>
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><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:154dc01c446a4$834c8ef0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>| Hi. If all I do is surf the web and do some word
>| processing will I notice a difference between 256 DDR
and
>| 512 DDR? If I did upgrade to 512 MB would it be better
>| to get to 256 DDR or just add two 128 DDR to bring it
up
>| to 512 DDR? Thanks, Craig.
>
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