Re: Increased RAM but see no or little speed difference



"Sandeep Kulkarni" <sandeepnk84@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Apr 27, 5:35 pm, "HeyBub" <hey...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sandeep Kulkarni wrote:
Tom,
Though I don't use memory intensive applications, but I felt the
performance for that amount of RAM to be lower than expected.
Also according to several posts in newsgroup, it is better to run
WinXP with 512MB of memory. So I added the memory expecting a increase
in performance.
Even while using Windows Explorer for browsing folders/files without
running any other application there was noticeable delay. Only thing
running in background is AVG Antivirus Free 7. Now after adding the
memory still there is delay. As this computer is not connected to
network, so there should have been noticeable difference in browsing.
But I am unable to see that.
I will try to follow suggestions give by earlier posters. And will
post back my comments.
Thank you,

You won't see a speed improvement if the problem is latency in your
network
connection. Try calculating the inverse of a 1000x1000 matrix...

A computer is only as fast as its slowest part - you may be confining
yourself to activities that are not RAM dependent.

Kinda like using a Porche to drive to the 7-11. Through a school zone.-
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My computer is not conncted to network. I connect to internet using
DSL line.
Also watching DVD is I think a RAM & CPU dependent task. I see nearly
no difference there too.
As per my knowledge WinXP adjust itself during installation according
to the hardware at the time of installation. So when I installed
WinXP, it took into account then available configuration. So it may be
happening due to that reason. Can anybody give the answer to above
speculation? That above statement is right or wrong? It yes then do I
need to install WinXP again to make use of the current hardware
configuration?
Thank you,
Sandeep


I would suggest increasing your shared video RAM to at least 32m


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