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#1 OFFLINE   englishmen

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Posted 20 June 2005 - 02:52 PM

I currently have 2Gb of ram in 4 512Mb sticks but am thinking of getting faster memory i.e. the actual speed the memory runs, but as I already have 2gb of ram will I actualy see a performance increase? Thanks in advanced.

#2 OFFLINE   DjLizard

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Posted 20 June 2005 - 03:01 PM

lol

#3 OFFLINE   englishmen

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Posted 20 June 2005 - 05:48 PM

Whats funny?

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Posted 20 June 2005 - 07:07 PM

That you more than likely will notice no difference.

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Posted 20 June 2005 - 09:01 PM

That you have 2GB and for some reason you want more. I have 1GB myself!

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Posted 20 June 2005 - 10:10 PM

DjLizard, on Jun 20 2005, 05:01 PM, said:

That you have 2GB and for some reason you want more.  I have 1GB myself!

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I believe he meant keeping it at 2GB but at a faster frequeny/clock, etc.

#7 OFFLINE   englishmen

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Posted 21 June 2005 - 08:07 AM

That's exactly what I wanted to to Tarun. Do you think it may have a affect if a I buy 1Gb of memory but at a faster clock speed? So i would then have 3 512Mb sticks and one 1Gb stick but at a faster clock speed.

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Posted 21 June 2005 - 02:18 PM

The increase would be on the order of milliseconds. You're already running with so much ram it's insane...
the only way it could go faster (noticeably) is if you had 400 MHz dual channel support, and even then, you'd have to benchmark to notice it.

#9 OFFLINE   englishmen

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Posted 21 June 2005 - 02:36 PM

No speed increase oh my god what is the world coming to? I was getting in the habit in buying memory :( :D

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Posted 21 June 2005 - 10:31 PM

englishmen, on Jun 21 2005, 03:36 PM, said:

No speed increase oh my god what is the world coming to? I was getting in the habit in buying memory  :(  :D

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Save your money ready for ever increasing congestion charges targeted at Londoners.

#11 OFFLINE   englishmen

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Posted 22 June 2005 - 08:01 AM

Congestion charging is going the opposite way from where I live :D

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Posted 22 June 2005 - 08:55 AM

2 gb RAM is definitly enough, and buying a faster memory module while still having your slower memory modules wont change anything since you cant run the new memory modules in lower latency settings.

Wait to buy new memory until next time you buy a new computer.



#13 OFFLINE   englishmen

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Posted 22 June 2005 - 08:59 AM

I build my own, I guess ill have to replace them all :D

#14 OFFLINE   DjLizard

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Posted 22 June 2005 - 03:39 PM

Ignore Eldmannen; maybe if nobody acknowledges his presence, he'll go away.

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Posted 22 June 2005 - 05:07 PM

DjLizard, on Jun 22 2005, 03:39 PM, said:

Ignore Eldmannen; maybe if nobody acknowledges his presence, he'll go away.

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why does everyone not like eldmannen??? i dont understand :( :(

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#16 OFFLINE   agumon

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Posted 22 June 2005 - 05:20 PM

there are always things that we dont understand...
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#17 OFFLINE   Tarun

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Posted 22 June 2005 - 05:54 PM

corjello, on Jun 22 2005, 01:07 PM, said:

why does everyone not like eldmannen??? i dont understand  :(  :(

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It never helps people, simply suggests alternatives and never fixes a thing. More problems than good things.

#18 OFFLINE   Capman

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Posted 22 June 2005 - 09:09 PM

Or he re-opens a topic that is deemed closed and just repeats some of the things that have already been stated.

#19 OFFLINE   englishmen

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Posted 24 June 2005 - 08:27 AM

If you had a choice(as I have :D ) would you go for 2Gb of slow crappy memory from a 3 year old dell or 1 stick of the latest fastest 1Gb memory stick?

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Posted 24 June 2005 - 02:52 PM

If you really want to spend money (as it seems you do) by all means go ahead. But 2GB of old ram will be faster than new 1GB stick. IT seriously wouldnt matter besides the hole in your pockets. I can not think of a single use of a computer that would use all that RAM... Unless you do some seriously intense movie editing/caputuring/producing . But even then, i dont think it could use all that

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