Xp Ram ?

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OldPhil View Member Profile	May 10 2008, 02:06 AM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 15-April 08 Member No.: 203,246	What are the pros & cons of various amounts of ram on XP Home, I am running an ASRock Conroe1333-D667, I think it is decent run of the mill board. I have a gig of Corsair, was thinking of bumping it to two, Photo Shop is the only hog program on the machine. Phil -------------------- Laus Deo

Sneakycyber View Member Profile	May 10 2008, 04:17 AM Post #2
Hardware Guru Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,689 Joined: 25-January 07 From: Tiffin, Ohio Member No.: 108,353	You can go up to 3 gigs of memory with Windows XP but it won't recognize all of it. If you want to use more than 3 gigs you will have to upgrade to a 64 bit operating system. You can install more than 3 gigs on Windows XP 32 bit but windows wont even see it. This post has been edited by Sneakycyber: May 10 2008, 04:17 AM -------------------- ~Chad~ Biostar P4M900-M4, Celeron 2.7GHZ OCD 2.95, 2GB patriot DDR2 667 CL3, 60,20 GB IDE HDD, Windows XP Professional SP2, SAS, MBAM, MCAFEE STINGER, Zonealarm, Linksys Router, and Palm TX HandHeld. Sys 2 (FAH Machine) Athlon 650, 768 mb Pc133, Windows XP SP2

OldPhil View Member Profile	May 10 2008, 09:50 PM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 15-April 08 Member No.: 203,246	Thanks I am considering going to teo gigs but not sure if it will benefit me much for what I do with the machine. Phil -------------------- Laus Deo

DaChew View Member Profile	May 10 2008, 10:29 PM Post #4
Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,897 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963	I like to balance the amount of ram with the computer and it's uses, PS is a hog but a good one, if you have a dual core and multitask then 2 gigs might get some use, if you only do lighter tasks then it's a waste monitor it with task manager, if your page file use doesn't go up when doing your normal routine including some heavier tasks with photoshop and you still have a couple of hundred megs free of physical ram then adding a gig won't help Gamers today need that second gig to preload all the scenery -------------------- Chewy life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run

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