Hi, I have a Emachines T2892, I currently have 1.5 GB of RAM, 160GB Harddrive, and a decent video card (256mb), I also have Comcast Highspeed Internet. I was thinking of upgrading my RAM from 1.5 GB to 3 GB, will this help the overall performance of my computer? Thanks alot!
2007-07-15 07:31:38 · 7 answers · asked by Montello43 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
As for the slots used ETC, what I have now is 4 slots total, 2 used. One has 512mb, and the other has 1GB. Thanks guys!
2007-07-15 07:38:47 · update #1
Oh and my Motherboard max is 3 GB :)
2007-07-15 07:39:21 · update #2
Whats the type of HDD? P-ATA/SATA? ?? No Clue...
Ram timings? ?? No Clue...
Motherbord max ram support? 3GB Max
CPU? 2.09 GHZ
2007-07-15 07:43:05 · update #3
More RAM will only boos your performance if you are using up all that you have now,. Most people will not use up 1.5 GB.
Hit CTRL+ALT+Delete to bring up the task manager, and click on the Performance tab.
Here it will tell you haw much memory you have an how much is bing used - under the Physical Memory section. Also if your Page File Usage History is flat and low then you are not running out of RAM and having to use the hard drive as virtual memory.
What are you unhappy about now?
If it is web speed then there may be little you can do about that. If you have a slow link from Comcast then no extra RAM or CPU or hard drive is going to speed that up. If you go to a slow server then you could have a BlueGene on a T1 pipe, but it will still be slow.
Games will be very dependent upon the graphics processor you have, not just how much memory it has.
You need to say what you wnat better performance at, for us to say what you need.
2007-07-15 08:00:16 · answer #1 · answered by Simon T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whats the type of HDD? P-ATA/SATA?
Ram timings?
Motherbord max ram support?
CPU?
The type of HDD.. what i meant was - how the hdd is connected to the mobo. With a grey wire or with a small red one?
CPU seems to be ok.
I would suggest you smaller ram (512 or even 256) but with smaller timings. Smaller timings makes the ram work faster. And if ram works fast, your computer is 'flying' :]
So if you're having 4 slots with a 256 mb in each. You'll have 2 gb of ram!
2007-07-15 07:41:03 · answer #2 · answered by never_stop_coding 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-09 09:41:12 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how many ram empty slots do u have on ur motherboard?
if 2 and overall 4, i recommend u to get the same ram u have now, so u will have four same memmory cards.
4x 768mb
2007-07-15 07:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by oakalon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You already have more memory than most people. What's the max your motherboard will support?
2007-07-15 07:35:38 · answer #5 · answered by conehead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short answer - yes!
2007-07-15 07:34:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
more ram is ALWAYS better.
2007-07-15 07:50:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋