How much will it improve my speed to upgrade to 4GB of RAM? I currently have 2GB DDR2 on an Athlon 64 x2 5600+ and I'm wondering how much of a difference it would make for every day use with Vista, video editing and gaming.
I say 4GB instead of 3GB because it's $65 for 1GB and just $95 for 2x1GB on crucial.com so if I upgrade I figure I might as well get the 2x1.
In other words how much will I notice the difference between 2GB of RAM to 4GB?
Great thanks in advance.
2007-08-31 23:49:24 · 8 answers · asked by Michael 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
You probably wouldn't notice a huge difference with ordinary applications, but you will find things will be much quicker with graphically or memory intense things like photo and video editing. But also you will be able to run multiple apps alongside each other without any significant slowdown. If you're using Vista then 4GB is definitely worthwhile because it is such a graphically intense interface which itself can steal memory capacity from other apps. so yeah basically i would get it!
2007-08-31 23:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by brettadamwilson 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As of right now, there isnt anything out there that would make you notice a difference. But if you are planning for the future then you might as well go for 4gb. The only way you would need to go to 4gb is if you are going to use windows vista, if you are still using xp there really is no point to have 4gb, no game will use that much(as of right now). The 2gb you have now will be just fine for any game out there for at least 1-2years or more.
2007-09-01 00:01:52 · answer #2 · answered by applebeer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say go for the 4 GB. Games and editing use a lot of RAM. I always like to have several sites/windows open at the same time and a person can never have too much RAM. You'll be screamin'.
2007-09-01 00:04:44 · answer #3 · answered by soupkitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There would definitely be a difference, but not too much. Don't expect doubled performance. Video editing, if on a high scale, needs as much RAM as possible. Ditto for games. But it all depends on how much speed the processor is packing.
2007-08-31 23:59:06 · answer #4 · answered by babarimam 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've recently gone from 512 MB to 1 GB and I haven't noticed much difference except in my use of Microsoft Virtual PC which needs memory to install a virtual OS. Unless you are a compulsive gamer, I would think your existing 2 GB is fine
2007-08-31 23:59:11 · answer #5 · answered by Sir Jam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the experience that your pc is understanding of reminiscence while using the softwares you have uploaded, including further reminiscence will help plenty in terms of speed of get right of entry to. to illustrate, the reminiscence manufacturers can coach to you that for the period of the area of gaming the place reminiscence pages are required and projects switched continously, that is significant to have greater reminiscence. on the different hand, in the experience that your softwares uploaded does not even dissipate the two GB, there isn't plenty earnings to enhance the RAM from 2 GB to 4 GB.. to evaluation your reminiscence utilization, attempt this press CTL-ALT-DEL to get into activity supervisor, then go with "perfomance" Tab.. examine the obtainable actual reminiscence left.. at genuine time..
2016-10-17 09:18:51 · answer #6 · answered by neher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personnaly on gaming, you would have much more smother gameplay, and better fps,.. you could make the graphics better. also try to benchmark your computer before and after the RAM installation to see the full difference.
2007-08-31 23:59:34 · answer #7 · answered by mackyinc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would not go with 4g unless you plan on building maps and or games 2 g is enough
2007-09-01 13:57:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋