Well so ive been wondering because I just bought a Windows Vista Home Premium about 5 or 6 months ago, but now its slow as a slug! I ususally multitask with Mozilla, games, AIM, Yahoo Instant Messenger, Windows Media, Word Doc etc. So would adding more RAM help?
OS:Windows Vista Home Premium
Brand:Gateway Desktop
Psr: Intel Core 2 Duo
RAM: 1GB
HD: 320GB
Please, how much RAM would I have to get? And why. WILL GET BEST ANSWER
2007-12-08 04:27:02 · 17 answers · asked by Dc2don 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Wow, very fast responses. Thank You everyone and keep them coming! :D
2007-12-08 04:33:14 · update #1
Vista does more than XP so, as a result, it needs more ram. Should run at least 2GBs, especially if you multitask and have Premium, which has Aero and Aero loves chomping on ram. Vista can be tweaked to run good and with its super-prefetch that XP doesn't have it actually runs faster in some apps provided you feed it right. Vista updates help a lot. Unchecking the progs you dont need running all the time in msconfig, startup also helps. Try going into "power options" in the control panel and select the "high performance" power plan. Also turn that annoying UAC off if you haven't already done so.
2007-12-08 05:13:00 · answer #1 · answered by s j 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-02-18 16:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-01 15:57:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Upgrade to 2 GB or 3 and it will be like 100 times faster... Promise!
2007-12-08 04:51:03 · answer #4 · answered by ballistik 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2014-09-02 07:30:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More RAM will help any OS, but the more RAM the OS needs, the more total RAM you need installed for your programs. Vista needs 1GB on its own, so an additional GB would help, and 2GB will help if you keep a lot of programs open at the same time.
2007-12-08 04:34:32 · answer #6 · answered by Spartacus! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're running Vista with 1Gb? Buy at least another 1Gb RAM.
2007-12-08 04:29:56 · answer #7 · answered by floppyorangehat 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All right, so dis is what I did: I got up one friday morning at 5 a.m. and drove to CompUsa because it was 'cheap stuff' day and I bought two 1GB memory pieces for $25 each! Now my cpu runs 4 times faster:)
2007-12-08 04:40:03 · answer #8 · answered by gabe 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vista sucks up memory faster than a vacuum. 2 GB minimum. Hope this helps!!!
2007-12-08 04:31:36 · answer #9 · answered by gxh98 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yup, you should add more RAM, especially you are using Vista.
You can add 1GB RAM or even more if there are some free slots.
2007-12-08 04:32:31 · answer #10 · answered by Cao Hoang Nam 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋