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August 26th, 2007
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| SB4L!! Oh..and um..C4L...  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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|  vista = more ram? With a system running vista is 2 gb of ram enough? what got me thinking was the are selling "vista upgrades" of ram at 4 gb. And the platinum revision 2 gb kit has a $40 rebate atm, so in the end it will only cost me $59.99, so i was thinking i might just go for 2 2gb kits, thats 4 gb's at $120. OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P800R22GK - Retail  Intel Celeron CPU 2.8GHz MS-6714 Mainboard Intel 845G Chipset Intel Integrated 82845G Graphics 40GB UltraDMA Hard Drive Sony DVD/CD RW Steady-state 200 watts PSU Last edited by duckingzebra; August 26th, 2007 at 20:04. |
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August 26th, 2007
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| Stoopid Head  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
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| Re: vista = more ram? My mom's laptop is running Vista with 1GB of RAM fine, but it could be faster. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II |
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August 26th, 2007
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| SB4L!! Oh..and um..C4L... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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| Re: vista = more ram? So...does anyone else think i should go for 4 gb's instead of 2 since its only gonna cost $120. I kinda think thats a steal. Intel Celeron CPU 2.8GHz MS-6714 Mainboard Intel 845G Chipset Intel Integrated 82845G Graphics 40GB UltraDMA Hard Drive Sony DVD/CD RW Steady-state 200 watts PSU |
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August 26th, 2007
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| I'm Evil  | Re: vista = more ram? Unless you have a 64-bit OS, 4GB of memory is a complete waste INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU |
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August 26th, 2007
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| aka Mike Honcho  | Re: vista = more ram? i had vista ultimate 64 with 4gb and judging from the core/memory usage gadget, i never exceeded 2gb. this is during daily use and benchmarks when i could actually see the gadget. either way, i personally had a frustrating time with vista and i'm not using it at the moment. it is probably better now but i'm going to wait for a service pack to come out as i'm enjoying the stability of xp. INTEL Core 2 Extreme QX9770 * ASUS Striker II Extreme 790i Ultra * Corsair Dominator 2GB DDR3-2000 EVGA GTX 280 SLI * Western Digital Velociraptor * ASUS BC-1205PT Blue Ray Drive * Danger Den Torture Rack Water Cooling - Dtek Fuzion V2 - D5 - 120.3 - EK Res400 - 1/2" Tygon - Bitspower Compression Fittings |
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August 26th, 2007
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| SB4L!! Oh..and um..C4L... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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| Re: vista = more ram? Quote:
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August 27th, 2007
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| This is why I'm hot  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Forest of doom :P, UK
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| Re: vista = more ram? My dad ran vista with 512MB of RAM and that was fairly fast there was the constant hitting of the hard drive and no driver's for anything then though so we gave up and put XP back on.   |
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August 27th, 2007
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| Jumpmaster  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lansing, KS
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| Re: vista = more ram? Depends on what you'll be doing on the system as to if 4 GB will make a noticable difference. The 32-bit Vista can only address 3.5 GB, so 512MB of the 4 gigs will be left unused, but...if you're doing a lot of video editing or other high-RAM usage apps that extra 1.5 GB will really help. If on the other hand your running the 64-bit version of Vista, it will see and utilize all 4 gigs. If you're not running any RAM intensive apps or games, I'd stick with the 2 GB. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo @2211.3 MHz MS-7125 Rev 1.0 nForce4 K8N-Neo4 Plat Phoenix 6.00 PG 05/22/2006 BIOS 2 x OCZ4001024PF 1 GB PC3200/400 3-3-3-8 2T nVidia XFX GF8800GT 512 DX9c Samsung SyncMaster 930B 1 x WD800JB / 2 x WD2000JD HP DVD640 OCZ 520ADJ SLI PSU |
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August 27th, 2007
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| Stoopid Head Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
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| Re: vista = more ram? 2GB looks just right. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II |
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