RAM

[PossessedChiken]

Looking for some RAM for my friend since his kinda sucks.. Can anyone recommend anything? Thanks!

[MadCatChiken]

1GB or 2GB or 4GB but the 4GB is like £600+

/me gets back to how hes gonna get cash for this baby: http://beast-pc.com/pd_256mb_leadtek_7800gs.cfm

[BasT]

thats nice, hmmmm might think about buying a few upgrades to old computer

[MadCatChiken]

hmm got something.

http://poleware.com/store/polewarestore_viewitem.asp?idproduct=4718&idAffiliate=8

and this too.

http://www.aria.co.uk/productslist.asp?name=MEM-CVS-VS1GB533&ref=froogle&popup=ProductInfoComm.asp%3Fid=23536

[PossessedChiken]

Thanks MC (Y)

[MadCatChiken]

thats ok but if ya need any more prices or looking for cheaper prices... www.froogle.com or Ebay =p

[DruidChiken]

Amount of ram will be determined by by processor and operating system.

If u are running a AMD cpu on win XP then the max ram u can go to is 2gb.

U can go higher but its pointless because windows will not be able to access it correctly and if u take it to 4gb it will still only be displayed as 2.5gb. U may also get application errors in some programs.

i beleive Intel cpus will allow more ram but i never use them so i havent tested it.

Winx64 will display ram up to the m/boards max capicity.

[CluckerChiken]

Lowki? :P

[MaliciousSoul]

I run an AMD FX57 with XP64 so i can address a full 4Gb of RAM. I've ran various benchmarks with 2GB and 4Gb and havn't seen a noticeble diff in gaming, etc. that would offset the additional cost to go to 4Gb. I ended up just sticking with 2Gb and putting the other 2 in my server.

MS

[DangerChiken]

No games to date benefit from more than 2gb.

[MaliciousSoul]

Yeah, i only tested with 4Gb to see if it would give the OS more 'breathing' room thus possibly increasing performance in other areas. Had the memory so figured why not.

MS