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2gb vs 3 gb ram

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  • 25-08-2007 4:31pm
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    eamonntheviking
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    Hey Guys,

    I'm upgrading some of my computer and I was going to go to 2gb of ram from 1gb of this ram

    (Corsair XMS2 5400 DDR2, 1024MB PC5400 64Meg x 8, CAS 4-4-4-12, 667MHz, 240pin)

    but since prices are cheap enough at the moment should I spend an extra 50 and get 3gb or get myself a pair of headphones for the computer?

    I'm mostly upgrading for gaming purposes.

    Cheers Eamonn


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    Anti
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    What operating system do you have? if its a 32bit OS then 3gb is what you should go for, as it wont recognise anymore. If you are running a 64bit OS go with 4gb. As its mainly for games the more ram the better.


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    eamonntheviking
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    I have xp32bit so I reckon I'll go up to the 3gb.

    Another quick question, I was reading somewhere about there being bottlenecks with ram if you're cpu isnt fast enough. I have a athlon 64 3800+ x2, should that be ok with the extra ram? I'm also going to throw in a ati x1950pro.

    Cheers, Eamonn


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    tuxy
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    eamonntheviking wrote:
    I have xp32bit so I reckon I'll go up to the 3gb.

    Another quick question, I was reading somewhere about there being bottlenecks with ram if you're cpu isnt fast enough. I have a athlon 64 3800+ x2, should that be ok with the extra ram? I'm also going to throw in a ati x1950pro.

    Cheers, Eamonn

    I think you have that a bit mixed up. It's more like if your ram isn't fast enough it can be a bit of a bottleneck to the processor. That ram is fine for the cpu you have.


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    eamonntheviking
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    tuxy wrote:
    I think you have that a bit mixed up. It's more like if your ram isn't fast enough it can be a bit of a bottleneck to the processor. That ram is fine for the cpu you have.
    Good stuff,thanks very much!


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