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 Cheep-cheep Level: 32 Posts: 47/189 EXP: 205957 Next: 485 Since: 02-19-07 From: Brooklyn, NY Last post: 5040 days Last view: 2667 days |
Okay, I installed more memory a few months ago (upgrading from 512 Mb to 2.5 Gb), and I've been wondering since then...
The old memory is 333 Mhz, the new is 400 Mhz, so the highest speed it's all going to run at is 333 Mhz... So the question is: Is it better to run more memory at a lower speed (2.5 Gb at 333) or less memory at a slightly higher speed (2 Gb at 400)? ____________________ andrew sylvester dot com | retrogaming @ robot vaudeville |
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 The Guardian Moloch whose eyes are a thousand blind windows! Level: 124 Posts: 791/4196 EXP: 21545321 Next: 291280 Since: 02-19-07 From: Ithaca, NY, US Last post: 478 days Last view: 91 days |
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 Bloober Level: 47 Posts: 404/444 EXP: 739901 Next: 26302 Since: 03-20-07 Last post: 5437 days Last view: 5828 days |
First off, what motherboard are you using that only supports 333MHz? :p
But to expand what blackhole said, it depends on what's limiting you. If you can write/read data there fast enough to keep up with your program, then more speed won't actually change anything. If you have enough storage to store everything that needs to be stored, then more storage won't actually change anything. For 2.5gb, if you're running XP, you probably have enough storage. The max a 32-bit system can "use" is 2.8gb anyways, and the only way to get around that is to upgrade to Vista. (or even worse, use the abominable XP64) If you want to make your RAM any faster, at this point you'd have to get a strip with a faster speed, which means you'd have to get a new motherboard and processor with a FSB that can accept that kind of speed... Really, at that point, might as well upgrade your whole system. |
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 Cape Luigi Level: 131 Posts: 2048/4792 EXP: 26245167 Next: 179453 Since: 03-15-07 Last post: 3741 days Last view: 3653 days |
Posted by witeasprinwowXP64? What exactly is that? ____________________ |
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Cape Luigi Level: 131 Posts: 2051/4792 EXP: 26245167 Next: 179453 Since: 03-15-07 Last post: 3741 days Last view: 3653 days |
Posted by ZemI don't want to know what Microsoft thinks of their own product (I bet they said WinME was the best OS ever at one time)  ____________________ |
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Bloober Level: 47 Posts: 405/444 EXP: 739901 Next: 26302 Since: 03-20-07 Last post: 5437 days Last view: 5828 days |
Posted by NightKevPosted by ZemI don't want to know what Microsoft thinks of their own product (I bet they said WinME was the best OS ever at one time) As though every OS company hasn't? Anyways, XP64 is just XP running in 64-bits, allowing more RAM to be used by the computer. The problem is that it didn't really have a great 32-bit compatibility mode, meaning you could only run 64-bit programs. And since nobody had ever heard of XP64, that means you could run jack shit. |
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