1GB of Memory is (((NOT))) TOO MUCH RAM!!... Not anymore.

[Bad Dude]

Well I have been having 1GB for over one year now and even without gaming it's great too.
Very quick response.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: chizow

Originally posted by: BFG10K

If you've ever wondered why your gaming experience gets "chunky" after a few hours of gaming, its probably b/c of a memory leak that results in low system cache and constant accessing of the swap file. The only fix I know of is a reboot

The fix is to simply close the program and Windows will then reclaim all of the memory in use by that program.

You must be running Windows XP Perfect Edition or different software. The majority of us still get such fun things as BSODs, error reports, memory leaks, crashes, etc.

Unfortunately, Windows isn't perfectly efficient at reclaiming memory from buggy programs, which is why such bugs are called memory "leaks".
Its also why its not recommended to close a program from task manager without allowing the program to run through its normal closing processes.

Chiz

with winxp sp1 i've never had a bsod yet. i multitask a decent amount too. its close to perfect as its ever been!

 

[ElFenix]

i routinely go up into 800+ MB in use, so i think its about time to get some more.

 

[Need4Speed]

FWIW ... "1GB of Memory is (((NOT))) TOO MUCH RAM!!... Not anymore." there has never been such a thing as too much RAM. However, for the majority of the people the cost/benefit just wasn't there (in the past year) after 512 for gamers and 256 for Joe Average.

There are peeps (myself included) who have machines with an ungodly amount of memory. But thats for serious work, not to play games. There might be an improvement in gaming, but I just dont see how the cost can outway the small margins in gain. Yes mem is getting cheaper. But the money spent on the extra mem could easily be used to upgrade something else.

-P

 

[Whitedog]

Yes mem is getting cheaper. But the money spent on the extra mem could easily be used to upgrade something else.

There are people who will upgrade a video card to go from 50 to 70 FPS... You KNOW how much video cards cost.

1 GB of Good PC2700 ram cost around $150 total... That's not a very expensive upgrade in my opinion. Cheaper than a high quality video card for sure.

 

[Need4Speed]

youre right of course in that respect. what i meant was...someone could upgrade or buy another HDD, maybe even a new cdrw. I did not intend to mean that the upgrade had to yield a gaming performace increase since the cost/benefit would be marginal in either case.

gaming fanatics and hardware junkies are not a good example for this...since its not so much about increasing the performance for them as it is having the newest and fastest on the block. <---- this includes me of course ... but i also try to use some common sense at times and not throw 2 c-notes out the window for just a 10fps increase.

and yes, mem will increase overall system performace, but with that i refer to my original point about the cost/benefit for Joe Average

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Yield

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
I never thought 1GB was too much back in 1998. Boy did it sure cost a lot back then! :Q

I wish motherboards supported bigger size memories. 256GB of RAM would be real nice. Having support for that in XP would be nice too.

You can NEVER have too much ram! Never!

Well, unless this happens!!!

Cheers!

that is so sweet!

Woah! Someone wrote into PC World saying something that sounds quite true - PC companies hire reps for technical support positions based on customer service skills FIRST, technical knowledge second. The person then said something to the effect of:
"Yes, we'll hire you, provided you can provide good customer service. We'll teach you medicine later."

 

[bigpow]

Originally posted by: Whitedog
For those who keep asking the Question "Should I upgrade to 1GB of RAM?", or have asked "Is 1GB of RAM too much?"
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NOW, let me tell you. Just upgrading to 1GB RAM with the faster bus (666MHZ effectively I think) made ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD! I had a city loaded up with population over 200,000 and it was still running very nicely (comparatively speaking).


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Not sure about your DDR speed, but you sure picked up an interesting number there.
Dual Channel DDR doesn't double your DDR speed like that. Or is it?

 

[Whitedog]

Dual Channel DDR doesn't double your DDR speed like that. Or is it?

666MHz is only a representation of "bandwidth" which we are accustomed to calculating (MHZ x 8) to get bandwidth...

And the formula in details: (AGAIN) goes like this...

Mhz x bits (64 in the case of DIMM) divided by 8 (8 bits per byte) x 2(DDR) = Standard DDR Bandwidth
In the case of the DUAL Channel Memory setup, you double the "bits" to 128.

Take the result and divide by 1024 and you have your GB/s number.

SO, either way you look at it. (666 x 8) or using the above formula, you get 5.2 GB/s Bandwidth. The bandwidth is all that matters... how you represent that is up to you.

 

[AtomicDude512]

Even if you don't feel 1024MB is right for you now, its a good idea to start planning, especially if you are concerned with overclocking.

Chiz

Yes, Microsofts new OS will likely like even more memory than Windows XP does.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: AtomicDude512

Even if you don't feel 1024MB is right for you now, its a good idea to start planning, especially if you are concerned with overclocking.

Chiz

Yes, Microsofts new OS will likely like even more memory than Windows XP does.

I heard a rumor that it was going to take a 3GHz CPU and a high end (ATI Radeon 9700 Pro?) video card just to run it smoothly with the effects. Of course, I'm sure there will be a "classic mode" for those of us stuck with lower end Radeons or Geforces and lowly Athlon XP 2400+ CPUs. :frown:

 

[Whitedog]

I can't believe that it will "require" a 3GHz CPU...

Up until now, MS's OS's have ran fine on realitively slow computers. (XP will run fine on a P2-266 with 192MB RAM... for the most part). MS is not in the business of developing Software that "requires" a whole lot to run it. SURE... it will run faster on a system with 3GHz and fast vid card, but I highly doubt you "need" it to run it (with everything turned on)

Whoever started that rumor has exaggerated it badly.

 

[Uclagamer_99]

for those of you with 1GB of memory how big are your virtual mem page files?

 

[Whitedog]

What does it matter? It'll never be used much. I think it's like 500/500 or something. Just enough to keep things from yelling