adding more ram to existing 128.

[EvilDonnyboy]

i'm stuck between getting a 64mb stick or a 128mb stick to add to the pc133 7.5ns microns i already got. will adding 128mb ram be benificial enuf to justifiy double the cost of a 64mb upgrade? i use winME and i play games like UT, Deus Ex, Q3. I don't do anything like video editing or 3D CAD. i'm fairly cheap, so if i won't see much of a benifit i'd like to stick to the 64mb.

 

[eyor]

What the hell, why not go for it?🙂
RAM prices are excellent right now, so you might as well. Then you can set your comp to use less virtual memory and that ought to give a performance gain.

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

the only reason why i'm considering 64mb is because of the prices. I though it already said i waz cheap. if 128mb won't give me as much of a performance increase relative to the double cost, then i'd go with 64mb.

 

[Pete]

Well, I think 64MB PC133 goes for like $30, right? And 128MB PC133 goes for $50 after rebate (see Hot Deals for Kingston @ Outpost thread). I doubt you'll see any diff between 192 and 256 except maybe when you have a crapload of apps going at once, so it's up to you whether it's worth the extra $20. This is assuming yuo can get a quality 64MB PC133 stick for $30--if the diff is less than like $15 or $10, then it's a no-brainer--go for 128.

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

i decided to go with 64mb. i'm getting the same stuff i already got. 7.5ms microns. no use getting mushkin pc150 if the existing ram holds it back.

 

[Unsickle]

I went for 512. Purely for bragging rights.

 

[BFG10K]

Buy as much as you can afford, but be aware of diminishing returns. At the moment 192 is pretty good, but games such as Unreal 2 and Doom 3 may well require 256 MB to run well.

 

[Howard]

You're running at 138MHz FSB. At that speed, I think generic PC133 would do the trick, it's only 5MHz over.

 

[AdamK47]

I can't run anything over a single 128MB on my system. Every module combination I tried would not work together with a 157MHz bus. It has something to do with the i815 though. I can run 256MB with the -PCI option, but I'd rather have the 157MHz memory speed.