can you justify having that gig of RAM?

[globalcitizen]

Yes, because Windows typically takes 350-400 megs w/ antivirus and firewall.:shocked:

 

[bracut80]

Originally posted by: Albis
sure, i love running multiple windows of Firefox open, with random PDFs, and lots of random stuff

ram is great. it makes all computers seem faster if they have 1gb of ram or more

 

[ultimatebob]

My work laptop has a Gig of memory, and 2/3rds of it are never used. Even with a dozen office applications open, I never seem to top 400 MB! What a waste

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
My work laptop has a Gig of memory, and 2/3rds of it are never used. Even with a dozen office applications open, I never seem to top 400 MB! What a waste

is that your physical mem usuage or your pf tho?

 

[DaiShan]

I do video editing, that plus having apps open in both monitors requires a lot of RAM

 

[CRXican]

Sadly my gaming rig only has 512mb right now. It wasn't going to be the gaming rig. Works ok for CS:S which is pretty much all I play.

My main workstation has 1GB though

 

[SelArom]

no musicians in the crowd?! I got 1.25GB and it's still not enough to run more than a few instances of soft synths, wave samples and all that junk. I'm waiting for the 512 pc3200 to drop just a little bit more before I upgrade to 2gb so I can have as many tracks as I want!

-SelArom

 

[PanzerIV]

I could and did justify a gig of RAM and I have that in my main rig and another gig set aside for a system I'm going to patch together for video editing, backups, etc. Kid's computer only has 768 MB, though.

 

[Electric Amish]

World of Warcraft + Windows XP eats ~550mb of RAM.

 

[Mo0o]

I spend my RAM money on another monitor, so im still at 512. Waiting a bit more for prices to drop further / get more money in my bank account before shelling out for another stick

 

[PingSpike]

The cost was not signifigant...and while the performance increase wasn't amazing, it was there. I wanted to be able to pass the ram to my next motherboard upgrade, and by then a gig will likely be the recommended amount for new games.

 

[shilala]

absolutely.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Going to 1 Gb was an awesome upgrade! :thumbsup:

Smooth gameplay
No swapping

Overall the system feels 'snappy' and fast.