DDR2

[zest]

OK!

Wat is better..4 Gb of fast 800+ MHz pc 6400 or 8Gb 533 MHz PC4200)

 

[narzy]

depends on what your doing, if its a server application more memory is going to be better, if its a memory intensive app then faster memory is going to be better. be more specific.

 

[zest]

For home use, multi-tasking and video work mostly.


Thanx

 

[Gomce]

I think u need 512 GB of ram...

 

[kyparrish]

4gb

 

[ProviaFan]

I just got 2GB of RAM (2x1GB) for ~US$190, so if your applications really need more, 4GB is not out of the question. Check me out on this, but I think to get 8GB in the Intel 955X boards (the cheaper dual core supporting chipset only supports 4GB) you must use registered memory, which is more expensive. No consumer level AMD board that I am aware of supports 8GB, so thus you'd have to have something on the order of the Tyan K8WE to get that much RAM (actually, I think it supports 16GB, but that's a bit insane unless you're doing some sort of research or analysis of extremely large data sets).

 

[Gamingphreek]

There is no need for anything of 1gig. Hell 2gig is even overkill. What apps are you going to be running!?

I dont even think XP Pro supports or at least uses >4gig properly. You would need to use something like 2000Data Center or XP-64, or Server 2003.

Get 1 gig of nice DDR2 memory.

-Kevin

 

[The Green Bean]

Originally posted by: kyparrish
4gb

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
There is no need for anything of 1gig. Hell 2gig is even overkill. What apps are you going to be running!?

I dont even think XP Pro supports or at least uses >4gig properly. You would need to use something like 2000Data Center or XP-64, or Server 2003.

Get 1 gig of nice DDR2 memory.

-Kevin

Wrong. With the right kind of video editing applications, an amount of RAM larger than 1GB can be very useful. To make a proper recommendation, we need to know more about the OP's apps and what resolution and duration of video files s/he typically wants to edit, but that doesn't change the fact that some of us can certainly benefit from 2GB or more, despite the fact that you can't see beyond your own usage patterns to understand that others may be able to take advantage of more RAM than you would.

 

[imported_Kensai]

It will also depend on what proccessor(s) that you'll be using.

 

[tfinch2]

I'd go for the 8 gigs. :roll:

 

[Green Man]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
There is no need for anything of 1gig. Hell 2gig is even overkill. What apps are you going to be running!?

I dont even think XP Pro supports or at least uses >4gig properly. You would need to use something like 2000Data Center or XP-64, or Server 2003.

Get 1 gig of nice DDR2 memory.

-Kevin

The maximum amount of memory that can be supported on Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 (32 bit) is ... 4 GB.

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition supports 128 GB of RAM

 

[PeteRoy]

12 gig should be enough for ya

 

[Mrvile]

I'd go for 2gigs, no more than 4.

 

[casper114]

Wow, I wonder what it is exactly in the 64 bit processor and motherboards that allow for 128 gigs of ram opposed to 32 bit only supporting 4 gig! That's nuts. Any theorys? Facts? Answers?

 

[bluemax]

Why could a 386SX only handle 4MB of memory?

Newer processors, newer memory controllers. The OS has to support it too.

4GB of RAM is plenty, especially since WinXP can't use more - not likely anyways. It's possible your application will use it - check to see what it supports. I know video editing can be VERY RAM hungry, moreso than my audio apps which are also greedy.

This must be a P4 Prescott, being the only DDR2 users yet. 4x1024MB of a decent speed (533) is likely more than enough - I don't think you'll truly see the benefit of spending twice the money for faster speeds..... unless money is simply not a concern to you.
(A concept I am sadly unfamiliar with.)

 

[zest]

Originally posted by: ProviaFan

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
There is no need for anything of 1gig. Hell 2gig is even overkill. What apps are you going to be running!?

I dont even think XP Pro supports or at least uses >4gig properly. You would need to use something like 2000Data Center or XP-64, or Server 2003.

Get 1 gig of nice DDR2 memory.

-Kevin

Wrong. With the right kind of video editing applications, an amount of RAM larger than 1GB can be very useful. To make a proper recommendation, we need to know more about the OP's apps and what resolution and duration of video files s/he typically wants to edit, but that doesn't change the fact that some of us can certainly benefit from 2GB or more, despite the fact that you can't see beyond your own usage patterns to understand that others may be able to take advantage of more RAM than you would.

ASUS PW2 P remium .995X cpset... 64bit & Dual core..

Max DDr2 is 8Gb. It can actually hande up to 161Gb, but unfortunatly 4Gb sticks have not available yet!


ALL 64 bit Os's recocgnise up to 16 gig of ram.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: casper114
Wow, I wonder what it is exactly in the 64 bit processor and motherboards that allow for 128 gigs of ram opposed to 32 bit only supporting 4 gig! That's nuts. Any theorys? Facts? Answers?

Because 32 processors only had 32 bits .... which means 2 to the 32 power = 4,294,967,296 different possible memmory addresses this just happens to be exactly 4GB.


64 bit CPU ... 2 to the 64th power number of pissible registers, so in theory, with 64bit CPUs, the Max possible will actually be 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 Bytes ... Due to limits imposed by other parts of the CPU, or chipset, or bridge, the limmit is being set to 128GB since it is unlikely that that figure will need to be exceeded any time in the near future for a single CPU.

I'm by no means a CPU Engineer or anything, but this seems like a matter of simple math to me.

 

[hippotautamus]

No more than 2gb. 4 or 8gb of memory IS overkill, unless you are running an enterprise level server.

 

[zest]

Thanx guys.


It is clear now that 4GB is the way to go.and a lot ceaper too.


I will get some Ocz or Kingson Pc 6400 DDr2 . whichever is rekeased first. Both can be clocked to speeds of over 1000Mghz comfortably..


I will post the ses of my rig once it is cpmplete..Just waitng on a couple of componrnts which are on back-order. and the ram!

 

[KoolDrew]

4GB is more then enough.

What exactly are the specs of your rig? Like Dual Opterons, SCSI drives and two huge LCDs?