How much will Win2k benifit from upgrading to 128mb?

Ryan

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My computer only has 64mb ram. I just ordered 64 more megs. Will there be a great performance jump when it is installed?
 

Adrian Tung

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You should notice an improvement, although I would suggest 256MB for Win2K. The machine I am using in my office only has 128MB, and it swaps a lot even with only 2 windows open (Visual C++ and MSDN).


:)atwl
 

AndyHui

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You will see a big improvement, but Win2K only really starts to do well ABOVE 128MB of RAM.
 

BCYL

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You would probably see quite a bit of improvement... 64MB for win2k is kinda pushing it... with 128MB it should be much better...
 

macssuck

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Do yourself a favor and buy a stick of 128 instead your hard drive will thank you
 

FOBSIDE

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you will see a BIG difference. 256 is the point where ram gets the most bang for its buck. after that you dont notice as much difference. i say since ram is cheap get as much as you can now.
 

Dan

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Go for it. Like macssuck said, you should get at least 128MB more for a total of 192MB. You will notice a big difference.
 

AngelOfDeath

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You'll see lots of improvement wiith 128mb installed, but don't hesitate to get 128mb more since the improvement is much much better. Playing games like unreal and q3 will run a lot smoother.

AoD ;)