Is there a difference between 128mb of ram and 256mb of ram?

[gplracer]

My system is as follows:
duron @ 1ghz
128mb 222 ram
ibm deskstar 45 gig
voodoo 5 5500 agp

Would I benefit from getting 128mb more of ram? I am sure it would depend on the application. I wonder where the difference would be. Would the programs open faster or load better or what? Would this help with video encoding or using photoshop? thanks

 

[BigLance]

Yes, most likely you would benefit... I did. Depends on some things though. Especailly OS, if 98.. then yes, just not a super amount, if Win2000 then BUY it right now... bigger difference. I would still get it for sure.... Minimum of 256 for high end is good idear in my book.

 

[Guilty]

It wont be night and day, but when set to be used properly, 256MB can be very nice to have on 9x and 2K. Set a static vcache (not virtual memory aka swap) of 16-32MB and let windows manage swap since you shouldnt be hitting it anyway.

As for your questions, it can help programs load faster depending on the programs memory demands and will surely help with PhotoShop. Video encoding probably not, it's more CPU intense.

Now to sit back and watch 50 people post how 256MB r0x0rs under 2K and how 9x "cant use it" =)

 

[nippyjun]

I upgraded from 192 to 320 and the difference is worth it. Plus it only cost about $50 bucks to upgrade anyway!

 

[Zenmervolt]

Get the extra memory, RAM is like money, you can never have too much of it. It is definitely worth it on Win 2K, and there will also be an improvement in Win 9x/ME, but 9x/ME doesn't handle memory as well, so the improvement will be less than in Win 2K. At the current prices, there is no excuse no to get the extra RAM.

Zenmervolt

 

[rommel]

i would have to say dollar for dollar ram makes a significant performance difference...and you will see quite a bit going from 128 t0 256...not as much from there on up but you still can see it