Memory Question....

[chronic1972]

I was planning on getting a new ASUS mobo w/ the new KT333 chipset, I was wondering....I was thinking of getting 1 GB of DDR 2700 RAM. Mostly I just play games and play around in Photoshop. Should I go w/ 1 GB or just stick w/ 512, is there that much of an improvement?? If this is posted in the wrong forum please accept my apologize and tell me which forum to go to.

Thanks,
Steve

 

[chronic1972]

Also, if possible I would like to hear from you guys....Could you please let me know if this is a wise decision...

I'm getting:
Asus A7V333
80 Maxtor ATA 133
1 GB 2700 DDR RAM (Maybe 512)
GeForce 4 ti4600
Athlon XP 2100

Anything bad w/ these choices??

Thanks again,

 

[Boonesmi]

nothing wrong with those components (actually looks very nice )

as for ram most people wont see much difference when going from 512mb to 1gb

 

[chronic1972]

Thanks for the info Boonesmi!! When you say most people won't see the difference, what people "Would" see the difference, graphic designers?? I'm more into gaming, will it help any more w/ 1 GB?

Thanks again,

 

[ripthesystem]

I would seriously doubt that you would see much of a dif with games if you had 1gb of memory..

I have 512 and all games run like butter on my system.. the only time I come close to topping out is usu when I'm running Photoshop with a few large pics open and several other apps(Golive, browsers, winamp, etc) all together on top of web/ftp/email servers while running a Windows skin(Hoverdesk)

even then I don't hit the 512.. maybe 4xx or so
I say save the $$ get the 512mb ram now.. you can always expand later right?

ripthesystem

 

[galas]

i agree with ripthesystem...unless you're serious into 2D/3D/Video editing, you're going to have a hard time justifying 1 gig of ram...i'd recommend sticking with 512, especially with the recent elevation in RAM prices over the past few months, and, should you decide that 512 isn't cutting it, you can just order another...looks like a pretty schweet setup you've got yourself besides the ram, so you shouldn't run into any problems...anyway i hope that helps

pe@ce,
.:galas:.

 

[chronic1972]

Thanks for the help guys, I got my rig and will be setting up tonight or tomorrow. 512 MB is plenty for me, thanks again!! Thx for the complements on my rig setup. I learned a lot off these forums.