More than 256 of memory on a 98 system a waste of time?

[Kemoc]

Running more than 256 of memory on a win98 system.
Is that a waste of time?
Does win98 roll over at 256?
Is there a fix besides changing O.S.?
At these Prices I got to ask!
Building a new system.

Thanks.
Kemoc

 

[Shadowian]

I'm running 640MB. Extreme overkill, but what the heck. The system never even touches the swap file, and I'm letting Windows manage it w/o any special settings. My system DOES use more than 256 without a problem. Microsoft say that 512MB is the most that the 95/98 kernel can effectivally manage. Who cares, reboot once in awhile.


Also, there are numerous threads throughout the AnandTech forums on this.

 

[Kemoc]

Thanks
I'm going for it.
Going to the DMA Show in Dayton Next weekend,
But will buy from Crucial?? on the web.

 

[bonkers325]

well yeah caus eif u set a fixed sawp and have 256mb then it is a waste to have over 256mb cause win9x cant manage that much ram well

 

[esung]

Well, it really depends on what apps you are running in the computer, I regularly use more then 256MB or even 384MB, that's why I have 512MB installed in the system. but most people probably don't need that much RAM for daily usage.

 

[littleprince]

not to be rude or anything, but it seems theres one new post about this every single day!
a little annoying if you ask me...

why don't ppl just read old posts, rather than post the same thing over and over?
personaly, i think it wastes the ppls time who care enough to help...
they've answered this question 10000 times at least in these forums.

 

[han888]

my win98 crash at 896mb memory, even can not boot into desktop, in win2k just run fine, so be aware if u upgrade the ram in win98

 

[Aquaman]

My way of thinking is that right now ram is cheap so load up because the OS & programs of the future will probably need it

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Muadib]

Now now littleprince, cut the guy some slack. He is new here.

Kemoc, do a search for conservative swap file and make the change. You won't be sorry.