Is 4gb RAM worth it?

[Tumble]

For £40 if I'm still running 32bit XP? I know it won't see all of it, but it'll see 3 and a bit I think?

[Will404]

3.25 (512mb gpu)

for vista yes xp??? depends on ur useage

[Zak33]

Yes Tumble, it is

3.25 gig. Makes quite a difference over 2gig specially for multi tasking.

[Mutley]

I have to agree.

I'm running 32bit Windows XP, and recently installed another 2Gb. Yes, I only get 3 and a bit gig of ram, but it makes a difference.

[eUphoria]

Not a lot of extra cash really is it? I've got 4gb and vista 32bit -so annoyingly only 3gb shows up, but how can a bit extra ram do you any harm

[crazyfool]

i also agree it does depend on your usage for xp but vista eats alot of memory idle so it is a worthy investment

[Zsev]

I was thinking of upgrading my RAM as well but i already have an existing 2gigs. Won't hurt to pop in another 2x2gb for a total of 6gb right ? Reason for this is to maintain dual channel, and well, RAM is cheap nowadays.

I just hope my games and engineering applications work in 64 bit vista.

[AD-15]

hello,

You will see only a minimal difference in FPS in games. However, the loading times are vastly improved for almost everything.

I read a Corsair article on this a while back, I'll try to find it for your later on.

[NightshadowUK]

For £40 if I'm still running 32bit XP? I know it won't see all of it, but it'll see 3 and a bit I think?

I'm running 4GB (or 3.25GB...) on 32-bit XP and the main change I noticed going from 2GB, is just how quickly I now have control of my PC after quitting a game, it's instant. Plus it's good to have in case you decide to change your OS to the memory hungry beastie that is Vista.

I was thinking of upgrading my RAM as well but i already have an existing 2gigs. Won't hurt to pop in another 2x2gb for a total of 6gb right ?

Have a quick gander at your motherboard manual and see what the max it can handle is.

[shbris]

i hate post game lag on desktop, might get myself some more ram...

[AD-15]

http://www.corsair.com/_appnotes/AN8...e_Analysis.pdf

Very useful.

[Zak33]

I'm running 4GB (or 3.25GB...) on 32-bit XP and the main change I noticed going from 2GB, is just how quickly I now have control of my PC after quitting a game, it's instant.

I just tried that, took 2 gig out and you're right... it's noticeable.

[shbris]

with 4GB of RAM on 32bit, is it ok to reduce paging size on HDD to the min (2mb) or what should it be kept at to avoid problems?

[Hicks12]

IT is certainly worth it, only £36 on scan today only for 4gb corsair pc6400 cas5 which is amazing value.

Get it now, its rude not to.

[Blitzen]

I was thinking of upgrading my RAM as well but i already have an existing 2gigs. Won't hurt to pop in another 2x2gb for a total of 6gb right ? Reason for this is to maintain dual channel, and well, RAM is cheap nowadays.

I just hope my games and engineering applications work in 64 bit vista.

Can i ask how you intend getting 6 banks of memory onto your board? Which do you have?

[Webby]

Blitzen why would that require 6 sticks? currently has 2X 1GB will add 2x 2GB thats 4 sticks 6GB unless I have missed somethng?