Re: OT: Memory and Windows XP

["Andy Laurence" <andylaurence@xxxxxxx>]

> I know from experience that upgrading from 128 to 256Mb makes a big
> difference to Windows XP performance (especially if you tweak the
cache
> settings). Does anyone have personal experience (rather than anecdotal
> evidence) of going from 256 to 512?

Not on XP, but on Win98 I did just that.  I noticed no speed up at all.  I
suppose it must depend on what you do with your machine.  I don't do
graphics work or anything like that.  I only used it for multimedia (video
and audio) playing and general web work.

> Is it worth doing? The only reason I ask is that I run a high FSB on
my
> system, and as a result the memory needed to do this (2700DDR RAM)
comes
> in at just over a hundred quid a stick).

What do you use your machine for?  Do you notice it slowing down from
excessive disk-swapping?

Andy
--
PC-Based Multimedia System
http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms


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