3 Gig Or 4 Gig In Xp

[CPU_Cooker]

I have 2x1gb PC9600 and need a little more.

 

Since XP can't address a full 4GB,

 

will going with 2x512Kb make a difference vs. 2x1Gb

 

This is on a Gigabyte X48-DS4 with Q9300 & 2GB Patriot PC9600 (slight over clock)

 

 

CPU_Cooker

[dling]

I have 2x1gb PC9600 and need a little more.

 

Since XP can't address a full 4GB,

 

will going with 2x512Kb make a difference vs. 2x1Gb

 

This is on a Gigabyte X48-DS4 with Q9300 & 2GB Patriot PC9600 (slight over clock)

 

CPU_Cooker

 

I dont either think will difference ,XP does'ent need that much ram. Now if you were using Vista I would say 2gig min. ,I added 2 more gig giving me 4 after I installed Vista. It's a memory hog.

Edited June 30, 2008 by sdy284

[hardnrg]

4x1 will be easier to run than the mismatch of timings (and maybe voltages) you will have with 2x1 + 2x512

 

DDR2 is cheap enough to "waste" 0.75GB or more in XP... mine only shows 2.25GB mostly because of my 8800GTS 640 SLI

 

I also run Vista x64 though

[Black Ice]

4x1 will be easier to run than the mismatch of timings (and maybe voltages) you will have with 2x1 + 2x512

 

DDR2 is cheap enough to "waste" 0.75GB or more in XP... mine only shows 2.25GB mostly because of my 8800GTS 640 SLI

 

I also run Vista x64 though

 

Yes totaly agree, 4x1 is the way to go if you "must" have 4gig on xp and you want to add to your current memory, and DDR2 is so cheap at the moment that the wasted 0.75Gb dont really matter, xp dosnt really need 4Gb though, Vista does, its a complete memory hog, mine sits at about 30% usage at just the desktop with 2Gb, so i think 4Gb is the way to go with vista

[get_saif]

I got 1gb x 3, works fine.

[hardnrg]

But, isn't 3x1 running in single channel, effectively cutting your bandwidth in half? I've never run single channel on 775, so I don't know, but single channel on 939 really dropped my performance

[exeter_acres]

and need a little more.

 

 

with XP... why?

[get_saif]

But, isn't 3x1 running in single channel, effectively cutting your bandwidth in half? I've never run single channel on 775, so I don't know, but single channel on 939 really dropped my performance

 

 

In real time you would not find the difference, afcourse its in single channel. The difference can be found only when you are benchmarking them. So its of the same performance gain.

[hardnrg]

Man... I installed an old 7800GT 256MB... before XP recognised 2.25GB of the 4GB of RAM (8800GTS 640 SLI + more addressing)

 

and now it reads 2GB!

 

I think this is coming close to the last straw for me lol

[CPU_Cooker]

with XP... why?

 

When working, I run Bloomberg (Stock quote service)

2 or 3 instances of Excel + Outlook,

FireFox, Maybe a little rahopsody,

Adobe Bridge, & Adobe InDesign, plus Illustrator for brief moments. I usually have something open in Acrobat,

Plus a load of "crap" in the system tray, 3 x messengers, Hyper-snap, Ghost,

 

 

I often check and find my commit Charge at 2,500,000. I hit start and it takes 3-4 seconds to come up.

 

That is why.

[Waco]

4x1 GB > 2x1 GB + 2x512 MB

 

The difference in price and limited expandability make it useless to go with the smaller sticks.

[exeter_acres]

When working, I run Bloomberg (Stock quote service)

2 or 3 instances of Excel + Outlook,

FireFox, Maybe a little rahopsody,

Adobe Bridge, & Adobe InDesign, plus Illustrator for brief moments. I usually have something open in Acrobat,

Plus a load of "crap" in the system tray, 3 x messengers, Hyper-snap, Ghost,

 

 

I often check and find my commit Charge at 2,500,000. I hit start and it takes 3-4 seconds to come up.

 

That is why.

 

 

very well...but sadly XP won't use much more than the 2gb........