Memory

[Guest]

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I originally had 512 mb Kingston memory. I installed 3 more sticks of
Kingston memory. At POST the system recogonizes 2173 mb memory. However I
cannot tell one bit of improvement in the system performance. I even tried
to turn off the pagefile to try and make the system use all the memory but
the system slowed down and Windows still showed a little pagefile usage.
Should I just pull out 1 GB and use only 1 GB and use the pulled out memory
in another system?

 

[JohnS]

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How are you measuring system performance? More
ram isn't going to make it run faster if the benchmark
only needs 1 gig or less.

johns

 

[ken]

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Hans Wankle wrote:
> I originally had 512 mb Kingston memory. I installed 3 more sticks of
> Kingston memory. At POST the system recogonizes 2173 mb memory. However I
> cannot tell one bit of improvement in the system performance. I even tried
> to turn off the pagefile to try and make the system use all the memory but
> the system slowed down and Windows still showed a little pagefile usage.
> Should I just pull out 1 GB and use only 1 GB and use the pulled out memory
> in another system?
>
>
Although it has nothing to do with your situation, what make and model
of MB are you using? Just curious.

 

[Guest]

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In order to benefit by increasing one's RAM from 1 GB to 2 GB you must be
using an application that UTILIZES up to 2 GB of RAM, like Photoshop, video
editting programs, etc. In most applications you will see NO difference.

--
DaveW



"Hans Wankle" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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>I originally had 512 mb Kingston memory. I installed 3 more sticks of
>Kingston memory. At POST the system recogonizes 2173 mb memory. However I
>cannot tell one bit of improvement in the system performance. I even tried
>to turn off the pagefile to try and make the system use all the memory but
>the system slowed down and Windows still showed a little pagefile usage.
>Should I just pull out 1 GB and use only 1 GB and use the pulled out memory
>in another system?
>

 

[Guest]

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"Hans Wankle" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:YOOdnb8jWOonq4TfRVn-vA@comcast.com...
>I originally had 512 mb Kingston memory. I installed 3 more sticks of
>Kingston memory. At POST the system recogonizes 2173 mb memory. However I
>cannot tell one bit of improvement in the system performance. I even tried
>to turn off the pagefile to try and make the system use all the memory but
>the system slowed down and Windows still showed a little pagefile usage.
>Should I just pull out 1 GB and use only 1 GB and use the pulled out memory
>in another system?

What version of Windows are you using? What sort
of apps are you running? High performance gaming
and apps such as Photoshop benefit the most from more
RAM.

---
Kevin Chalker, Owner KC COMPUTERS
E-mail: kc@kc-computers.com Web: www.kc-computers.com
Internet dealer since 1991!!! See WWW.RESELLERRATINGS.COM!!!

 

[Guest]

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System is a Gigabyte GA-SINXP1394, P4 3.06 533 FSB, 4X512 Kingston PC2700,
2X160GB SATA Maxtor set as Raid0, Windows XP Pro-SP2, 1X60GB Maxtor backup
drive on IDE, ATI 9800XT, Plextor PX-716A DVD burner, Creative DVD player,
Antec 550Watt True Power, 9 system and case fans, CoolerMaster ATC Server
case. I don,t use the system for much except to web browse. I do some Photo
projects such as scanner and photo editing. I do notice a big difference
when playing around with the photo projects. I am 86 years old and just like
to play around with the systems. I will be building another system shortly
so I just needed to know if 2 GB of memory was worth the expense. Thanks for
all you responses.


"KC Computers" <kc@REMOVEkc-computers.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Hans Wankle" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:YOOdnb8jWOonq4TfRVn-vA@comcast.com...
>>I originally had 512 mb Kingston memory. I installed 3 more sticks of
>>Kingston memory. At POST the system recogonizes 2173 mb memory. However I
>>cannot tell one bit of improvement in the system performance. I even tried
>>to turn off the pagefile to try and make the system use all the memory but
>>the system slowed down and Windows still showed a little pagefile usage.
>>Should I just pull out 1 GB and use only 1 GB and use the pulled out
>>memory in another system?
>
> What version of Windows are you using? What sort
> of apps are you running? High performance gaming
> and apps such as Photoshop benefit the most from more
> RAM.
>
> ---
> Kevin Chalker, Owner KC COMPUTERS
> E-mail: kc@kc-computers.com Web: www.kc-computers.com
> Internet dealer since 1991!!! See WWW.RESELLERRATINGS.COM!!!
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Ken wrote:
> Hans Wankle wrote:
>
>> I originally had 512 mb Kingston memory. I installed 3 more sticks of
>> Kingston memory. At POST the system recogonizes 2173 mb memory.
>> However I cannot tell one bit of improvement in the system
>> performance. I even tried to turn off the pagefile to try and make the
>> system use all the memory but the system slowed down and Windows still
>> showed a little pagefile usage. Should I just pull out 1 GB and use
>> only 1 GB and use the pulled out memory in another system?
>>
> Although it has nothing to do with your situation, what make and
> model of MB are you using? Just curious.

Don't know in his specific case, but some motherboards run slower when
utilizing all 4 slots.

I suggest taking a look at the motherboard's manual and see what it says
regarding performance when all memory slots a utilized.

Luck!