more memory

[dooofus]

i have a dell dimension 4550 w 512mb of pc 2700 ddr 333 mem. would going to the 4550's limit of 1 gb give me much improvement in every day performance?the only game i play is ms flight sim 2004 and just every day internet stuff. thanks. dooofus

 

[sdrawkcaBgoD]

Do you feel that your computer is slow/laggy? Or is it running fine for what you use it for?

 

[melarcky]

well ofcourse it would be a great increase in every aspect, like multi-tasking such as listneing to music while playing the game, also if you ever want to play a new game it will be better to have more ram, i wish i could have 1gb

 

[Mobius]

The minimum acceptable RAM for Windows XP is 1GB.

Remember: XP loves RAM, and 1GB usually prevents it from using the swap file, thereby increasing system responsiveness quite handily.

Unless you are doing some heavy lifting, 2GB is not required.

 

[sdrawkcaBgoD]

For "everyday internet stuff" 1 GB is not a requirement. Swap file doesn't come in to play for web browsing.