Max memory supported?

[gamer1291]

Hi everyone i want to upgrade my COMPAQ PRESARIO SR5060IL i am getting ati radeon 4870 graphic card upgrade and memory upgrade to 4GB but wen i saw in my compaq site its says my comp supports max 2GB here is the link:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00910113&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3419435


and in this site its written that it can support max 4 GB plz help me how much ram can i upgrade here is the link:

http://www.cyberindian.net/2007/05/26/compaq-presario-sr5060il-desktop-pc/

Thanx is it possible to upgrade my ram to 4 GB even if my max is just 2 GB?

 

[arges86]

2 GB is your limit
the mobo can only recognize 1 GB per each slot it seems

If you have a 32 bit Operating System (their all 32 bit unless indicated otherwise with a "x64" after the name) then you can only have a little over 3 GB of RAM anyway

 

[gamer1291]

thanx man but will that affect my gaming performace like i am an extreme gamer and i dont like lags and bad graphics so i am upgrading my pc with Ati Radeon 4870 and ram i want help plz tell me maximum ram i should upgrade for my 100% no lagging performance and i know my processor sucks but i think it can still handle so plz tell me how much ram i should upgrade and i also want to get vista home premuim x64

 

[cewhidx]

arges86 is right. you can only have a max of 2gb of DDR2 (533mhz) installed. So to answer your question...2gb is what you want to purchase.

 

[MaDMagik]

As long as youre using XP you will be fine with 2gb and gaming. I went to vista once to try, was back to XP within 24 hours.

 

[gamer1291]

thanx dudes but i hav one more problem if i stay with XP for gaming wat about directx 10 its of no use how will i use my graphic card full power if i cant use directx so i think vista is a must for gaming right so should i upgrade to vista for direct x 10?

 

[MaDMagik]

Unfortunately yes. I hear about some hacks that somehow allow dx10 effects in crysis with xp byt thats most likely a lot of bologne. Just bear in mind that if you go with vista and 2gb of ram your games will suffer.

 

[gamer1291]

so i am out of luck is there a big difference between dx9 and dx10? will this affect my graphic card performance will i still be able to play crysis and all with awesome graphics in dx9 and is it ok if i upgrade to xp pro x64 will that increase my gaming performance well i hav very old core 2 duo processor(E4300 3.2) but its ok right for gaming and my motherboard also cant support quad core or any higer core 2 duo so still can i game in this pc?

 

[core i7 ownage]

Yes and No, if there is big difference then your computer would not even handle new directx but there is little difference so it won't affect your performace.

 

[gamer1291]

thanx but should i go for x64 OS or x32 OS for better performance in gaming with max graphics and 2GB ram?

 

[core i7 ownage]

32.

 

[gamer1291]

well good coz i am running xp pro 32 sp3 currently now

 

[gamer1291]

hey guys need one more help which speed of ram should i buy and wat type of ram should i buy that is DDR,DDR2 or DDR3 for gaming and i am planning to buy from newegg