ram question

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by earthpig13, Mar 31, 2005.

  1. earthpig13

    earthpig13 Private E-2

    i hope someone can help me with this . i have 1gig of of 3200 speed ram installed . during gaming sometimes i use up to 850 meg of ram . so my questions are, 1 - will it help by getting more ram and if so do i need to get the exact brand i alredy have installed ?
     
  2. jamcgriff

    jamcgriff Sergeant

    what games are you running, if you were to purchase more ram you should match the brand you have to avoid issues
     
  3. earthpig13

    earthpig13 Private E-2

    the game that brings it up is everquest . i've done the blackviper tips so there is not much more i can do as far as shutting stuff down . so bottom line , is it worth the money to buy more ram or won't i notice any difference ?
     
  4. Anon-068c403e2d

    Anon-068c403e2d Anonymized

    use your paging file dude.1gig is good,but mine is ddr.
    And match the brand and type,if you want to upgrade.
    you should not upgrade,just tweak your setiings.
     
  5. InYearsToCome

    InYearsToCome MajorGeek

    1GB should be plenty of RAM for a normal user. The only applications which may benefit from more RAM are Photo/Video editing and 3d-rendering programs like Adobe products or Maya.

    for everquest, 1GB is plenty. as long as you keep your computer virus free and spyware/adware free, you should be fine.

    more RAM in your case would not be worth the money.
     
  6. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    One gig is more than enough for any game.

    I would only recommend more if the motherboard was dual-channel capable, but only had one stick of memory installed.

    You might then see an improvement, albeit slight, otherwise your money is better spent elsewhere.
     
  7. earthpig13

    earthpig13 Private E-2

    thanks guys i will check to make sure that no spyware is running and the page file is on
     

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