K, my brother in law fancies himself a knowledgeable computer guy and is insisting on getting 4GB of RAM for his computer...he's using XP and his budget is only around $750 or so.
From what I've read in these forums the second 2GB is a waste, unless on Vista and doing significant video editing (which he doesn't do at all). I'm trying to convince him to put the extra $$$ into his GPU instead...from a 8600gts to an 8800gts but he's being stubborn.
Anyone have a link to show the lack of gain of 4gb or even 3gb over 2gb dual channel? Thanks...don't want the dork to waste his $$$ and he's too stubborn to take my advice.
The build is for school and gaming.
From what I've read in these forums the second 2GB is a waste, unless on Vista and doing significant video editing (which he doesn't do at all). I'm trying to convince him to put the extra $$$ into his GPU instead...from a 8600gts to an 8800gts but he's being stubborn.
Anyone have a link to show the lack of gain of 4gb or even 3gb over 2gb dual channel? Thanks...don't want the dork to waste his $$$ and he's too stubborn to take my advice.
The build is for school and gaming.