2 gig upgrade

[Powerslave]

I want to upgrade to 2 gigs of ram, should I get another 2x512 kit to go with my 2 x 512 kit I already have, or get a 2 x1gb kit, which one will give better performance?

I noticed that if I go with the first option, it will run in DDR333, and 2 x 1gb will run in DDR400, whats the difference?

 

[new.puree]

ddr333 and ddr400 are different ram speeds
If you buy another 512 kit, its max speed will be limited to the speed of your ddr333 kit.
If you want performance I would get a set of 1gb sticks for faster speeds and possible dual channeling

 

[Elbatrop1]

You'll likely see more performance if you go 1GB@400MHz, than if you go 2GB@333MHz. There's such a small performance difference between 1GB and 2GB, that you'll likely be hurt by the decrease in memory bandwidth.

 

[NosBoost300]

hrmm... whats the purpose of 4 gigabyte motherboards??

 

[vaderpro]

I just upgarded to 2gb total. I bought 2 more exact same ram sticks of 512mbs. I also bought a new psu. But whatever it is im getting way faster performance than before; loading programs seems faster, alt tab works faster/better, when im finished a game i dont have to wait 30 seconds to do something else, i can immediately open a different task. Also, i'm able now to leave programs running rather than shutting them down, like when playin BF2.....etc

Cost wise its alot cheaper for you to get just 2 more 512 sticks. I think that would be good enough.

I dunno Elb, this is whats happening for me ;]

 

[dp1dp]

im not criticising you or anything... but if u dont know the difference between ddr333 and 400, then are u sure your mobo supports that much RAM.. and sorry if anyone has brought that up (or it was stated) but i just skimmed thru this post

 

[dp1dp]

oh and if u buy 2x 512mb stix and realise u wanna go higher, u will eventually hafta ditch a stick or two. example my mobo uses 2dimms 1GB each... if i bought a 512 and later wanna max out, the 512 is gonna have to be remove hence < $ in pocket

 

[Elbatrop1]

I just upgarded to 2gb total. I bought 2 more exact same ram sticks of 512mbs. I also bought a new psu. But whatever it is im getting way faster performance than before; loading programs seems faster, alt tab works faster/better, when im finished a game i dont have to wait 30 seconds to do something else, i can immediately open a different task. Also, i'm able now to leave programs running rather than shutting them down, like when playin BF2.....etc

Cost wise its alot cheaper for you to get just 2 more 512 sticks. I think that would be good enough.

I dunno Elb, this is whats happening for me ;]

Ya, you're probably right. I guess that's where benchmarks are not too helpful is switching between programs.

 

[PanzerKammander]

I have 2 gigs... 4x512. Its a very big difference, especially in battlfield everything loads faster.

 

[Amd2800]

hrmm... whats the purpose of 4 gigabyte motherboards??

because windows Vista will need 2gb to run so you will need another 2gb for programs