what will ram do for me?

[N0toriou5]

what exactly will 1 gig of ram do for me? will it enhance my system alot more or just a little? i currently have 256 ram only will it lower my cpu usage percentage?

thanks
Just!n

 

[nVdia]

It will help you out alot, you'll noticed a big difference.

 

[Brtnboarder495]

Not really ... what are your other components? Chances are that if your CPU and video card are limited, 1Gb won't do crap for you. If it's a Celeron, Celeron D, Athlon XP or Sempron processor, 512Mb is really the max you need if your not gaming (which will perform not great anyway since these processors are bugdet ones).

But really, list your video card/chip/adapter and your processor model and speed. Giving us more information about the memory would help too.

 

[nVdia]

Well when I upgraded from 256 to 1024 I noticed a huge difference.

 

[Brtnboarder495]

That's because you have a good video card and CPU, he might not.

 

[bonehelm]

especially if your pc is corrupted with viruses trojans spyware adwares, adding ram would do nothing

best way to make your pc faster is to reformat or reinstall the operating system

but be sure to backup your files before reformatting your hard drives.

 

[N0toriou5]

sempron 2800+ with crap onboard video ( soon upgrading to 6800gs )

 

[N0toriou5]

any thoughts?

 

[m3incorp]

Yep, upgrade the RAM; especially since you are getting a better video card.

 

[N0toriou5]

what video card would u reccamend getting with my processor?