saltynay
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in benches its a marked difference baron to get 4gb. my ram chart is now:
512mb: xp general use
1gb: xp light gaming/ vista general use
2gb: xp high-end gaming / vista average gaming
3gb: xp media editing / vista high end gaming
4gb: xp CAD / vista media editing
5-6gb: xp server/ vista CAD
8+gb: server use
no-one is going to buy 1gb of ram as 2x1gb is so cheap now so 4gb is the best level in ultimate performance/price. 2gb will run fine it just won't be quite the full potential of speed. As I said earlier vista reserves around 40% of ram for precaching programs that's why its slower on boot but seems faster whilst actually on then xp
512mb: xp general use
1gb: xp light gaming/ vista general use
2gb: xp high-end gaming / vista average gaming
3gb: xp media editing / vista high end gaming
4gb: xp CAD / vista media editing
5-6gb: xp server/ vista CAD
8+gb: server use
no-one is going to buy 1gb of ram as 2x1gb is so cheap now so 4gb is the best level in ultimate performance/price. 2gb will run fine it just won't be quite the full potential of speed. As I said earlier vista reserves around 40% of ram for precaching programs that's why its slower on boot but seems faster whilst actually on then xp