Thinking About More Memory

[Whirlwind]

With the price of the memory that I have, i have been thinking about getting 2 more GB. it is the Corsair XMS 2 memory in my sig.

My question is...I am not going to be going to Vista anytime soon.....so will I get the benefit from more memory if I am still using XP?

I have heard that it can not utilize 4GB ....Is this true?

What should I do? Thanks for your help.

 

[kobe24]

id save ur money. 4gb is overkill unless u use cad or editing programs

 

[meat_helmet]

You need a 64bit OS to utilise more than 3.2GB of memory.

As kobe said it doesnt help unless you are using CAD, 3D rendering or intense 2D stuff.

 

[Ronnie]

unless your a heavy gamer and using vista i wouldnt go for more then 2gb of ram
but your smart not going with vista right now, lol i get it for free (legally) and i still dont use it (shows you how bad it is)

 

[saltynay]

if your going to use vista it is worth otherwise don't bother. how did you get it free fade2black?

 

[veg1992]

unless your a heavy gamer and using vista i wouldnt go for more then 2gb of ram
but your smart not going with vista right now, lol i get it for free (legally) and i still dont use it (shows you how bad it is)

lol nice one fade2black

 

[Ronnie]

msdn gace my computer engineering class free keys for vista business

 

[UA_Iron]

msdn gace my computer engineering class free keys for vista business

yeah I got that same thing last year, msdn alliance thing. Being an engineer pays off

I have 4 gigs of memory in my rig, dual boot with vista 64 - I pretty much never boot into vista, its a hassle to use compared to XP.

 

[baron5]

i will say it once and say it agen. 4GB IS WAY OVERKILL FOR VISTA. i got 12g 3dmark with 2gb everygame runs great, how much ram do u want? if u havent used vista in detail dont say how much ram u need. i have been using it on my computer for ages and havent had any issues at all. 4gb of ram is just as much overkill in vista as is in xp!