P3V4X and 512 megs of memory

scummer · 19th July 2001, 11:35 AM

I just ordered a second 256 meg stick of Crucial ram. I havn't recieved it yet but was wondering if any of you saw any difference going from 256 to 512? I'll probably migrate over to Win XP for a little sadistic self pleasuring, so the added memory shouldn't go to waste if I get no improvement under WinME. I was just curious what others found.

ASUS P3V4X, Apollo Pro133A,1005 bios
Step ThermoDynamics PIII 700 @ 933 1.90 vcore
Promise Fasttrack 100 (raid 0)
2x IBM GXP75
SB Live Platinum
256 meg Crucial cas2 ram
Pioneer 115 DVD
Plextor 16/10/40A CDRW
Utobia DVD decoder with Remote
ZIP Drive
Netgear nic
WIN ME
Radeon 32DDR clocked 187MHz

scummer · 19th July 2001, 12:19 PM

One other thing, are there any settings in windows that should be changed to help make full use of the extra memory? Maybe a program like cache man or something along those lines?
Thanks!

PersianImmortal · 19th July 2001, 7:25 PM

Definitely use Cacheman because it limits your vcache forcing your system to use the physical RAM as much as possible rather than the hard disk.

Powermike · 20th July 2001, 7:26 AM

Win Me with 512 MB RAM is wasted money unless you are using dtp or graphics editing programs that need a lot of memory. On a normal Office/Gaming-PC you'll never notice a difference between 256 and 512 MB RAM besides a bigger disk cache.

If you use cacheman which limits the disc cache you'll loose that only advantage, too.

Maybe using Windows 2000 and XP (both can handle big amounts of memory better than Win9x/Me) there might be a small performance increase using 512 instead of 256 MB but not worth the money...

Powermike

scummer · 20th July 2001, 10:37 AM

Thanks for your responses. The memory only set me back $45.00 so I think I'll try it. It just might come in handy for a little photoshop work or it may end up in an older system thats a little shy on memory. Again, Thanks.

19th July 2001, 11:35 AM	#1
scummer Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 16	P3V4X and 512 megs of memory I just ordered a second 256 meg stick of Crucial ram. I havn't recieved it yet but was wondering if any of you saw any difference going from 256 to 512? I'll probably migrate over to Win XP for a little sadistic self pleasuring, so the added memory shouldn't go to waste if I get no improvement under WinME. I was just curious what others found. ASUS P3V4X, Apollo Pro133A,1005 bios Step ThermoDynamics PIII 700 @ 933 1.90 vcore Promise Fasttrack 100 (raid 0) 2x IBM GXP75 SB Live Platinum 256 meg Crucial cas2 ram Pioneer 115 DVD Plextor 16/10/40A CDRW Utobia DVD decoder with Remote ZIP Drive Netgear nic WIN ME Radeon 32DDR clocked 187MHz

20th July 2001, 7:26 AM	#4
Powermike Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 128	Win Me with 512 MB RAM is wasted money unless you are using dtp or graphics editing programs that need a lot of memory. On a normal Office/Gaming-PC you'll never notice a difference between 256 and 512 MB RAM besides a bigger disk cache. If you use cacheman which limits the disc cache you'll loose that only advantage, too. Maybe using Windows 2000 and XP (both can handle big amounts of memory better than Win9x/Me) there might be a small performance increase using 512 instead of 256 MB but not worth the money... Powermike __________________ My machine: http://pcdb.overclockers.com.au/view...name=Powermike

19th July 2001, 12:19 PM	#2
scummer Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 16	One other thing, are there any settings in windows that should be changed to help make full use of the extra memory? Maybe a program like cache man or something along those lines? Thanks!

19th July 2001, 7:25 PM	#3
PersianImmortal Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Canberra Posts: 6,375	Definitely use Cacheman because it limits your vcache forcing your system to use the physical RAM as much as possible rather than the hard disk.

20th July 2001, 10:37 AM	#5
scummer Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 16	Thanks for your responses. The memory only set me back $45.00 so I think I'll try it. It just might come in handy for a little photoshop work or it may end up in an older system thats a little shy on memory. Again, Thanks.