Options for ugrading ram on Asus A8Jp (2x512 normally)

djuhn · 29th December 2006, 11:36 PM

As the title, what are my options?
I have 2x512mb ddr2 667mhz in the laptop now, thinking of going up to 2gb.
What would people recommend? sell them seperately and find somewhere to buy 2x1gb? Anyone interested in a trade with some cash?
Would there be that much of a performance difference even?

Any comments would be appreciated.

-Daniel

anjor · 10th March 2007, 9:43 AM

i would wanna know as well.. same situation

SLATYE · 10th March 2007, 10:59 AM

Yes, I'd probably sell them both and buy 2x 1GB to replace them.

Whether the extra RAM will make a difference depends on what you're using the laptop for. If it's just for office work, there'll be no difference. If it's being used for new games (especially in Windows Vista) then having 2GB will be very worthwhile.

Danthemanz · 14th March 2007, 8:07 AM

F3JP here, i knew i needed more than 1GB but was on a budget.
Replaced 1 x 512MB with a 1GB and its helped alot. A test on superPi before and after and it didnt drop a bit. Didnt seem to make a difference to the memory bandwidth.
Ive been playing with Vista a bit and 2GB would be helping. I do alot of multitasking though including opening many RAW photos etc.
All comes down to what you do...
Ill be going 2GB down the line....

PogiPinoy · 14th March 2007, 9:32 AM

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Originally Posted by djuhn

As the title, what are my options?
I have 2x512mb ddr2 667mhz in the laptop now, thinking of going up to 2gb.
What would people recommend? sell them seperately and find somewhere to buy 2x1gb? Anyone interested in a trade with some cash?
Would there be that much of a performance difference even?

Any comments would be appreciated.

-Daniel

Check the Buy, Sell, Trade section, you may get lucky.

I'd replace your setup with 2x1GB at the least, it's not only useful in video games but also in office apps such as databases, .NET programming, etc.

bioxeed · 14th March 2007, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by PogiPinoy

I'd replace your setup with 2x1GB at the least, it's not only useful in video games but also in office apps such as databases, .NET programming, etc.

I wouldn't call development apps and servers "office apps" per se. I run exactly those kinds of apps on my laptop and currently with 1gb it's feeling a bit sluggish. But I'm planning on upgrading my whole laptop anyway so I'm putting up with it for now.

UB3R · 15th March 2007, 12:50 PM

i regularly crack 1gb usage on cad and digital terrain modelling applications so i went for 2x 1gb sticks in my A8JP.

doesnt make much of a difference for day t day stuff but you will need it if you multitask a lot and have heaps open ... or play supcom (which this notebook does very well!)

Danthemanz · 16th March 2007, 8:30 PM

If you run Vista it helps alot as it caches everything quite alot better than XP.

PogiPinoy · 17th March 2007, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by bioxeed

I wouldn't call development apps and servers "office apps" per se. I run exactly those kinds of apps on my laptop and currently with 1gb it's feeling a bit sluggish. But I'm planning on upgrading my whole laptop anyway so I'm putting up with it for now.

You'd be surprised, the apps most people use may be using development programming and can be categorised as office apps.

I run a contacts DB and a CRM service management program all day and they both use .Net 2.0.

29th December 2006, 11:36 PM	#1
djuhn Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Eastwood, Sydney Posts: 43	Options for ugrading ram on Asus A8Jp (2x512 normally) As the title, what are my options? I have 2x512mb ddr2 667mhz in the laptop now, thinking of going up to 2gb. What would people recommend? sell them seperately and find somewhere to buy 2x1gb? Anyone interested in a trade with some cash? Would there be that much of a performance difference even? Any comments would be appreciated. -Daniel

10th March 2007, 10:59 AM	#3
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 21,039	Yes, I'd probably sell them both and buy 2x 1GB to replace them. Whether the extra RAM will make a difference depends on what you're using the laptop for. If it's just for office work, there'll be no difference. If it's being used for new games (especially in Windows Vista) then having 2GB will be very worthwhile. __________________ Main system: Pentium-D 805 \| 1GB (2x 512MB) PQI DDR400 \| Gigabyte 8I865GMK-775 \| Xtreama Radeon 9800Pro with Zalman ZM-80HP-D \| 320GB WD SATA HDD \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 500w Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600

10th March 2007, 9:43 AM	#2
anjor Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3	i would wanna know as well.. same situation

14th March 2007, 8:07 AM	#4
Danthemanz Old School Admin Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,486	F3JP here, i knew i needed more than 1GB but was on a budget. Replaced 1 x 512MB with a 1GB and its helped alot. A test on superPi before and after and it didnt drop a bit. Didnt seem to make a difference to the memory bandwidth. Ive been playing with Vista a bit and 2GB would be helping. I do alot of multitasking though including opening many RAW photos etc. All comes down to what you do... Ill be going 2GB down the line....

16th March 2007, 8:30 PM	#8
Danthemanz Old School Admin Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,486	If you run Vista it helps alot as it caches everything quite alot better than XP.