DDR2 Ram for lappy, vista improvement?

crabbytech · 2nd June 2008, 5:23 PM

If I dont sell my current lappy Im going to upgrade the ram from 1gb to 2.5GB.

Will that be a noticeable difference for vista?

Can I slot a single 2GB and also leave a 512MB in there?

1nc0de · 2nd June 2008, 5:50 PM

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Originally Posted by crabbytech

If I dont sell my current lappy Im going to upgrade the ram from 1gb to 2.5GB.

Will that be a noticeable difference for vista?

Can I slot a single 2GB and also leave a 512MB in there?

just upped from 1GB to 4GB. definately improved all round performance.
+ it's so cheap these days. why not hey?

crabbytech · 2nd June 2008, 6:29 PM

cool !

so will the 2GB stick work with the 512MB left in there?

bioxeed · 2nd June 2008, 7:35 PM

2.5gb should work ok. But given the price of ram atm why not just chuck 4gb in there? Or does the chipset/bios not handle it?

crabbytech · 2nd June 2008, 8:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bioxeed

2.5gb should work ok. But given the price of ram atm why not just chuck 4gb in there? Or does the chipset/bios not handle it?

im not sure, how would i find that out? its an acer aspire 4310

crabbytech · 3rd June 2008, 4:06 PM

well i ordered a 2GB stick today, so will let you know if it works or not, fingers crossed.

pick2000 · 3rd June 2008, 5:54 PM

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Originally Posted by crabbytech

well i ordered a 2GB stick today, so will let you know if it works or not, fingers crossed.

I removed the 2x 512MB and put a 2GB stick in mine and it works perfectly, it made a huge improvement.

crabbytech · 3rd June 2008, 8:04 PM

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Originally Posted by pick2000

I removed the 2x 512MB and put a 2GB stick in mine and it works perfectly, it made a huge improvement.

why didnt you stick it in additional to the 512MB?

pick2000 · 3rd June 2008, 8:08 PM

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Originally Posted by crabbytech

why didnt you stick it in additional to the 512MB?

I put it in another laptop.

Deanodriver · 3rd June 2008, 8:09 PM

I've got a Compaq C731TU, and one of the first things I did was put a 2GB stick in along with the 512MB stick it runs stock.

Tempted to go to 4GB, but on this thing, it's the CPU that's holding it back, not the RAM.

crabbytech · 3rd June 2008, 8:26 PM

cool !

deano did you notice much difference?

not long ago in xp we were saying unless you gaming 2gb is over kill, now 3gb seems the minimum for vista.

Deanodriver · 3rd June 2008, 8:29 PM

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Originally Posted by crabbytech

cool !

deano did you notice much difference?

not long ago in xp we were saying unless you gaming 2gb is over kill, now 3gb seems the minimum for vista.

It's still slow, but it's usable once you turn most of the features off (though with a 1.86 Celeron-M the CPU is the big bottleneck, rather than both the CPU and RAM slowing it down). Probably do better with a fresh non-OEM install though.

However, with current RAM prices, you'd be stupid not to put at least 2GB in. Extra RAM does help.

1nc0de · 3rd June 2008, 9:05 PM

This morning I disabled the use for any kind of swap file. So far, for what I use my laptop for, 4gb ram has been awesome! (2nd day lol); but now, with no swap file, it's EVEN BETTER man! can't wait till you add more RAM lol! *added to favs*

Deanodriver · 3rd June 2008, 9:16 PM

I switched off desktop compositing, which helped performance as well.

Cubes. · 3rd June 2008, 9:21 PM

I found there was a substantial improvement from 2gb (vista x32) to 4gb (vista x64).

Mostly when dropping out of a game back to the desktop; game loading speed (superfetch enabled), photoshop and video editing in the background etc.

What I consider general usage of a computer not just a web browsing computer. + I do a fair bit of VMware of which the 4gb is really nice for.

For a web browsing computer 2gb is just fine.

There is a noticeable reduction in hard drive chug running 4gb over 2gb.
Everything tends to load and run just that little bit smoother.

Vista x32 shows 3.1gb of ram. Windows XP x32 shows from memory around 3.4-3.5gb.

2nd June 2008, 5:23 PM	#1
crabbytech Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,922	DDR2 Ram for lappy, vista improvement? If I dont sell my current lappy Im going to upgrade the ram from 1gb to 2.5GB. Will that be a noticeable difference for vista? Can I slot a single 2GB and also leave a 512MB in there?

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crabbytech Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,922	cool ! so will the 2GB stick work with the 512MB left in there?

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crabbytech Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,922	well i ordered a 2GB stick today, so will let you know if it works or not, fingers crossed.

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crabbytech Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,922	cool ! deano did you notice much difference? not long ago in xp we were saying unless you gaming 2gb is over kill, now 3gb seems the minimum for vista.

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1nc0de Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sydney Posts: 142	This morning I disabled the use for any kind of swap file. So far, for what I use my laptop for, 4gb ram has been awesome! (2nd day lol); but now, with no swap file, it's EVEN BETTER man! can't wait till you add more RAM lol! added to favs