Community weekly poll: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main computer?
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Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by snharden - 12/3/04 6:05 AM In reply to: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
In 1997 I bought a computer. It was a Pentium 2 with MMX 166 MHZ processor and 16 whopping MB's of ram and a 2 GB hard drive. The guy at the computer store said it was more than I would ever need. It was the biggest baddest mother on the block.
In 1999 I bought a AMD 333 Mhz with a whopping 48 MB's of ram and a 3 GB hard drive. It too was the biggest baddest mother on the block.
In October 2004 I bought a Intel Celeron 2.8 Ghz with 256 MB of ram and a 120 GB hard drive. Upped the ram to 512 MB and again recently upped that again to 1 GB of ram. And even got a DVD burner and other goodies.
Strangely I no longer know if its the biggest baddest mother on the block anymore. How long until its like my old pokey 166 mhz? Only the next few weeks will tell I guess.
I can still add another GB of ram.........LOL
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by funkid7 - 12/3/04 6:43 AM In reply to: Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main by snhardenActually the biggest and baddest, that can still fit on your desk; can cost 10 to 12,000 U.S. bucks! Dual PentiumXion processors, liquid cooled also! Video graphics goes way up and beyond my understanding. They run an all different Operating sys. designed specifically for graphic design and animation stuff.
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by matt5112 - 12/5/04 9:31 PM In reply to: Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main by funkid7lol theres a graphics card with 640 megs of video mem its a 3dlabs wildcat 800
it costs too much and wildcat 200 is $1500 lols i ahve 512mb PC-400 i don't understand y ppl get PC-333 when they can get PC-400 which is alot faster
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by sougatooo - 12/3/04 7:43 AM In reply to: Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main by snhardenYou are absolutely right. With each passing year there crops up new configurations, applications and programmes which demand higher RAM. For the past two years, I'm using P4,1.6GHz, 512MB RAM. Recently, I installed an HP PSC all-in-one which recommends 256MB RAM for smooth function. Recent games also are RAM hungry and now it seems that a minimum of 1GB is necessary to run all the programmes smoothly without hanging.
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by rickp227 - 12/3/04 6:11 AM In reply to: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have 512MB on both my computers. They run very well, one is a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop, the other is a three year old Dell L800R PIII 800MHZ box that still runs very well.
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by toonspire - 12/3/04 6:46 AM In reply to: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a ME HP PC with
128 mgb ram, 40 mg hd, 800mg hz proc...
When I get my new PC/Laptop
it will have at the least 1.0 GH Ram!
OH YEAH!
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by 2late - 12/3/04 7:16 AM In reply to: Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main by toonspireI have but a meazly 256MB RAM on a 500Mhz Piii. Just bought a 120GB hard drive, which helped, but the thing still manages to freeze up when I'm surfing!
I have a lot of programs installed, notably audio recording software (Steinberg Cubase VST 24). We also do a good bit of scanning and PictureIt stuff. Am I asking too much of my machine?
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by matt5112 - 12/5/04 9:34 PM In reply to: Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main by 2lateur asking WAY TOO MUCH i find lagg with 512megs of PC-400 i ahve a athlon xp2400+ with a 40gb HD ati radeon 9800 pro modded into a 9800 XT ( lol u can do that u know) i'm getting another 512 mb stikc so i can have 1gb dual channel
eventually i will get 2x 1GB dual channel kit
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by vladimirtamarez - 12/3/04 7:41 AM In reply to: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have in my main computer 512MB Ram
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by Zager - 12/4/04 1:08 AM In reply to: Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main by vladimirtamarezHi all.I live in Sweden where the price of electronics is extremely expensive so I do the majority of my purchases in the USA considering the present state of the dollar and my frequent visits to the USA, my stationery computer is a 2.8 P4 With 1gb ram I also have a Compaq Presario r3000 with 512 mb ram +128mb graphic card it is a p4 2.66, one thing that has been puzzling me is the laptop shows up as 640 ram, but this does not happen on my station computer does anyone know why.
Reply to Zager on 640MB ram.
by Mr. Chan - 12/15/04 11:28 PM In reply to: Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main by ZagerHello Zager, I believe that you have 2x256MB=512MB plus 1x128MB in your PC which add up the total of 640MB of ram. Or it could be 1x512MB+1x128MB=640MB. Most likely I believe it is the latter if your PC is a laptop as someone installed one 512MB or it came with one 512MB ram, then later either you or someone installed another 128MB instead of 256MB ( 512MB is the best performance )ram into your PC. Most laptops can accomodate 2GB of ram ( 1GB each as it has only two slots). So I believe 1 slot has the 512MB and the other slot has the 128MB which adds up to 640MB of ram. I hope you are geting this message as it is a bit late to tell you now as it is almost the 16th December, 2004.
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by Earthquake McGoon - 12/3/04 7:50 AM In reply to: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Mine (Compaq S3000V) had 512 when I bought it, and I went to 768. After reading some of the replies to your question, I will soon upgrade to 1Gb! I only have two RAM slots, so unless someone comes up with a 1024 RAM, I'm
limited to 1024Mb.
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by matt5112 - 12/5/04 9:36 PM In reply to: Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main by Earthquake McGoonOCZ has 1gb sticks u didn't know that ur limited to 2 gb therietically but ur northend chipset prob limits it to less
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by jmaldonado - 12/3/04 8:00 AM In reply to: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
At office: HP d330D / P2.4Gh(533) / 512mb / Intel856video (PC having "lag" problems when try to perform some actions)
At home: Biostar P4VTG (mobo) / P2.4Gh(800) / 512mb / FX5200-128mb (great performance)
Re: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main
by Shantj - 12/3/04 8:09 AM In reply to: 12/03/04 How much RAM do you currently have in your main computer? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a HP system that I just put in to a new case with a larger power supply, but had I been on my toes I would not have gotten it, for it was only up grade able to 512 meg's of sd ram. The system isn't bad on the other end as far as the cpu it's a 1.2 gig with a clocking speed of 1200 mhz rather than the 800 mhz of other system, also it runs better now that I have it in the new case with the 540 watt power supply. What the computer came with is a 150 watt power supply. ButI feel more is better, more ram and a faster CPU is all ways better. The new mother board I'm looking at will be up grade able to 3.2 ghz with a full 3gig's of DDR ram. Never Winter Nights the game takes a lot to run well.
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