Increasing from 512mbram to 1gb.. makes any diff?

[Artak 0]

Just do it - Nike (if your motherbboard supports all three sticks installed)

[Evishion 0]

The worst thing that could happen is the computer would not boot and required a cmos reset (AFAIK). Not very complex.

how do i do that incase something goes to hell?  

EDIT: i got NF7-Sv2.0  btw

EDIT2: the old 1 is PC2700 and the new is PC3200....... as u sayd b4 the ram will get the speed to the slowest ram.. does that means that my PC3200 ram will only be PC2700 to ?

or is it only the mhz ?

[fallchild 0]

The worst thing that could happen is the computer would not boot and required a cmos reset (AFAIK). Not very complex.

how do i do that incase something goes to hell?

EDIT: i got NF7-Sv2.0 btw

EDIT2: the old 1 is PC2700 and the new is PC3200....... as u sayd b4 the ram will get the speed to the slowest ram.. does that means that my PC3200 ram will only be PC2700 to ?

or is it only the mhz ?

You can do a CMOS reset by switching off the computer completely and unplugging it. Find the CMOS jumper on your motherboard (it'll tell you where in the manual), move it to the "clear" position for about 30 seconds, move it back (that's important ), then switch the computer back on again.

[Evishion 0]

The worst thing that could happen is the computer would not boot and required a cmos reset (AFAIK). Not very complex.

how do i do that incase something goes to hell?  

EDIT: i got NF7-Sv2.0  btw

EDIT2:  the old 1 is PC2700 and the new is PC3200....... as u sayd b4 the ram will get the speed to the slowest ram.. does that means that my PC3200 ram will only be PC2700 to ?

or is it only the mhz ?

You can do a CMOS reset by switching off the computer completely and unplugging it. Find the CMOS jumper on your motherboard (it'll tell you where in the manual), move it to the "clear" position for about 30 seconds, move it back (that's important ), then switch the computer back on again.

Ok. thx.. il try.

Just dont hope my PC3200 ram will be "PC2700" like the mhz whos will be as 333mhz

[ebns72 0]

I recommend upgrading to a gig. Helps a lot of problems with loadnig and stuttering, especiall if you play online in any games including flashpoint.

[cozza 24]

time to change my ram. i just checked it and i got 215mb of ram

damn. i thought that was good

[Evishion 0]

ok i testet... only got 1 more fps in the doom3 timedemo.. and it seems like OFP and HL2 lagged more actually with the old ram on.. so i keep to 1gig instead for 1.5

[Commando84 0]

I have two 256 mb ram pieces and if i had a 512 mb ram stick will my comp run better or the same?

thinking about getting a new ram memory stick to upgrade my computer bynew years eve to improve performance, i will have to get a another harddrive so i can have room for ofp stuff and some of the school stuff i want to keep right now my 80 gig harddrive has 18 gig of freespace and its dropping for every week or something

making missions and addons, and fixing homepage stuff for school and other stuff that way starts to get heavy on the comp. in the long run.

[D34N 0]

I have two 256 mb ram pieces and if i had a 512 mb ram stick will my comp run better or the same?

It might run worse/not run at all If you mix and match Brands and Speeds.

thinking about getting a new ram memory stick to upgrade my computer bynew years eve to improve performance, i will have to get a another harddrive so i can have room for ofp stuff and some of the school stuff i want to keep

How much money you got set aside?

[Jackal326 1181]

I have two 256 mb ram pieces and if i had a 512 mb ram stick will my comp run better or the same?

It might run worse/not run at all If you mix and match Brands and Speeds.

I think what he means is, if he removes the two 256mb sticks, and replaces them both with just one 512mb stick, will there be any improvement.

[shinRaiden 0]

Depends. IF the 2x256 are setup right in a dual-channel system, there is a little plus there. Otherwise, you're better off with the 1x512 so you can add more later.