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2GB or 4 or 8GB and benefits?
What benefit is there to upgrade from 2gb to 4gb on a 32bit OS like OS? What x64 operating system would best make use of the extra memory in terms of performance?
- I plan to continue an overclock for this machine (4x1gb should be okay, and ditto for 4x2gb):
Current overclock is 375x8 with memory running <800mhz (memory is ddr2-800...would consider upgrading memory speed and amount to ddr-1066 if beneficial to stability)
- I plan to use photoshop heavily although I wouldn't edit more than several photos at one time
- I'd consider using virtualization software
-I'd consider using a Linux environment x64 and emulate XP, but wonder if the extra memory will help running photoshop in an virtual environment.
- I game but don't multitask between games!
5 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
On a 32-bit, none. The way 32-bit addressing works, it will count down from 4 GB to address your onboard devices, so most of the last 4 GB will go to waste. Plus, in some cases, having the last GB will actually slow it down as compared to only having 3 GB.
Any x64 operating system would be able to use it, as long as the chipset is also a 64-bit one and not a32-bit one. Vista x64 would be better than XP x64, but there are few drivers that work with Vista x64 yet, since they must be approved by Microsoft.
Guy above me: do some research before you make up lies and thumb people down.
- tBoneLv 51 decade ago
If you play games like crysis or use computation intensive applications like Photoshop, 3d max etc...the more the ram the better. But if you use computer for browsing and simple activites, then the difference is very little to none.
The max. ram accessible by a 32 bit OS is 2^32=4 GB. This is the main advantage of the x64 or 64 bit OS. It can access a maximum of 2^64=16GB. The applications that can make use of the 64bit architecture will run faster.
- SimanLv 41 decade ago
i dont know what OS your running but ram wont make a diffrence now if your running windows check how much ram the OS will register if you get 8gigs and it can only register 4 well your cash went down the drain. also more ram doesnt meen more speed it only meens you can run more at once. speed is deturmaned by cas latency, ram clock speed, and ram type.
Guy below me Vista 32 or 64 will only register 4gigs for 12 gigs of memory registery you need the server edition of windows anything above that windows wont register
Update: My bad i was thinking XP and server 2003 no it suports up to 8 and 16 with server and upgraded models. sry im used to building servers with some 64gigs of ram and linux
- Anonymous1 decade ago
2 or 4 gigabyte, choose 4 if u use vista and office 2007, video editing software.... but see memory speed too (DDR 667, 800, 1033 MHz). check what is max memory speed supported by your motherboard
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
2 GB is good now.
more ram won't have a noticeable impact in performance unless you run memory intensive programs like photoshop.
8 GB is pretty much useless now:
