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Originally posted by WDZ

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Originally posted by msg_plus_freak
Yer but if you did have 1gb of ram you could use programs and they wouldnt crash!

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Err... wtf

You can use programs without them crashing with any amount of RAM...

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Yeah true but i think what he meant was like if you have 64 - 128 mb sd ram then running photoshop 8 cs or above (well even v 7) is tough cause it gets stuck in between. So what he means is that if you have more ram then you can easily run any program smoothly and A) Not be bugged B) Easily complete your work C) not have to have your computer hang every once in a while

Well, i got my RAM now, ive noticed that it loads programs alot faster, and that iTunes is STILL slow, lol

but Messenger loads fast, now for the ultimate challenge, to see if it can load photoshop in less than 30 seconds

If you've got 512MB of PC3200 (400MHz) DDR buying another 512MB of PC3200 won't increase the speed (unless Dual Channel) just enable you to do more.

IMO 256MB is the absolute minimum for Windoes XP which makes Windows XP 64bit 512MB minimum (since 64bit is twice the data chunk size of 32bit).

If you play games (casual gamer) 512MB is fine, if you're hardcore then 1GB is the minimum you should use.

CAD/CGI & even heavy Video Editing also 1GB is the minimum you should use, while 2GB will be better.

A server really doesn't make sense with les than 2GB of RAM as they tend to do a lot of tasks simultaneously.

EDIT:  once your RAM is full it will use your Page File (Virtual Memory) which is vastly slower than RAM and in that way more RAM will seem faster.

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Originally posted by Garndell
if you're hardcore then 1GB is the minimum you should use.

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not really true, what if youre a hardcore old skool point and click gamer and just play monkey island