Vista + 4Gb of memory.

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Anyone upgraded on vista ultimate x64 from 2gb to 4gb of memory, whats the performance boost? id reckon quite good, but how good really? i play a lot of games..
 

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Hi rajinisback
I let a big "Best" store do it.
It only cost me 40 installation and
the price of the RAM.
I didn't have to bother with it.
Besides I understand some sticks
come to you bad, and you have to return them.
A lot of trouble to me. When I got my
machine back it was all set up and
ready to run !!!

;)

Good deal to me.

Later Ted
 

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As long as you don't care what it does to your WEI, overall it will decrease paging to your hard drives, which is always a good thing. In most cases, your WEI will go down, though.
 

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    Q9450 SLAWR
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    XFX 780i
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    8GB OCZ SLI 5-4-4-12@800
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    XFX 8800 GTX 768MB (2)
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    Auzen X-Fi Prelude / Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1
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I've just about 30 minutes ago or so completed the construction of my new AMD Phenom 9600 Quad, and I installed 4GB DDR2-800 (2x2GB Modules). I can confidently say (from experience with my old Athlon 4800 Dual), that 4GB ram on the system does make a big difference in games performance.

On a side note, my new computer, shows the full 4GB available, and I haven't even installed SP1 yet! I want to first run Futuremark Vantage so that I can compare stats between Vista and Vista SP1..
 

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    AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
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    ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi
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    2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
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    ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO
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    SAHARA 21"
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    2 x 80GB Seagate (I)
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    800W
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Hi all,

View attachment 3163

SP1, WEI 5.9
I also ran memtest86 for nearly
twelve hours, no errors!

I'm happy.

Hey dzomlija, I hope all continues to go well!
 
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    * BFK Customs *
    CPU
    Intel C2Q 9550 Yorkfield
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5Q Pro
    Memory
    8GB Dominator 8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX ATI 1GB 4870 XXX
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD 7-1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080P & 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    2x 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache WD Caviar Black
    PSU
    Corsair 620HX
    Case
    CM Cosmos RC-1000
    Cooling
    Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    HP Enhansed Multimedia
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback 3G
    Internet Speed
    18.6Mb/s
    Other Info
    My First Build ;)
The way RAM works, the fewer addresses available, the faster it is. If I have 4GB using 2 slots running at 4-4-4-12-2T@800 I may get a 5.9. If I install 4GB more (using 2 more slots), I may have to run 5-5-5-15-2T@800 to get a stable rig and I may get a 5.4. There are other considerations to keep in mind (chipset, FSB, cheap RAM to name a few) but in any case more RAM is a good thing if you can use it.

I had a A8N32-Deluxe\AMD X2 4800+ with 2GB of Corsair 3500LL running 2-2-2-5-1T@433 and it gave me a 5.9. Installed 2GB more (filling all 4 slots) and had to run 2-2-2-5-2T@400. WEI went down to 5.0. But overall the system was faster.

Run a XFX 780i\Intel Q6600 with 8GB OCZ 800 now. System is a screamer but RAM score is 5.3.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Q9450 SLAWR
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    8GB OCZ SLI 5-4-4-12@800
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX 8800 GTX 768MB (2)
    Sound Card
    Auzen X-Fi Prelude / Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung Syncmaster 214T
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    300GB VelociRaptor / 750GB / 500GB / 750GB
    PSU
    Antec 1000W TPQ
    Case
    Antec 900
    Cooling
    4 x 120mm, 1 x 200mm
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Entertainment Desktop 8000
    Mouse
    Logitech G7, Razer Lachesis
    Internet Speed
    3Mb
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