Vista - 1GB vs 2GB

Hi Folks,

If I run Vista Home Premium on an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ system, with
Adobe Premiere being the most stressful usage, do you think that I'd
notice any improvement with 2GB RAM instead of 1GB RAM? Any advice
would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Ken

Yeah you would notice the difference, especially in a program like that.

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"kjk" <kjk@usa.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Folks,
>
> If I run Vista Home Premium on an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ system, with
> Adobe Premiere being the most stressful usage, do you think that I'd
> notice any improvement with 2GB RAM instead of 1GB RAM? Any advice
> would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Ken

Yep. Absolutely! Adobe Premiere being the one main reason. Although, Vista
itself can benefit greatly from 2GB as compared to 1GB. Unlike XP from my
experience, where the basic XP load (not discussing applications here) is
about the same speed with either 1 or 2 Gig of memory.

-Frank

"kjk" <kjk@usa.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Folks,
>
> If I run Vista Home Premium on an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ system, with
> Adobe Premiere being the most stressful usage, do you think that I'd
> notice any improvement with 2GB RAM instead of 1GB RAM? Any advice
> would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Ken

"kjk" <kjk@usa.com> wrote in message news:8dubs2dbmq0ta4hfpsu944gnd7rs9lcjnq@4ax.com...
> Hi Folks,
>
> If I run Vista Home Premium on an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ system, with
> Adobe Premiere being the most stressful usage, do you think that I'd
> notice any improvement with 2GB RAM instead of 1GB RAM? Any advice
> would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Absolutely you'd notice an improvement.

Mo RAM, mo better. :-)


-Michael

Not to doubt you guys, but I'd love to see an actual usage comparison

"Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> wrote in message
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> Yep. Absolutely! Adobe Premiere being the one main reason. Although, Vista
> itself can benefit greatly from 2GB as compared to 1GB. Unlike XP from my
> experience, where the basic XP load (not discussing applications here) is
> about the same speed with either 1 or 2 Gig of memory.
>
> -Frank
>
> "kjk" <kjk@usa.com> wrote in message
> news:8dubs2dbmq0ta4hfpsu944gnd7rs9lcjnq@4ax.com...
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> If I run Vista Home Premium on an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ system, with
>> Adobe Premiere being the most stressful usage, do you think that I'd
>> notice any improvement with 2GB RAM instead of 1GB RAM? Any advice
>> would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>> Ken
>

Video rendering is one of the most intense applications that can be
performed. You already have a great CPU. Increasing your RAM will make a
tremendous difference in the amount of time needed to render a video. Go for
it. RAM is cheap right now.

--


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"kjk" <kjk@usa.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Folks,
>
> If I run Vista Home Premium on an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ system, with
> Adobe Premiere being the most stressful usage, do you think that I'd
> notice any improvement with 2GB RAM instead of 1GB RAM? Any advice
> would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Ken

It's funny how this ng works. Sometimes it is quiet and you think no one
but yourself is so lifeless as to be reading the thing and then someone asks
for an opinion on something like this and you find out by the rush of
replies that you're not alone in the world. LOL

That said, here's my answer.

I had a memory score of 4.2 or 4.3 with one gig of memory. Simply adding a
second gig of identical memory increased my memory score to 5.6 and gave me
noticeable improvement in performance.

Dale



"kjk" <kjk@usa.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Folks,
>
> If I run Vista Home Premium on an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ system, with
> Adobe Premiere being the most stressful usage, do you think that I'd
> notice any improvement with 2GB RAM instead of 1GB RAM? Any advice
> would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Ken

Thank you!

I got a 4.5 with one gig. I may well upgrade

My Video card drops me to a 3.7 score because of gaming graphics. The Radeon
x600 is only 3.9.

Will prolly upgrade that too. Any suggestions?

Actually my routine performance is pretty fast, even Photoshop with
smallish, under 20MB, files.

RAM use on the cute clock hovers around 40-50, drops to low 30s after period
of inactivity


"Dale" <nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
news:eqbNZWHSHHA.4844@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> It's funny how this ng works. Sometimes it is quiet and you think no one
> but yourself is so lifeless as to be reading the thing and then someone
> asks for an opinion on something like this and you find out by the rush of
> replies that you're not alone in the world. LOL
>
> That said, here's my answer.
>
> I had a memory score of 4.2 or 4.3 with one gig of memory. Simply adding
> a second gig of identical memory increased my memory score to 5.6 and gave
> me noticeable improvement in performance.
>
> Dale
>
>
>
> "kjk" <kjk@usa.com> wrote in message
> news:8dubs2dbmq0ta4hfpsu944gnd7rs9lcjnq@4ax.com...
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> If I run Vista Home Premium on an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ system, with
>> Adobe Premiere being the most stressful usage, do you think that I'd
>> notice any improvement with 2GB RAM instead of 1GB RAM? Any advice
>> would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>> Ken
>

Bill Condie wrote:
> Not to doubt you guys, but I'd love to see an actual usage comparison

For movie rendering? Try it on any machine you have in front of you
(assuming you have the memory). This isn't really a Vista question, more
memory improves movie rendering greatly in any "professional" movie
manipulating software, whether premiere, final cut pro or anything else you
like on any OS you like.

Thank you!

I got a 4.5 with one gig. I may well upgrade

My Video card drops me to a 3.7 score because of gaming graphics. The Radeon
x600 is only 3.9.

Will prolly upgrade that too. Any suggestions?

Actually my routine performance is pretty fast, even Photoshop with
smallish, under 20MB, files.

RAM use on the cute clock hovers around 40-50, drops to low 30s after period
of inactivity


"Dale" <nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
news:eqbNZWHSHHA.4844@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> It's funny how this ng works. Sometimes it is quiet and you think no one
> but yourself is so lifeless as to be reading the thing and then someone
> asks for an opinion on something like this and you find out by the rush of
> replies that you're not alone in the world. LOL
>
> That said, here's my answer.
>
> I had a memory score of 4.2 or 4.3 with one gig of memory. Simply adding
> a second gig of identical memory increased my memory score to 5.6 and gave
> me noticeable improvement in performance.
>
> Dale
>
>
>
> "kjk" <kjk@usa.com> wrote in message
> news:8dubs2dbmq0ta4hfpsu944gnd7rs9lcjnq@4ax.com...
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> If I run Vista Home Premium on an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ system, with
>> Adobe Premiere being the most stressful usage, do you think that I'd
>> notice any improvement with 2GB RAM instead of 1GB RAM? Any advice
>> would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>> Ken
>