Vista - Is More Memory Better?

**Extensa** · 09-25-2008

Home Premium (x64) maxes out at 16 GB. I have 4 GB in my new laptop.

**swarfega** · 09-25-2008

Whyd you need that amount though. The current sweet spot for 64-bit vista is 4gb. Anything more is simply a waste.

**skunksmash** · 09-25-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Extensa

Home Premium (x64) maxes out at 16 GB. I have 4 GB in my new laptop.

I stand corrected......

16gb for Home Premium

SK

**Adamd** · 09-25-2008

Dang 128gig of ram in your system with Ultimate would be sweet lol

Just think how useless it would be, but sure would be cool to tell everyone what your system specs are lol

**Barnabas** · 09-25-2008

Running 4GB of Kingston ValueRam 1.8v DDR2 800mhz on an Intel DP35DP board for almost 4 months. Really like the quickness of Vista x64 on programs like Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0. Also internet pages load fast. Windows Reliability score has been between 8.5 and 10 since install. Happy with my setup

**Freelancer852** · 09-26-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by swarfega

Whyd you need that amount though. The current sweet spot for 64-bit vista is 4gb. Anything more is simply a waste.

Depends on what you're doing... I like to run multiple programs at the same time, some of them take up a lot of processing power and memory usage. For instance, when recording system intensive video games like Crysis with Fraps more memory is beneficial... And I do that a lot.

**swarfega** · 09-26-2008

I regularly run lots of programs, admittedly nothing to do with video, running and system copes nicely with 4gb.

09-25-2008	#31 (permalink)
Extensa Windows 7 Home Premium x64 153 posts	Re: Is More Memory Better? Home Premium (x64) maxes out at 16 GB. I have 4 GB in my new laptop.
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09-25-2008	#32 (permalink)
swarfega Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 403 posts	Re: Is More Memory Better? Whyd you need that amount though. The current sweet spot for 64-bit vista is 4gb. Anything more is simply a waste.
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09-25-2008	#33 (permalink)
skunksmash ultimate 64 SP1 2,182 posts	Re: Is More Memory Better? Quote: Originally Posted by Extensa Home Premium (x64) maxes out at 16 GB. I have 4 GB in my new laptop. I stand corrected...... 16gb for Home Premium SK
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09-25-2008	#34 (permalink)
Adamd Ultimate 64!!! 144 posts	Re: Is More Memory Better? Dang 128gig of ram in your system with Ultimate would be sweet lol Just think how useless it would be, but sure would be cool to tell everyone what your system specs are lol
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09-25-2008	#35 (permalink)
Barnabas Vista Home Premium x64 SP2 64 posts	Re: Is More Memory Better? Running 4GB of Kingston ValueRam 1.8v DDR2 800mhz on an Intel DP35DP board for almost 4 months. Really like the quickness of Vista x64 on programs like Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0. Also internet pages load fast. Windows Reliability score has been between 8.5 and 10 since install. Happy with my setup
My System Specs

09-26-2008	#36 (permalink)
Freelancer852 Vista Ultimate w/SP1 (32-bit) and Windows 7 Build 7000 (64-bit) 220 posts	Re: Is More Memory Better? Quote: Originally Posted by swarfega Whyd you need that amount though. The current sweet spot for 64-bit vista is 4gb. Anything more is simply a waste. Depends on what you're doing... I like to run multiple programs at the same time, some of them take up a lot of processing power and memory usage. For instance, when recording system intensive video games like Crysis with Fraps more memory is beneficial... And I do that a lot.
My System Specs

09-26-2008	#37 (permalink)
swarfega Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 403 posts	Re: Is More Memory Better? I regularly run lots of programs, admittedly nothing to do with video, running and system copes nicely with 4gb.
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