Which is a better setup?

palee72

Member

​

Joined

Sep 10, 2002

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

• Aug 7, 2003

• #1

I mainly play games on my PC. I have my choice of ram.. I don't OC much. Which would I get better preformance out of?

512Mb PC2100
or
256Mb PC3200

This may seem like a dumb question.. but I... eh.. go ahead....




EDIT::: I just read a little bit down with someone having basicly the same question. And it was what I thought...

Better to have more ram than less..

 

S

SeanOMatic

Member

​

Joined

Feb 12, 2003

• Aug 7, 2003

• #2

I would tend to agree. With 512MB of PC2100, you should be okay. Since Windows XP needs at least 256MB to operate with any grace, 512MB is definitely the way to go. You should be able to find 512 of PC2700 for not much more then PC2100 though, since PC2100 is being phased out...

-Sean

 

R4z0r4mu5 Pr|m3

Member

​

Joined

Oct 27, 2002

Location

New York

• Aug 7, 2003

• #3

right on SeanOMatic, though when running applications where the amount of ram isn't a strong factor the 3200 will perform much better but 256mb really isn't enough to go around to run many things smoothly and at the same time, i'm beginning to feel that my 512mb isn't enough

 

S

SeanOMatic

Member

​

Joined

Feb 12, 2003

• Aug 7, 2003

• #4

Yeah, most people tend to overlook the fact that Windows itself can gobble up a ton of memory. Right now, I would say 512MB is the bare minimum, and 1GB is a good amount to have for any serious gamer or DV editor, etc.

Memory is very inexpensive when it comes to the mid-speed(PC2700, PC3200) stuff, that having less then 512MB's isn't really worth the trouble.

 

Y

youngbuck

Member

​

Joined

Aug 30, 2002

Location

CO, USA

• Aug 8, 2003

• #5

Yea I'd go no less than 512MB PC2700. Crucial PC2700 is good stuff.

 

OP

palee72

Member

​

Joined

Sep 10, 2002

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

• Aug 8, 2003

• Thread Starter
• #6

I'm running win2k Pro, I already have the sticks of 512mb-2100 and 256mb-3200. I was just trying to decide which one I keep and which one the wife gets..

We're in the middle of getting our house painted and buying new hardware at the moment isn't an option. So, I was just checking my options.

 

nycundaground

Member

​

Joined

Mar 16, 2003

• Aug 9, 2003

• #7

256mb pc3200