256MB vs. 512MB

[FrankMasterFlash]

Is there that much of a performance increase between 256MB and 512MB. Is it worth me getting the extra 256MB.

I run Windows 2000 sp2. It will be SD-RAM. I do do some gaming and such. TIA!:D

[Maximus Nickus]

windows 200 will benefit more than win 9x from mem upgrades, if you can afford it then yeah get it, just make sure you dont go over 512mb unless u have xp or it will be slower....

[Sonny]

Originally posted by nick_cw
windows 200 will benefit more than win 9x from mem upgrades, if you can afford it then yeah get it, just make sure you dont go over 512mb unless u have xp or it will be slower....

W2K will benefit from more memory than W98, that is true. W2K slower with more than 512Mb is wrong. The limit is 2048Mb.

[JaY_III]

in XP (may also be 2k) when you have 512 megs of RAM or more you can load the kernal 100% into memory....
This is much faster then when only parts are in memory and other parts of the kernal are in a page file.
That reson alone is why 512 is better than 256

[Speed_Freak]

but will having the entire kernel loaded into your memory slow other things down like applications, games, rendering etc?

[JaY_III]

not at all....
makes things faster for me as when something needs to acess the kernal, it gets the info strait from RAM...
not having to read from a slow page file.

[.. AE 86 ..]

more ram = better :cool: