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klassic
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_ 		20. March 2007 @ 05:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is there any software or tests that one can run to determine if more RAM is needed for a system? Possibly recommend a how much to get.

I have a compaq with an Athlon 64 3500. It has 512MB PC3200. 64MB allocated to onboard Video.

I always have several programs running at once. Typical set is as follows:
Firefox (4-6 tabs)
Thunderbird
FileZilla
Excel (2-4 spreadsheets)
Photoshop 7.0
AVG AV
ZoneAlarm
Weather Watcher
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ddp
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_ 		20. March 2007 @ 06:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
check in your task manager to see what percentage of ram is available
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_ 		20. March 2007 @ 06:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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I have a compaq with an Athlon 64 3500. It has 512MB PC3200. 64MB allocated to onboard Video.
If you upgrade to 1 Gig of RAM(minimum) and get yourself a graphics card with 128 mb of RAM(preferably 256mb) then you'll definetly notice the speed difference, especially when gaming and using photoshop.
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klassic
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_ 		20. March 2007 @ 13:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well this is my work pc so gaming is not necessary. I do know that the on board video can use up to 128 or possible 256mb ram. But there is no way to change it in the bios. It is a grayed option. I think as you put more ram in the computer it automatically steps up the video ram.

We had another gig stick lying around the office so I through that in there. I know its not running dual channel now, but I would rather have 1.5 gigs of single channel than 512 in dual channel.
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gtjr_ph
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_ 		20. March 2007 @ 16:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
run first task manager, run a software(s)/game that you usually use then check task manager the highest(peak)/(commit charge) ram usage will be your cue to what mb you should buy
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