Move to 4GB of Memory?

[Dazz]

Might make sence i just splashed out on 2GB Dominator PC6400C4 ram am debating to get an other 2GB but will need x64 OS to do that so might wait a while yet. Seems intresting. 4GB of Dominator memory

[Riptide]

Originally Posted by TiKiMaN1

IMO opinion its not too incredibly bad considering it is 4GB.

Honestly I tend to agree. But still, 5 bills is a lotta money regardless of what you get for it. I think I'd rather stick with 2GB and get a vidcard with the money instead. Ofcourse if you have the coin for both... go ahead. lol

[T.h.o.m.a.s.]

since most apps cant allocate more then 2Gb , is pretty useless for now
surely in an xp enviroment wich can only allocate 3Gb

[SH0DAN]

Originally Posted by |MaguS|

No, 4GB is worthless unless you do alot of video or graphics editing.

I do allot of the above and ran XP 64 off a copy I bought.I ran 4 gigs and found it did not make a huge difference for me.What did,was doing it at work on system that had a kenstfield + 2 gigs of faster ram.In my real world tests of encoding,etc,a quad on a 32 bit OS with 2 gigs,is better then a dual core with 4 gigs on a 64 bit OS.This is why I am very interested in the Q6400 and the soonish price cut on the Q6600 on April 22nd.

[J-Mag]

Originally Posted by jAkUp

This memory looks good, just make sure to run Vista x64.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231122

Any reason you are suggesting the 2gb DIMMs? I know that AMD mem controllers like dual modules max, but i thought Intel controllers were fine with 4 DIMMs?

I think 4 1GB DIMMs would be cheaper and have higher speeds on an intel platform, no?

[LORD-eX-Bu]

I just got a 2gb Corsair Dominator 8500c5d kit, was debating getting four gigs but I'll wait for DDR3, Vista already runs great

[Riptide]

You can use 1GB modules (4x1) with AMD CPUs OK as long as you enable 2T yes?

[J-Mag]

Originally Posted by Riptide

You can use 1GB modules (4x1) with AMD CPUs OK as long as you enable 2T yes?

Yeah 2t will work, but if you are overclocking your CPU may need to be run at a lower speed.

[Dazz]

Originally Posted by SH0DAN

I do allot of the above and ran XP 64 off a copy I bought.I ran 4 gigs and found it did not make a huge difference for me.What did,was doing it at work on system that had a kenstfield + 2 gigs of faster ram.In my real world tests of encoding,etc,a quad on a 32 bit OS with 2 gigs,is better then a dual core with 4 gigs on a 64 bit OS.This is why I am very interested in the Q6400 and the soonish price cut on the Q6600 on April 22nd.

Extra ram does not make your PC faster it makes it smoother,

[Greasy]

Unless you plan on going 64bit in the next year. (probably a bad idea) I wouldn't waste the money right now. By the time gaming in Vista goes mainstream and 64 bit is more common DDR3 will be widely available. You could probably get some 4 gig kits with great timings for less too.

Just a thought.

[radekhulan]

With C2D you can safely buy 4x1GB memory sticks, Intel memory controller in P965 is much better than AMD's integrated one on X2 CPUs. I have the same OC with 2x1G and/or 4x1G.

Just get 64bit OS, 32bit XP see just 3GB (even with /PAE /3G in boot.ini).

[Greasy]

Originally Posted by radekhulan

With C2D you can safely buy 4x1GB memory sticks, Intel memory controller in P965 is much better than AMD's integrated one on X2 CPUs. I have the same OC with 2x1G and/or 4x1G.

Just get 64bit OS, 32bit XP see just 3GB (even with /PAE /3G in boot.ini).

Just out of curiosity, have you ran any memory benchmarks with 2 v/s 4 just to confirm you're not loosing any performance?

Damn you've got a sweet 6600 to be running that at those speeds with the voltage in your cpuid shot.