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Offline videoholic

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« on: November 05, 2001, 03:52:56 PM »
If you are even thinking about getting Windows XP, make sure you have 256 meg of Ram at least.  I had 128 and just added 256.  WOW what a difference.  The switching between users is now instant.  It\'s great.  Don\'t even concider going to XP without at least 256 megs of RAM.  

When I had 128 it was sluggish.  If my wife had IE running on her side, my side was sluggish.  Let me just tell you, you won\'t be happy.

I guess that is why there are a lot of free Ram upgrades with the purchase of XP.
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« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2001, 05:56:22 PM »
im at 256 now, want 512
but rambus 800 memory = expensive
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« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2001, 08:35:52 PM »
mm, you\'re the first person I know who actually owns an RDRAM system.  How u like it?
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« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2001, 08:48:19 PM »
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im at 256 now, want 512
but rambus 800 memory = expensive


yeah.. true, rambus memory is as least twice as much as the regular pc133 and slightly more exensive than DDR chips. I also want more but cannot afford it yet.

and emperrob, I have a pIII with Rdram and it doesn\'t makes a big diverence in preformance. Its not worth the money but I got free so...
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« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2001, 10:43:42 PM »
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im at 256 now, want 512
but rambus 800 memory = The Devil


heh heh heh, the ram is good. But that company deserves to DIE a slow and horrible death.

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« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2001, 11:00:15 PM »
speaking of which..im kinda pc illiterate..but I know enuff to get me through. I was gonna try taking a stab building a new system since this one..well..Im just tired of it p3 550 320mb.

Im thinking a duron or tbird athlon with 528mb of DDR running XP. Any suggestions you guys have for me? Places to shop..etc. I know about pricewatch..but I prefer to get everything from the same place to save on shipping.


as for why I posted in this thread..

"yeah.. true, rambus memory is as least twice as much as the regular pc133 and slightly more exensive than DDR"

^^^^Made me remember :D
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« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2001, 11:43:09 PM »
i have wins xp on 4 x 256mb off ram
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« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2001, 01:30:00 AM »
emp rob, im running a Pentium 4 1.5 gig on an intel 850GB mobo

i love it, coupled with a geforce 3, and this sucker flies

well worth the money
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« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2001, 02:14:39 AM »
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im at 256 now, want 512
but rambus 800 memory = expensive


I just bought 256 meg for 100 bucks..  It has come way down in price!!!  go to memorysuppliers.com ..

And as far as RDRam, I think it is suppose to be a lot better in certain aspects, but it\'s not being taken advantage of really in software today.  I don\'t remember the specifics, but I am extrememly happy with this rdram.  The difference in adding 256 megs is really unbelievable with XP.
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« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2001, 05:19:46 AM »
DDR ram right now for 256mb is only $30

You can not go wrong.

I am running XP on 256mb, but for $30 I think Im gonna have to step up to 512mb of ram

Ahhh yeah..  Big pimpin..
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« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2001, 07:17:45 AM »
Once Crucial.com starts selling 512 chips of DDR, I\'m all about it, k-dog.
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« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2001, 07:36:05 AM »
I wish I had waited till the new motherboards came out to buy my P4, but i\'m happy now. It just ended up costing me a little extra cash for the Ram.  No biggie.  Just a couple months ago 128 chips were over 200 bucks, so now that they are down to the 40 buck range it\'s at least getting closer to SDRam.



I remember in college buying 4-1 meg chips for 100 bucks a piece.

So I guess I saved $255,900 by waiting to buy my 256 megs of ram.
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« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2001, 11:18:27 AM »
StAnZo\'s Current Rig..

Athlon 1.333 Ghz
512 Meg DDR (266Mhz)
Ge-Force 3
SB Live!
8x8x24 CdRw
LG 8080b DVD
Cable Modem

and some other stuff
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« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2001, 01:28:41 PM »
My setup -

HP 300mhz Pavillion
28mb RAM
3.1gb hd
win98!


woohoo! Mine is so fast, it will...ummm, well, it works alot of the time.


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« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2001, 01:31:19 PM »
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I just bought 256 meg for 100 bucks..  It has come way down in price!!!  go to memorysuppliers.com ..

 


If you\'re american u got ripped off.
I can get 256meg sdram for 62 AUSTRALIAN dollers.

That\'s 31 USA dollers.


I\'m gonna buy 512meg sdram when i get my tax return. :)

I\'m currently on a celeron 533, 128meg sdram, 20gig ultra 66 hd.
Geforce 32meg DDR AGP card.

I\'m getting a TB 1.3 or 1.5 cpu, AMD mb from Gigabyte and another 512meg sdram.

I don\'t want a new Geforce card cause there\'s really nothing on pc that really needs anything more then a geforce card.
I might get another HD 50gig or something like that..
I\'ll probably go to a swap meet to buy the HD..
If i have to. I\'ll just get my brother too order the stuff for me through his supplier. (he has his own computer business)
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