Memory Upgrade Performance Question

I am currently on a DELL (1GH) with 256Meg. Could I expect a dramatic
increase in performance if I upgrade to
1Gig Memory? I know its sketchy but if anyone has done it they would know.
Thanks
Bob

PS By Dramatic I mean my current booting takes 2-3 minutes.

"BobT" wrote in message
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I am currently on a DELL (1GH) with 256Meg. Could I expect a dramatic
increase in performance if I upgrade to
1Gig Memory? I know its sketchy but if anyone has done it they would
know.
Thanks
Bob

PS By Dramatic I mean my current booting takes 2-3 minutes.
That depends on what you do with the PC.
Increasing memory should make it run faster, though you may not notice it
depending what you are running on it.

By booting do you mean time it takes to see your desktop/start bar, or time
it takes to finish running startup programs?
Maybe you need to look at what is running on startup.

I am currently on a DELL (1GH) with 256Meg. Could I expect a dramatic
increase in performance if I upgrade to
1Gig Memory? I know its sketchy but if anyone has done it they would know.

If you upgrade memory to 512 MB or more you may experience some weird
problems instead of improving performance:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912

"Atari" wrote in message
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I am currently on a DELL (1GH) with 256Meg. Could I expect a dramatic
increase in performance if I upgrade to
1Gig Memory? I know its sketchy but if anyone has done it they would
know.

If you upgrade memory to 512 MB or more you may experience some weird
problems instead of improving performance:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912

Actually it says "more than 512 MB". 512 MB is supposed to be fine. For
more (1 GB) they have workarounds. Good call though.

Thanks for the reply with the good information.

I guess I'll just buy a new PC

Bob









"Atari" wrote in message
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I am currently on a DELL (1GH) with 256Meg. Could I expect a dramatic
increase in performance if I upgrade to
1Gig Memory? I know its sketchy but if anyone has done it they would
know.

If you upgrade memory to 512 MB or more you may experience some weird
problems instead of improving performance:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912

Hello, BobT!
You wrote on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:54:19 -0500:

B Thanks for the reply with the good information.
B I guess I'll just buy a new PC

I was using my WinME pc with 256 meg for over 6 years. Decided to add a
512meg module about 2 months ago. I had already implemented the recommended
Vcache adjustment in sytem.ini prior to this. System running quite smoothly
with a total of 768meg now. Much cheaper than a new pc.

My thought is that you would gain more by trimming the fat off of your
startup axis. I used to have a whole list of sites that covered the
subject.....I'm sure someone in the NG still has them around, but, here is
one I found. It's worth a go if your startup is bigger than it need be.
http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html
Heirloom, old and just a thought

"Ogg" wrote in message
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Hello, BobT!
You wrote on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:54:19 -0500:

B Thanks for the reply with the good information.
B I guess I'll just buy a new PC

I was using my WinME pc with 256 meg for over 6 years. Decided to add a
512meg module about 2 months ago. I had already implemented the
recommended
Vcache adjustment in sytem.ini prior to this. System running quite
smoothly
with a total of 768meg now. Much cheaper than a new pc.

Only you can judge what level of power will meet your needs.
Trimming the startup is a wise choice. But with the higher necessities of
protection needed today, you will have to make some choices. I was running
one machine with a 650 Duron w/ 512M until about a year ago. It met all my
needs then, but was being slowed tremendously by possibly AVG free or ZA.
Don't remember for sure anymore, but suspect it was ZA since it checks every
file in certain modes to make sure they were not hijacked. Seems that speed
improved when I turned some features off.
I was also behind a router firewall.
Dell I suspect means Intel. I haven't played with their hardware in a long
time. First would be checking the upgradability of the MOBO. You might be
able to find a good processor and RAM on the cheap on ebay. A year ago and
more, a lot of people were thinking the same way and it was actually cheaper
for me to upgrade MOBO package. That is I got MOBO, 2.2G Barton, faster RAM,
and 64M video card for less than just CPU and RAM.
Make sure your PS is up to such change. The 2.2GHz overcame the slowdowns I
was seeing with ease.
Also a lot depends upon the type of OS CD for installing you got with
machine. And check you don't break licensing rules. Hardware upgrades should
be no problem, I think. If you got a Dell customized CD, that is it won't
install without seeing that MOBO, or it has programs included from Dell,
there may be ways to work around if not in license contention.
Norman
"BobT" wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply with the good information.

I guess I'll just buy a new PC

Bob









"Atari" wrote in message
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I am currently on a DELL (1GH) with 256Meg. Could I expect a dramatic
increase in performance if I upgrade to
1Gig Memory? I know its sketchy but if anyone has done it they would
know.

If you upgrade memory to 512 MB or more you may experience some weird
problems instead of improving performance:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912

Thanks for the IP
what did you set the Vcache to
I am currently set to 64K
Bob
"Ogg" wrote in message
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Hello, BobT!
You wrote on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:54:19 -0500:

B Thanks for the reply with the good information.
B I guess I'll just buy a new PC

I was using my WinME pc with 256 meg for over 6 years. Decided to add a
512meg module about 2 months ago. I had already implemented the
recommended
Vcache adjustment in sytem.ini prior to this. System running quite
smoothly
with a total of 768meg now. Much cheaper than a new pc.

Hello, BobT!
You wrote on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:57:47 -0500:

B Thanks for the IP what did you set the Vcache to
B I am currently set to 64K

Mine is set to: MaxFileCache=524288

That was the maximum recommended for WinMe.