[pchelpers] Re: DIMMs & SIMMs
- From: "Nigel" <npl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 09:35:45 +1300
I reckon you need as much ram as you can get if you use microsoft office! I
frequently have problems with not enough ram (I've got 128 meg) but I am
using office and corel and protel (schematic and pcb design). I also have
outlook express running all the time and frequently access the internet.
All this runs on W98 so it is not quite as bad as it would be if I had XP!
W98 does not benefit much from any ram over 128 meg but XP just about
*requires* 128 for itself!!!!
Nigel
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Durham" <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 8:22 AM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: DIMMs & SIMMs
>
> Most people can get by with 128M ram. My system runs nicely with it.
> This means most of the time it is not fully used. About the only time it
> becomes an issue is where memory is in short supply for a while. That
> shows up as a lot of extra disk activity as the swap file is used to
> compensate.
>
> If it's not doing that, you have no issue to deal with. Upgrading the
> ram then becomes more a question of WANT than NEED.
>
> In that light, where does it leave the question of slowing down by
> adding SIMMs?
>
> Donald Bieber wrote:
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I have a question regarding the use of DIMMs & SIMMs being used at the
> > same time in the same computer.
> >
> > Usually, it is not permissable, it just won't work. Well, I have one
> > here
> > that the book says they can be mixed as long as they stay in seperate
> > banks, etc.
> >
> > I've been trying several different sticks of the SDRAM and got two
> > towork
> > together to give it 128 mb RAM.
> >
> > However, that still allows one bank of the slots for SIMMs open to be
> > usable, according to the manual.
> >
> > The speed difference between the two types are obvious, so my
> > question:
> > Is the increase in the "amount" of RAM worth the reduction in the
> > speed
> > at which the SDRAM/DIMMs work(EDO, 60ns, I think), or would I be
> > better
> > off with letting the computer just use the 128 mb of SDRAM at it's 9ns
> >
> > I'm hoping there's a technical better of one or the other, instead it
> > just being a philosophical question, like the Bill Cosby routine of
> > years
> > ago, "Why is there air?"
> >
> > I really would like to know which you think is better? "More RAM" OR
> > "Higher speed"
> >
> > cu,
> > Don Bieber, The-Picture-Man
> >
> > PS I am a nobody, nobody is perfect, therefore, I am perfect.
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