4GB of RAM WinXP x32

[Guest K2NNJ]

Will having this much ram slow my system, than having it run faster?

 

I ask because I know I would have to have an x64 OS to recognize the full

4GB. I have a Dell XPS 400 running Windows XP MCE x32.

 

Thanks,

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: 4GB of RAM WinXP x32

 

K2NNJ wrote:

> Will having this much ram slow my system, than having it run faster?

>

> I ask because I know I would have to have an x64 OS to recognize

> the full 4GB. I have a Dell XPS 400 running Windows XP MCE x32.

 

It will not slow down your system...

If you weren't even close to using whatever amount of memory you had

originally, it's not going to speed it up either. ;-)

 

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[Guest K2NNJ]

Re: 4GB of RAM WinXP x32

 

I think it only came with 1GB.

 

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> K2NNJ wrote:

>> Will having this much ram slow my system, than having it run faster?

>>

>> I ask because I know I would have to have an x64 OS to recognize

>> the full 4GB. I have a Dell XPS 400 running Windows XP MCE x32.

>

> It will not slow down your system...

> If you weren't even close to using whatever amount of memory you had

> originally, it's not going to speed it up either. ;-)

>

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[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: 4GB of RAM WinXP x32

 

K2NNJ wrote:

> Will having this much ram slow my system, than having it run faster?

>

> I ask because I know I would have to have an x64 OS to recognize

> the full 4GB. I have a Dell XPS 400 running Windows XP MCE x32.

 

Shenan Stanley wrote:

> It will not slow down your system...

> If you weren't even close to using whatever amount of memory you had

> originally, it's not going to speed it up either. ;-)

 

K2NNJ wrote:

> I think it only came with 1GB.

 

As I said - your system will not run any slower if you have 4GB of memory

and a 32bit Windows Consumer-based OS. It just won't *show* that you have

4GB nor will the OS use it all.

 

Do you do a lot of video editing? Heavy duty databases? Massive graphics

editing?

 

If no - then the 4GB is likely not going to help you anyway... as you likely

do not even fully use the 1GB it came with.

 

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[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: 4GB of RAM WinXP x32

 

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:31:43 -0400, "K2NNJ"

<k2nnj@nospam.optonline.net> wrote:

> Will having this much ram slow my system, than having it run faster?

 

 

No. It certainly won't slow down anything. There's no such thing as

"too much RAM" and having more than you need won't hurt you in any

way.

 

However it's also unlikely that it will make it run any faster. How

much RAM you need for good performance is *not* a one-size-fits-all

situation. You get good performance if the amount of RAM you have

keeps you from using the page file, and that depends on what apps you

run. Most people running a typical range of business applications find

that somewhere around 256-384MB works well, others need 512MB. Almost

anyone will see poor performance with less than 256MB. Some people,

particularly those doing things like editing large photographic

images, can see a performance boost by adding even more than

512MB--sometimes much more.

 

If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory

will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance.

If you are not using the page file significantly, more memory will do

nothing for you. Go to

http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and download

WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your pagefile usage. That should

give you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how

much more.

 

 

> I ask because I know I would have to have an x64 OS to recognize the full

> 4GB. I have a Dell XPS 400 running Windows XP MCE x32.

>

> Thanks,

>

 

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[Guest K2NNJ]

Re: 4GB of RAM WinXP x32

 

Okay thanks.

 

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

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> On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:31:43 -0400, "K2NNJ"

> <k2nnj@nospam.optonline.net> wrote:

>

>> Will having this much ram slow my system, than having it run faster?

>

>

> No. It certainly won't slow down anything. There's no such thing as

> "too much RAM" and having more than you need won't hurt you in any

> way.

>

> However it's also unlikely that it will make it run any faster. How

> much RAM you need for good performance is *not* a one-size-fits-all

> situation. You get good performance if the amount of RAM you have

> keeps you from using the page file, and that depends on what apps you

> run. Most people running a typical range of business applications find

> that somewhere around 256-384MB works well, others need 512MB. Almost

> anyone will see poor performance with less than 256MB. Some people,

> particularly those doing things like editing large photographic

> images, can see a performance boost by adding even more than

> 512MB--sometimes much more.

>

> If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory

> will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance.

> If you are not using the page file significantly, more memory will do

> nothing for you. Go to

> http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and download

> WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your pagefile usage. That should

> give you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how

> much more.

>

>

>

>> I ask because I know I would have to have an x64 OS to recognize the full

>> 4GB. I have a Dell XPS 400 running Windows XP MCE x32.

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>

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> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: 4GB of RAM WinXP x32

 

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 21:37:55 -0400, "K2NNJ"

<k2nnj@nospam.optonline.net> wrote:

> Okay thanks.

 

 

You're welcome. Glad to help.

 

 

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

> news:s0i544pvtg0rugljfq7nqd0gnm0s9i1opp@4ax.com...

> > On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:31:43 -0400, "K2NNJ"

> > <k2nnj@nospam.optonline.net> wrote:

> >

> >> Will having this much ram slow my system, than having it run faster?

> >

> >

> > No. It certainly won't slow down anything. There's no such thing as

> > "too much RAM" and having more than you need won't hurt you in any

> > way.

> >

> > However it's also unlikely that it will make it run any faster. How

> > much RAM you need for good performance is *not* a one-size-fits-all

> > situation. You get good performance if the amount of RAM you have

> > keeps you from using the page file, and that depends on what apps you

> > run. Most people running a typical range of business applications find

> > that somewhere around 256-384MB works well, others need 512MB. Almost

> > anyone will see poor performance with less than 256MB. Some people,

> > particularly those doing things like editing large photographic

> > images, can see a performance boost by adding even more than

> > 512MB--sometimes much more.

> >

> > If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory

> > will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance.

> > If you are not using the page file significantly, more memory will do

> > nothing for you. Go to

> > http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and download

> > WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your pagefile usage. That should

> > give you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how

> > much more.

> >

> >

> >

> >> I ask because I know I would have to have an x64 OS to recognize the full

> >> 4GB. I have a Dell XPS 400 running Windows XP MCE x32.

> >>

> >> Thanks,

> >>

> >

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