Any 32bit Vista users wanna...

ALLI · 1 Dec 2007 at 00:33

Go halves on 2 gig of Geil ram Ocuk are doing for 25 or so?

Pointless me spending money on 2 gig when only 1 will be effectively used.

Just wondered.

kvfb97 · 1 Dec 2007 at 11:53

Vista would use nearly all of that. AFAIK 2GB is the recommended spec for Vista.

You can always sell on MM.

Confused · 3 Dec 2007 at 15:57

I assume he means using it in addition to the 2GB he's already got.

TBH I'd just stick the 4GB in (like you say - it's cheap, and will do you if you upgrade to Vista 64)

ALLI · 3 Dec 2007 at 20:50

sorry i wasnt clear. i have 2 already and only have vista 32 which was recently purchased cheapy oem

Vertigo · 5 Dec 2007 at 23:34

If you stick another single 1GB stick in, you'll lose dual-channel support which, depending on what you do, could slow you down more than the additional memory would benefit you.

steve258 · 5 Dec 2007 at 23:42

as above you'll lose dual channel so quite a big performance lost there, might as well just use all 4 sticks even when only 3gb is used.

Dougsnake · 6 Dec 2007 at 00:04

Vertigo1 said:
If you stick another single 1GB stick in, you'll lose dual-channel support which, depending on what you do, could slow you down more than the additional memory would benefit you.

Not quite true my board still works as dual channel even with 3 sticks in im sure its not just unique to my board either

but i do rememeber the amd boards on 939 did lose the dual channel with 3 sticks so i can see why you think that.

lord filbuster · 6 Dec 2007 at 02:15

actually, i think only 2GB of your ram runs in dual channel, the other GB runs in single channel, i think thats how intel chipsets do it. ive tried both single channel and dual channel though. i didnt really notice a difference. Ram at that speed has a pretty high bandwidth anyway.

lay-z-boy · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:24

Intel chipsets run single + 1 channel with 3 sticks so no, you won't loose dual channel performance. Best to go with 4gb even if you don't use it all though.

DavidB · 6 Dec 2007 at 16:25

From my experience upgrading to 5gb of RAM in a 32bit os actually lead to performance decrease anyway :\
So to be honest, unless you really really need it id suggest just sticking with 2gb or upgrading your OS.

ALLI · 10 Dec 2007 at 21:10

As has been said, Vista 32 only uses up to 3.25 of the 4gig. Have just ordered another 2 gig so will tell you how the "upgrade" goes.

I will get Vista 64 but I've not long bought 32 OEM and it works fine for me right now.

running x64 on a laptop with only a gig of ram and it's perfectly useable.

sammie377 · 10 Dec 2007 at 22:25

I have 4 x 1 gb sticks and tried them in normal use I couldn't tell the difference.

ALLI · 12 Dec 2007 at 14:54

Well, Windows and Everest says I now have 3582 RAM, so in essence I've lost about 500meg but I don't really see myself splashing out on v64 purely to get the RAM back. System seems to fly. All 5.9s bar the CPU which is 5.7. Room for improvement there but my chip is clocked at 3.2 (e2160) so I'm gonna leave as is.