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By: Zimbler0 in POPE IV | Recommend this post (1)
Sun, 09 Oct 16 8:18 PM | 52 view(s)
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Micro,
Trust me on this, I have a LOT of experience with
windows based machines.

We started with Windows 3.1 . . .
When we went to computer networks it was Windows 95.
(I remember running around with a stack of floppy
disks installing the beast.) Then it was upgrade them
all to Windows 98. With a CD.

Finally we went to XP.
We were also running Microsoft Office. Access databases
became the order of the day.

General office work, XP, 500 Megs of RAM was adequate.
Of course, once I received a CAD file from a vendor,
and I needed to convert it into Visio . . . I 'tested'
a program which did the job but it too a LONG time for
it to make the conversion.

Now, at work, we are running Windows 7. Mostly with
just one Gig of RAM. Again, mostly generic office
type work and it is quite adequate. (We are also
running 32 bit Windows.)

If one is an engineer running high end CAD stuff . . .
Or if one is a serious gamer . . .
One would need the most RAM one could get with the
fastest most powerful processor.

By the way, the machine I am typing this on has a
quad core 3.2 Gigahertz processor. Running Windows 10
with four Gigabytes of RAM. It's a beast.

My other machine was a beast when I built it up . . .
It runs XP and, later today when I turn it on, I'll
let you know what it has under the hood. It is also
sitting on top of an antique windows 98 machine that
hasn't been turned on
in years.

Zim.




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Re: Computer Memory usage?
By: micro in POPE IV
Sun, 09 Oct 16 7:39 PM 		Msg. 11907 of 47202

Zim

The computer in question, assuming it is the same one, has a grand total of 512 MB

That was running XP and it is slower than dirt because if one puts any amount of info or tries to multi task with that, you will experience delays and slowness.

For decent performance I always recommend 2 GB minimum for XP, 4 GB if you want it really work easily.

Remember that RAM also stores your software you are using and it must flow through the memory to the processor uninhibited. It is a highway if you will. The more lanes you have, the better the traffic (info, data) flows.

USUALLY older machines that migrated UP to XP did not have but single core processors and even the dual cored ones were pretty slow, especially due to the L2 cache.

On windows 7, which is at least FOUR TIMES LARGER than windows XP , requires even more RAM to keep things flowing freely..

This is why MOST machines sold with windows 7 have at least 4 GB of RAM, and many have 8 GB.

IN order to do so, they MUST BE 64 bit operating systems. 32 bit systems do not recognize or use anything over 3.5 GB of RAM.

At todays memory prices Zim, you really should upgrade the memory if your motherboard will take more. You are bare bones on memory my man.

When I click SOMETHING, I want that something to appear right now, in an instant, and be able to have five or six other windows open at same time with no performance issues.

You should have a minimum of four GB of newer memory to have really decent performance.


Hope this helps!!

my best,

micro....

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