Quote Originally Posted by MindCrime
Quote Originally Posted by kermitforney
Would a bump to 4gig's of ram be that beneficial while 5 boxing?
Not sure what OS you're using but windows XP won't benefit from anymore than 3g of ram. Its just the way the OS works. Vista has a much higher maximum, not sure of it off the top of my head. Going over 3g with XP is just a waste of memory. Issue now is that you want to keep your DDR ram in pairs right or else it blows. So, if 768mb dims existed that would be optimal, but you've basically got 256mb, 512, 1g, and 2g options. My rig does fine with 2g (1GBx2). I've also maximised my FSB thus bringing my ram speed up. I actually had to slow the ram down due to crashes. Anyways 2gigs of ram is plenty imo, just keep other apps to a minimum. You can also play with your virtual memory as well.
The limitation on maximum memory (RAM) is due to the bit size 32bit vs. 64bit and memory addressing. I have Vista 64bit so I stuck in some old DDR2 667 that I had and bumped the FSB down a bit from 1066 and it runs fine without having to adjust memory timings. Switching between windows is a breeze now that I have a bit more memory, however slower it maybe.