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Paradise Lost · 11-22-2004, 09:41 AM

For part two, it's important to buy the same pieces of RAM (and not necessarily the ones that came with your computer, just as long as they match.) From what I've been told, the reason for this is that while technically not slower, if you mis-match pieces, the higher-performing one will only go as fast as the slower performing one.

Believe it or not, I've only heard of shared memory today, but it seems like if you had a video card with enough memory, you wouldn't really use any of the Shared Ram's power. If anything, I would just buy one (or two) sticks of 512 RAM, NOT SHARED, if you're looking to buying a Video Card too. I'm guessing the Shared RAM is something built into the Chips, not the Motherboard, so it can be bypassed by just buying unShared Ram.

I'm still amazed computer companies still only put 256 MB of RAM on some computers, considering Windows XP itself needs 128, there goes half your supply.

11-22-2004, 09:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Paradise Lost "Afternoon everybody." "NORM!" Location: Poland, Ohio // Clarion University of PA.	For part two, it's important to buy the same pieces of RAM (and not necessarily the ones that came with your computer, just as long as they match.) From what I've been told, the reason for this is that while technically not slower, if you mis-match pieces, the higher-performing one will only go as fast as the slower performing one. Believe it or not, I've only heard of shared memory today, but it seems like if you had a video card with enough memory, you wouldn't really use any of the Shared Ram's power. If anything, I would just buy one (or two) sticks of 512 RAM, NOT SHARED, if you're looking to buying a Video Card too. I'm guessing the Shared RAM is something built into the Chips, not the Motherboard, so it can be bypassed by just buying unShared Ram. I'm still amazed computer companies still only put 256 MB of RAM on some computers, considering Windows XP itself needs 128, there goes half your supply. __________________ "Marino could do it."