Will adding this RAM help or hurt me? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

itlain · 08-02-2007, 06:05 PM

I just bought a new comp that is a X2 5600 running Vista with 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz. I have an older computer that has 2 512 sticks of Kingmax 512 DDR-400 IC:32Mbx8 that I could pull out and use. Would putting this in slow down all the RAM overall to the slower clock speed or would it not make a huge difference. Or would the additional 1Gig of RAM make up for any other differences? Thanks for the help!

Halx · 08-02-2007, 06:25 PM

Seriously - why? 2gb is fine. You're just asking for memory troubles.

itlain · 08-02-2007, 06:29 PM

I play Everquest2 quite a bit and was curious about trying to 2 box two accounts on one computer and I know it is a memory hog. I was thinking that since I had the extra RAM laying about, it might make a difference. However, it would probably help more to get rid of all the flashy graphical effects that Vista uses.

MikeSty · 08-02-2007, 06:33 PM

Haha, well, all of that crap aside, you can't put DDR into a DDR2 slot. So you won't be able to upgrade using that particular RAM, end of story.

Would a memory upgrade help? Probably if you're using Vista. Is it worth buying? Probably not so much.

cyrnel · 08-02-2007, 06:35 PM

It won't work. It won't fit, and it wouldn't work if it would fit.

DDR != DDR2

If it's any consolation, DDR2 memory is cheaper than DDR.

itlain · 08-02-2007, 06:36 PM

Ok, appreciate the help!

Lasereth · 08-03-2007, 02:49 PM

Don't buy more than 1 GB though. 32-bit OSs won't use more than that.

liquidlight · 08-03-2007, 03:17 PM

Vista is supposed to support more than 3 gig, it wasn't really the 32 bit issue but the memory controller that XP used. . . there's a way to force an override but I haven't played with it

Lasereth · 08-04-2007, 08:32 AM

Vista 64-bit supports more than 3 GB. Vista 32-bit doesn't. Has nothing to do with XP, it has to do with 32-bit OSs.

08-02-2007, 06:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
itlain Upright Location: Fort Lewis, WA	Will adding this RAM help or hurt me? I just bought a new comp that is a X2 5600 running Vista with 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz. I have an older computer that has 2 512 sticks of Kingmax 512 DDR-400 IC:32Mbx8 that I could pull out and use. Would putting this in slow down all the RAM overall to the slower clock speed or would it not make a huge difference. Or would the additional 1Gig of RAM make up for any other differences? Thanks for the help! __________________ Support the troops, if not the war.

08-02-2007, 06:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	Seriously - why? 2gb is fine. You're just asking for memory troubles. __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals]

08-02-2007, 06:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
itlain Upright Location: Fort Lewis, WA	I play Everquest2 quite a bit and was curious about trying to 2 box two accounts on one computer and I know it is a memory hog. I was thinking that since I had the extra RAM laying about, it might make a difference. However, it would probably help more to get rid of all the flashy graphical effects that Vista uses. __________________ Support the troops, if not the war.

08-02-2007, 06:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	It won't work. It won't fit, and it wouldn't work if it would fit. DDR != DDR2 If it's any consolation, DDR2 memory is cheaper than DDR. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

08-02-2007, 06:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
itlain Upright Location: Fort Lewis, WA	Ok, appreciate the help! __________________ Support the troops, if not the war.

08-02-2007, 06:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	Haha, well, all of that crap aside, you can't put DDR into a DDR2 slot. So you won't be able to upgrade using that particular RAM, end of story. Would a memory upgrade help? Probably if you're using Vista. Is it worth buying? Probably not so much.

08-03-2007, 02:49 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	Don't buy more than 1 GB though. 32-bit OSs won't use more than that.

08-03-2007, 03:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
liquidlight AHH! Custom Title!! Location: The twisted warpings of my brain.	Vista is supposed to support more than 3 gig, it wasn't really the 32 bit issue but the memory controller that XP used. . . there's a way to force an override but I haven't played with it __________________ Halfway to hell and picking up speed.

08-04-2007, 08:32 AM	#9 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	Vista 64-bit supports more than 3 GB. Vista 32-bit doesn't. Has nothing to do with XP, it has to do with 32-bit OSs.