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System Upgrade
Name: Stewart Date: May 1, 2003 at 00:37:25 Pacific OS: XP Home (Upgrade) CPU/Ram: Athlon 1.1Ghz 256MB RAM
Comment:
Other System details: MOBO - ASUS A7V Jumper Free PC133/VC133 200 MHz FSB AGP Pro/4X Socket A Motherboard VIA Apollo KT133 Chipset
Am looking to upgrade my system. In general used for Photo editing, Office, Internet and a couple of games (PGA Golf & Ch'ship Manager). My thoughts were to look at memory, initially going to get an additional 512MB. Am I going to notice a big difference on performance, and would another 512MB improve again.
I'm not going to get away with a new system before anyone suggests!!
Get a Video card upgrade. You didnt mention the one you have but get a Radeon 9000 or a Geforce 4 should be fine. Preferably no less than 64 MB DDR.
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Response Number 2
Name: Stewart Date: May 1, 2003 at 07:04:41 Pacific
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So you reckon I should go for Graphics before memnory?
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Response Number 3
Name: Bobthearch Date: May 1, 2003 at 08:32:08 Pacific
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Adding more RAM is the least expensive upgrade. You might start with that, but unless you're getting memory-related errors, or your current memory is being fully utilized, you may not notice a difference.
Depending on the card you currently have, a graphics card upgrade could make a noticable or even dramatic difference.
Best Luck, Bob
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Response Number 4
Name: Stewart Date: May 1, 2003 at 08:36:48 Pacific
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Will check later (I'm at work) but I'm sure it's a 64MB GeForce II GTS I've got at the moment.
Stewart
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Response Number 5
Name: Badboy Date: May 1, 2003 at 18:41:37 Pacific
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Memory is a cheap upgrade and for photos I'm using 1024MB and Adobe Photoshop. It really makes a huge difference over 256MB.
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