Hi, I currently have 64Mb with a 350Mhz AMD K6-2 using Windows 98. I have heard that Windows 95 can only effectively use 64Mb of RAM. But I don't know how much Windows 98 can use. [I'm guessing more since it is a bigger resource hog than 95.] Anyway, I couldn't resist the recent price drop on 64Mb PC100 chips ($35) and bought one to increase my RAM to 128Mb. Did I waste my money? I run games, Office 97, graphics/imaging, scannner, and assorted Web utilities.

win98 can use a lot more than 64mb. however your mainboard could provide a restriction via the on-board cache. memory is cached which speeds things up but some older boards can only cache up to 64mb. so if you install more than this the memory above 64mb does not get cached. this slows everything down. amny people upgrade their ram and then find cd writers report errors for example. newer and better motherboards can cope, but don't believe the myth that it is windows98 with the restriction. I can't remember exactly but I believe win98 can cope with at least 2gb ram.

Can anyone ever have too much RAM? (I don't think so)

Howdy, How many times do I have to say this. There has never been a 64meg memory limit on windows, never. The 64meg memory limit is on HIMEM.SYS not windows, himem.sys can't use any more than 64megs. I know it loads when the computer boots and the file is required for windows to boot but windows drops it and loads its own memory manager. What Mike said though about the cache is very true. Laters, Kevin The Tech Dude.

Thanks to everyone who replied. I'll post my results when I install and run with the extra memory later this week. Hopefully it will give me an extra "boost". :) Thanks again, Ken

Hi, Win 98 will run smouthley with 64mb RAM but if you put more in : you can use a full 64mb of ram for every 64mb you put in after that you will be able to use 10% of the extra.