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DL DVD Burners and RAM?
Name: taurus_michael Date: October 2, 2004 at 23:57:14 Pacific OS: Winx Xp SP1 CPU/Ram: 1.8GHz / 256MB
Comment:
Hi.
I'm going to buy a dual layer 16x LG dvd burner very soon that I saw at a computer shop (because at the moment I only have a cd burner).
i was wondering, is 256MB worth of RAM enough to smoothly burn a DVD? Or will my system become very slow and 'jumpy'?
Any ideas? If I do have to upgrade the ram, I have 3 slots in total (with one filled with a 256MB stick). What would you recomend upgrading to? 512? 768? I 'heard' that with RAM it is better to have three 256 sticks instead of one 256 and one 512, because the larger the slower? I don't know... Just hoping you guys could help me out.
Name: Richard59 Date: October 3, 2004 at 02:13:22 Pacific
Reply:
Certainly upgrade to 512mb. That's enough normal use. If you intend doing video-editing or cad then more might be useful. About dual layer DVD just check on availability and price of the media. Even the specialist disk shop I frequest doesn't stock it.
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Response Number 2
Name: ham30 Date: October 3, 2004 at 11:59:34 Pacific
Reply:
"because the larger the slower?"
No way. Size does not affect speed.
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Response Number 3
Name: Marshe Date: October 3, 2004 at 12:20:04 Pacific
Reply:
If you plan on burning DVD's I'd advise u get at least another stick of 256, but if you have the cash get the 512 mb stick. It's only gonna help you out in the long run really.
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