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Dtere

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You won't see that much of a difference in either. The reason is this... the speed is only a slight difference (probably noticable though), but there isn't any programs out that require 4 GB of RAM. I would only recommend 4GB if you are planning to do VISTA within the next year.

I'm not sure of the new architecture of ddr2, but if it is like old RAM, the bus speeds of the mobo are important (they need to match or be higher than speed of ram)
 
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> Ultimate 32 bit
FWIW Core 2 Duo is a 64bit CPU. ;)
 
DDRtists

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From what I heard, with Vista, 2gb is better than 4gb of RAM.

Reason:

Vista unloads much of the OS into the RAM while using it. With 2gb, it uses 1gb for the OS RAM and the other for Applications. Works nicely.

But with 4gb of RAM, it unloads the whole OS into all the RAM, and leaves very little for applications.

I read this on a tech site somewhere. :p
 
phyrex1an

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RAM is wasted if not used. Vista is smart and uses as much ram as possible, if an application needs more ram I'm pretty sure that Vista will free some of the memory used by the operating system.

I would choose the 2GB option, mostly because it's cheaper and should still be enough for any non vista os. I'm running fine with 1GB on xp.
 
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I would say no because it depends on how many processes you're running. The more processes, the more it will take up.
 
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Husky said:
I would say no because it depends on how many processes you're running. The more processes, the more it will take up.
Click to expand...

But VISTA not the programs..

My old clan leader in 2142 would complain when on vista, when he closed it the ram would take +-5 minutes to unload... he says everything was choppy and delayed until then. Hes an IT guy and got a free gaming laptop and crap for perks -_-

jerk...
 
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