How do I determine if I need a total of 256 or 512MB of ram?
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Kirby
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I don't think so. I've got 512MB of RAM and my swap file is around 90MB. If I'm wrong please correct me.
If you open programs like Corel Draw, Illustrator, Photoshop, a database like Access or something like that and you're working with them at the same time with a file for Photoshop like 50MB TIFF image and editting it, Corel with a complex desing and a lot of images, illustrator the same and a huge database around 100MB and editting it too, and if that's not enough how about playing a game like Quake III, maybe 512MB aren't enough. I guess the best way to choose the amount of RAM is the kind of applications you're going to use, consider the above example.
Well known that games requires lots of RAM and VRAM, so 512MB are enough for gaming at the moment.
Why don't install a program like memturbo
that displays the RAM usage so you can figure out how your RAM is used on your system
heh, memturbo, gotta love that program... i usually end up having around 300 megs free and i have 512 megs... but i dont really think i even needed that extra 256 that much, but hey, if my dad wants to spend high amounts of money for computer parts when he doesnt even know if he need them, well, i aint gonna stop him
because ram is random access memory, whenever a program is run (even a background application you wouldnt notice) or when internet explorer is started, or when a windows process is run, it uses up part of your memory, memturbo is a really helpful program though since it does ram recovery, meaning, that if youre not doing anything it will automatically go up and if you reach like 10 ram it will run auto recovery to get your ram back to (about 400 for me im not sure how much you have)
i have win xp atm so i dont really have to care about memory handling, anyways, i havent had a ram recovery in about a year since internet doesnt use up much ram and im usually here @ngemu so it allows time for my ram to naturally go back to about 350
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This is my computer : Intel 1.7GHz,Mainboard Intel845BG up to 2.3GHz,256MB DDRam,40Gb Maxtos Plus.Should I upgrade my memory for increase some speed to run some new program or a server windows or a server program?
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Check your memory usage. If you find that the system is lagging with lots of swapping or that memory usage exceeds your physical RAM amount then get yourself another stick. Judge your performance first to see if you really need it. Personally I think 256 MB is enough for most people, unless you're into heavy graphics design or like to open 10+ programs at once.
I've used MemTurbo before and although it frees up a sizeable chunk of memory it also erases the system cache so it might cause some slowdowns sometimes (since it has to reload all the data again). The memory usage goes back up in a little while though.
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256mb is sufficient nowadays but, the more the merrier. 
off-topic: if you are planning to get warcraft 3, get also a memory upgrade as it requires 128 mb of memory.
off-topic: if you are planning to get warcraft 3, get also a memory upgrade as it requires 128 mb of memory.
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