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@emmalush wrote:
@forumhostpb wrote:
Yours has 512MB of RAM which probably means it has two RAM sticks of 256MB each, inserted into two RAM slots on the computer’s motherboard. By comparison mine has four available RAM slots on the motherboard and I have it configured with 2 X 512 RAM sticks and 2 X 256 RAM sticks making a total of 1536MB ( or 1.536GB
) of RAM. Way over the top but hey – who’s counting.
I dont get the bolded bit. MB is GB?
Basically the more RAM you have the faster and better the computer will perform
So its the RAM that makes your pc run faster? My bros is the same, but runs faster :? Your confusing me….
The other thing that you didn’t mention is the processor speed on your computer. Your brother’s is probably faster than yours because he has a faster speed processor than you do. Slow processors can be in the order of say 800MHz and really fast ones around 3.0 GHz. Typically 1.5 GHz is an average processor speed which should be absolutely fine for most things except maybe high speed gaming etc
I have 2.80Ghz, my bros is 3.6Ghz. He now has 160 GB`s too, so these to differences may be why his runs faster.
Your brother’s 3.6Ghz will certainly help make his PC faster – but the 160GB won’t make a difference – just means he can save a bloody lot on his PC !
the more ram you have the more files you can open , 512mb is ok.
Gaming is where you notice the difference in computer speeds.
if its just the net a 700mhz to 1ghz processor and 256mbs of ram with win 98se or xp will be fine.
your friends processor has a faster speed , so works faster.
but porcessor speed can vary from machine to machine.
3.0ghz celeron wont work as fast as a 2.5 ghz pentium 4 , as in celeron was built for budget pc’s
and you can also have 1 gig of ram , but it might not work as fast as 512mb ddr 400mhz
my mothers machine has 512mb of ddr266 ram and 2.7 ghz celeron , but it doesn’t work as fast as the 1.800 mhz xp amd samsung ddr 512 msb ddr400 memory (sorry getting really techy there) my old machine i gave to my brother lol , still really good and will run doom 3 very well.
basically don’t worry about it, unless your buying new games all the time or shrinking films using divx .
hope this helps
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