It is always better to have RAM and not need it, rather than the reverse situation!

For specific RAM-hungry programs such as 3D video games, photo editing, and video editing, you'll benefit from installing as much RAM as possible.

That said, anything above 512 MB of RAM in Win2K is not really necessary for 'general' usage (internet/e-mail, burning discs, audio/video playback,etc.).

PS: Windows' default paging file sizes get larger when more physical RAM is installed!

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Athlon 1.1 - 768 MB RAM = 98SE & XP Home

Athlon 3000+ 64 - 1024 MB RAM = 98SE (@768 MB RAM) & XP Pro

IBM ThinkPad PIII 900 - 384 MB RAM = 98SE & XP Pro SP2

Windows 2000 Server in the basement

Written in response to: RAM use vs total RAM available (Rick: Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 4:23 pm) Responses to this message: re: The RAM conundrum (Rick: Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 10:49 pm)

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