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adding ram; anuone noticing effective benefit???
hi gang i'm just about to upgrade my 6 year old delldimension 4600 ram from the OE 512 MG UP TTO 1 GIG MATCHED PAIR CAN ANYONE COMMENT AUTHORITATIVLY ON A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE NOTICING MORE EFFICIENT PERFORMANCE IN SUCH AN UPGRADE? THE MAX I CAN ADD TO A 4600 IS 4 GB WHICH I HAD THOUGHT OF JUMPING UP TO IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT ON DISABILITY YOU HAVE TO PICK YOUR BATTLES SO I'VE ELECTED TO DO THE MOVE IN A 2 TIEWRED ATTACK FIRST UP GOING FROM 512MB TO 1GB. SO... COMMENTS? AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO UPGRADE THE RAM CONSIGNED TO MY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT INTELEXTREME GRAPHICS CONTROLLER?
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BILLY
TheRealFireblad
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January 25th, 2009 02:00
Welcome to the forums Billy :emotion-21:
Every little helps... but you probably won't notice much of a difference - if any at all with an extra 512MB?
RAM is so cheap just now, I'd suggest you get 2GB (2x 1GB), then you should notice a difference :emotion-55:
Unfortunately however, you can't allocate more to your graphics. Leave Windows to handle that.
europa303
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January 25th, 2009 03:00
Using XP, I have gone from 512 MB to 1 GB on a 4600 and noticed no difference for general web browsing, word processing, etc. But I did not do any graphics or video intensive applications, nor do I have more than 1 or 2 windows open at a time with that computer. On others I have gone from 1 to 2 or more GB and seen no difference, again with XP. For Vista, 2 GB is right, but with XP it is overkill for most users.
http://crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Dimension%204600
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January 25th, 2009 12:00
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As you have intergrated graphics, upgrading the RAM should make difference, as 32/64mb of the system memory is allocated for the intergrated graphics.
Bev.