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    question about ram upgrade on g1s

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by isumaru, Mar 10, 2008.

  1. isumaru

    isumaru Notebook Guru

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    hi, can anyone please help me?
    i want to upgrade my ram on my g1s, will i see any beneficts on getting 3gb?
    if i stick it in 4gb in an 32bit SO will i see a decrease in performace (i do know that windows will only use 3.3 gb)?

    i wnat to get the corsair, is this a good brand?

    tks!
     
    isumaru, Mar 10, 2008
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  2. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Eh, corsair's fine. Get a brand with lifetime warranty if possible.

    No, you will not see a decrease in performance with 4 GB of RAM.
     
    dtwn, Mar 10, 2008
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  3. hehe299792458

    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    you can NEVER get a decrease in performance with additional ram!!! RAM makes your computer faster. PERIOD
     
    hehe299792458, Mar 10, 2008
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  4. isumaru

    isumaru Notebook Guru

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    tks for that, i'm asking because i have read some times ago that with 4gb the g1s will have a decrease on 3dmarks when comapred with 3gb! but that's ok!
    besides that, with 4gb i can still get dual channel!
    tks for the fast help!
     
    isumaru, Mar 10, 2008
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  5. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Well, I wouldn't be so definitive about this. Sometimes there are operating system or driver bugs that mean the computer WILL run slower with more RAM. For instance, I remember instances where increasing the RAM from 2 to 3GB on a Vista machine slowed it down.

    These issues are however, hopefully, mostly fixed with patches and updates by now.

    Regardless of this, I recommend you get 3GB instead of 4. Because the extra GB is wasted money, as the OS won't use it anyway. Dual channel benefits in notebooks are not enough to worry about, and also 2+1GB will run in asymmetrical dual channel for the lower 1+1GB.
     
    E.B.E., Mar 11, 2008
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