How much RAM do you have in your laptop?

Yeah, I do notice a difference with 3GB installed.

 

I also upgraded from 2g to 3g in my G1s. Not sure why but the difference is really noticeable in games, not so much everything else. I gleaned from earlier posts that I'm not really running in dual-channel but Asynchronous dual-channel. However I also tried 4g so that I would use true dual-channel and it was still better than 2g, but not as good as 3g. Now these results are from gaming only, I havent 3DMark'd it or anything.....Has anyone had this same outcome, or know of any white papers on this subject.



Edit..I actually found that the 965 chipset dosen't use Asynchronous dual-channel when different size modules are installed, it instead switches to (FLEX-MEMORY) mode...link provided. http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-011965.htm#single

For the lazy guys it states if you install a 1 1gig module, and the other a 2gig module then 2gigs run in dual-channel, and the other 1gig(off the 2gig module) runs in single channel-mode...Pretty sweet

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Nice find. So basically the lower density dimm will be used as the benchmark for dual channel mode in conjunction with the same amount of memory from the second dimm [larger overall dimm density], and the remainder of the larger dimm will be used in single channel mode.

 

i use windows xp with 2 gigs. That's all you need

 

Yup, at least thats how I read it

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I have a D400 with 1280mb and a D620 with 2GB.

 

Im a little confused... if you install 4GB, but it only shows 3.xxGB does that mean that the system IS using the entire 4Gb and mis-displaying the total? or is it really using 3.xxGB?

 

A 32bit OS (Vista and or XP) has a 4GB ram limit. 3 of the 4GB is accessible to the user, while 1GB is saved as permanent address space for devices.

 

So there is still a benefit to buying 4GB rather than 3GB correct?

 

I was wondering the same thing before i recently purchased my second 2gb stick. The benefit of having the same density ram installed in each dimm (2 dimms in a notebook) is that they'll run in symmetrical, or what Intel calls, Interleaved dual channel instead of "Flex mode" where 2gb would run in dual channel while the remaining 1gb would run in single channel mode.

Whether or not the whole 4gb actually does run in dual channel is still not 100% definitive, at least for me it's not. Chaz has stated that they should be running in synchronous dual channel.

 

With a 32-bit OS, I would say no - or at least not a noticeable one.

 

Its been pretty much proven, that as far as gaming performance goes on Vista x86, 3g is the sweet spot. Due to most of the new DX10 cards are coming with turbo-cache. Here's a link to a releated post that that shows the
performance gains across most games is a 5-10% increase in FPS.

#351-390 Must read
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=125246&page=36&highlight=asus+g1s+3gb

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2GB it's all I need for the moment.

 

my RAM just came in the mail. i bought 1x2GB and 2x1GB. my dv6000t now has 3GB and my sister's dv9000z has 1.5GB. things runs so much smoother now, thank God for the RAM Deals thread.

 

The weirdest thing just happened. I just installed my new 2gb stick of Patriot PC2-5300 SODIMM ram into my T61 (had 2.5GB's installed previously), and my Windows Experience Index for Memory dropped by .2 pts. It went from 4.8 to 4.6. Is this normal?

Also, how accurate is the Memory Diagnostic tool under Administrative tools for Vista at finding problems with the new ram stick?

Edit: To note, my Graphics index went up by .2 pts and my Gaming Graphics index went up by .1 pt at the same time of the ram drop (i have integrated graphics, X3100).

 

I've got 2gigs.

 

2gb-------------

 

2gigs in the my new DV6563, according to multimeter Im running using eve online, WMP, firefox, AIM, and downloading a 1.75gig file only takes about 50% of my ram.

 

The laptop is advertised to have 1GB of RAM but the graphics card steals 128MB, so I only have 896MB in RAM.

 

2gb in my g1s

 

Sadly, I only got 488 MB of memory now xD. Next month I'm getting the laptop though

 

<<<< 4gb >>>>>>>

mainly for bragging rights until i install vista 64

which i have already bought only my 4 x dual external raid nas storage arrays havent yet received drivers for vista64 ...so im playing the waiting game until then

 

oh and why does everyone rant and rave on how good corsair value and patriot memory is as i have always thought that ocz/gskill/geil memory were the best at least i thought that was true for desktop systems

maybe laptop memory is different i dont know,
and all of it is generic with a brand name and they are all the same

 

I just picked up another 1 GB because of prices, so now I have two.

My desktop will probably be seeing 4GB in the near future because of the cheap prices as well.

 

It's the chip brand that matters, not the packaging. In this case, Patriot has used some of the best memory chips in the market, Micron ones, so they are indeed good sticks of RAM at very good prices.

 

That was July 10 - yesterday I got the RAM back from Super Talent. 16 days is pretty slow in my opinion.

At any rate, they replaced the module and I am now running 4GB again.

It is interesting how Vista uses 50% of your RAM no matter what. I had 2GB - it used ~50% (around 1100MB). Now I have 3062MB (4GB doesn't show up in 32-bit Vista) and I have ~50% memory usage too (1600MB).

 

mines not far of that chaz when booted up in idle its around 50-60%
at rhe min its 65 with several utils running (azureus/paintshoppro).

i would rather have the extra 2gb over 2x1gb for extra speed as drive is touched less but people will still moan saying its pointless and wastefull

everyone to their own i say..whatever makes you happy

oh and chaz whats the deal with the rep points and how do i get past 1 as i have seen some users with less posts than me yet have more rep points

 

Chaz, i have Vista 64-bit installed and the memory usage with 4GB's of ram is around 29%.

When i had vista 32-bit installed with 4GB's of ram, memory usage was right around 36%. What version of Vista are you running?

 

I have 4GB in both of my machines now, courtesy of the recent freefall in RAM prices. I've really noticed almost no difference over 2GB in my desktop, or for that matter all that much improvement over 1GB+1GB TurboMemory in my ThinkPad. XP Pro 32 sees 3.25GB in my desktop, and 3.00GB in my laptop, with no pagefile. Vista64 of course sees all 4GB.

The only thing I have noticed, actually, is that the combination of 4GB RAM + Vista64 + X-Fi causes Vista to explode violently - nothing but (very, very loud) static in Vista on my desktop. Newest drivers from Creative didn't help at all. This is apparently a well-documented problem, so be warned.

 

I'm running Vista Ultimate and if it helps I also have Office Ultimate 2007 installed.

 

2 GB works great Thoiya!

 

In my sig. 128MB, 1GB and 2GB. 2GB is current so I voted for that.

 

I have 2 GB, and physical memory usage as listed in Task Manager tends to be about 600 MB on idle (29% . However, the "Memory Free" section tends to be about 100 MB - so about 1348 MB is being used for caching.

I'm running Vista Home Premium with the sidebar disabled, no Internet connection, and only Microsoft Works as office software.

If I'm not mistaken, your ThinkPad has integrated graphics, Chaz? That could explain the 50% physical memory usage - some integrated cards will use more system memory the more you have installed. I think it's the GMA 950 where I've seen it advertised as having up to 768 MB.

Whereas my video card is dedicated and hypertrophy's might have more limited system memory reallocation (X3100 [384 MB] or Quadro NVS 140).

And yeah, I'm posting this from my old XP machine.

 

currently 2gb.. might upgrade soon once i get my check =]

 

planning on getting one w/ two gigs, but since i don't have a lappy right now, where's the "0 gb" option??

 

Well, I have 3 GB now.

 

Hows your powerbook running with 768 and leopard?

 

3GB (1gb Kingston pc2-5300 667mhz and 2GB unnamed ram from ebay same specs.) With Vista Ult 64bit. Works fine with me =p

 

2gb ram on home vista premium, works great and smooth. i wanted to go for 4gb but home vista only sees 3.5 and then i think id lose the dual channel, sorry not too smart with RAM. all i know is 2gb is currently more than enough

 

Just installed 4gb from 2gb 15 minutes ago even though it only shows 3gb, installed the 4 just encase of any dual-channel problems, and why not its dirt cheap. I have a Toshiba X205-Sli1.

 

It works quite well actually (I'm on it right now). It has the ocasional slowdown and you can't use it directly after booting or exiting sleep mode, but works otherwise. Of course you can't multitask or have too many tabs open in FF (especially if there's flash... Flash is slooooooooow on a G4 and OS X).

 

Currently I have 512MB RAM, which is enough for stuff I do. Run Windows XP and have no intentions to go to Vista (no reason for that, and it would also take money for memory upgrade).
I use my notebook mostly for Office, films and internet, so this amount of RAM is ok for me, and I have no upgrade plans, for now.

 

Mine is pretty old, 768Mb ram. Gonna get 4Gb when I get my new lappy.

 

thinking about adding another gig

 

too bad i can only have 2gig on my laptop.

 

Wow, 768 GB RAM!

Currently have 2GB, no plans of adding more at the moment

 

1.5 GB with no need to upgrade.

 

Have 2Gb, dont feel like i need more then that for the moment.

 

God... RAM modules just keep getting cheaper by the month. Anyway, I'm planning to upgrade my RAM again. The third time this year. =/

Anyway, I currently have 2x 1 GB Kingston DDR2 533 Mhz SODIMM modules and when I was in the store the other day, I saw this 2 GB DDR2 667 Mhz SODIMM module made by a company called 'Team'. Is this brand reliable? Is 3 GB compatible with my Pentium M? Will the 1 GB 533 and 2 GB 667 that will run at 533 be better than 2x 1 GB running at 533 Mhz and dual-channel mode?

Sorry for the numerous questions. I just wanted to be sure before I make the purchase.

 

WoW 372 persons have 2 gb RAM !! thats cool, i only have 1 ... and im starting to hessitate in my RAM power (1Gb)...vista is getting heavier each day lol, i just need more money to buy at least 1.5 gb