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    Difference in performance 512mb & 1.5GB

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jack53, Apr 24, 2006.

  1. jack53

    jack53 Dell XPS 9360 i7 Lover!

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    Has anyone added 1GB to your existing memory with the 138MB memory in Video Graphics being bumped to 256.

    What improvements did you notice in your applications and games. I am wondering what to expect.

    I don't play many games but do a LOT of multi-tasking between Adobe PhotoShop & CoreDraw PhotoPaint.

    Has anyone done a Benchmark comparison?
     
    jack53, Apr 24, 2006
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  2. vassil_98

    vassil_98 Notebook Deity

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    You can expect a great improvement but still adding RAM obeys the law of diminishing returns. 1,5 GB may be an overkill as the GPU will not become any faster and games will not benefit from all this RAM. Yet, 512mb is insufficient and any upgrade will produce noticeable improvements.
     
    vassil_98, Apr 25, 2006
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  3. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Photoshop uses quite a bit of memory. I would expect significant performance gains.
     
    ZaZ, Apr 25, 2006
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