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    How to upgrade RAM and VGA for my CR520E

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Zenki, Dec 10, 2008.

  1. Zenki

    Zenki Newbie

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    I got my CR520E few weeks ago which has dual RAM, one is 2G DDRAM and the other one is 1G DDRAM. Now I want to remove the 1G and put another 2G instead, just want to ask is this possible because i heard that the Vista 32bit does not support up to 4G RAM ? Is that right ?

    And another thing, my VGA is on-board now I want to change to some other types like ATI is this possible???
     
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  2. boypogi

    boypogi Man Beast

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    1. yes
    2. no
     
    boypogi, Dec 10, 2008
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  3. gengerald

    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    Zenki, you may want to save your money on upgrading the ram. 3GB is about the max you would need. The dual channel option is not worth the added cost at this point. Even if you are running 64 bit, to see the full 4GB, you will never use it. I, for one, will run heavy apps just to test my system and push it to its edge while running 3GB. An example of this would be: Premier Pro Cs3, Photoshop, Firefox, and VLC(music) all running, rendering, loading, etc. going on and still not tapped out. Mind you that Premiere is a beast and Firefox loves to leak memory. Two to three is a good idea, but not to four.
     
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