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John Jones

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:04 am
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Our XP pc has 1gb of ram installed.
Just bought another 1gb.
Before installing it though what's a good way of testing the pc before
and after installation to see the effect of the additional ram?
....some benchmark software I expect...if so any advice on simple, free
program?
Thanks, John

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:04 am
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On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 11:04:10 -0000, "John Jones"
<JohnJones.DeleteThis@NOSPAMthanks.com> wrote:

>Our XP pc has 1gb of ram installed.
>Just bought another 1gb.
>Before installing it though what's a good way of testing the pc before
>and after installation to see the effect of the additional ram?
>...some benchmark software I expect...if so any advice on simple, free
>program?
>Thanks, John
>

if u system ran full speed with 1gb, adding 1 more will not
make it faster or anything. unless u want to multitask every
single program written since 1977

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:28 pm
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"John Jones" <JohnJones DeleteThis @NOSPAMthanks.com> wrote in message
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> Our XP pc has 1gb of ram installed.
> Just bought another 1gb.
> Before installing it though what's a good way of testing the pc before
> and after installation to see the effect of the additional ram?
> ...some benchmark software I expect...if so any advice on simple, free
> program?
> Thanks, John
Unless you run any particularly memory hungry apps or games, I doubt you'll
see much (if any) performance difference. You could run the memory tests in
Everest to see if there is any difference.

SteveH
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:56 pm
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John Jones wrote:
> Our XP pc has 1gb of ram installed.
> Just bought another 1gb.
> Before installing it though what's a good way of testing the pc before
> and after installation to see the effect of the additional ram?
> ...some benchmark software I expect...if so any advice on simple, free
> program?
> Thanks, John
>
>

http://www.xtremesystems.com/pi/
http://www.xtremesystems.com/pi/super_pi_mod-1.5.zip

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http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36835&highlight=s...rpi+dow

HTH,
Paul
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:58 pm
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"x5" <wsp231-nospam-.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 11:04:10 -0000, "John Jones"
> <JohnJones.TakeThisOut@NOSPAMthanks.com> wrote:
>
>>Our XP pc has 1gb of ram installed.
>>Just bought another 1gb.
>>Before installing it though what's a good way of testing the pc before
>>and after installation to see the effect of the additional ram?
>>...some benchmark software I expect...if so any advice on simple, free
>>program?
>>Thanks, John
>>
>
> if u system ran full speed with 1gb, adding 1 more will not
> make it faster or anything. unless u want to multitask every
> single program written since 1977
>
Unless he's running M$ Flight Sim 10, in which case he needs another 2 gig!
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John Jones

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:23 pm
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OK...thanks 4 all the advice...I'll give them a go. J
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"Paul" <nospam.TakeThisOut@needed.com> wrote in message news:ekv38u$ars$1@aioe.org...
> John Jones wrote:
>> Our XP pc has 1gb of ram installed.
>> Just bought another 1gb.
>> Before installing it though what's a good way of testing the pc before
>> and after installation to see the effect of the additional ram?
>> ...some benchmark software I expect...if so any advice on simple, free
>> program?
>> Thanks, John
>
> http://www.xtremesystems.com/pi/
> http://www.xtremesystems.com/pi/super_pi_mod-1.5.zip
>
> (For fun - a ranking page)
> http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36835&highlight=s...rpi+dow
>
> HTH,
> Paul
>
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:43 pm
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