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[Sega]

Hello everybody,

I really need advice in RAM and how a computer uses it.

1. If you have more RAM on your computer than needed does it slow it down? If it were to slow down when will this be noticed?

2. Is more RAM a bad or a good thing?

3. What is the ratio you should have of it.

4. I recently purchased a Intel Xeon Dual system which have 4 cores working at 3GHz. What would be the recommended RAM for this system?

I am aware than WinXP only recognises a certain amount of RAM, the new system came with XP64 bit so it can hold a massive amount.

[Sotos]

The more the better but RAM speed is important also if you want optimum performance. How much you should put depends on what you will do with the computer. Some applications require a lot of RAM. 2GB should be the minimum though. If you can afford it put 4GB but in that case maybe that money would be better spend on something else, like a better video card. It all depends on what you will do with the computer.

[Sotos]

Well, thats a LOT of RAM. I don't know if it can affect performance negatively. How much did it cost you that system? Maybe for that money you could build a small rendering farm that could do your renderings faster? But of course you would need space for that.

edit: where did your post about the 20GB for animation rendering go?

[Sega]

Hehe I made the post disappear.

I was told by a computer technician that more RAM slows the system down. As you can see the RAM I have is an extreme amount of RAM and it be honest I actually have much more RAM than specified. I don't want to actually say how much RAM I have. People seem to laugh at me when I say the number. I got the machine re-furbished so I got a great price.

[Get Real!]

I really need advice in RAM and how a computer uses it.

Once you've read what Sotos has to say about RAM being the more the merrier etc please tell us why you started this thread...

Did you modify your system's memory setup today and suddenly the system has gone slow or are you ASSUMING that memory is to blame for a slow system?

[Sotos]

I guess Sega took the advice of "you can't have too much RAM" way too seriously and he actually managed to install too much RAM Sega, what kind of motherboard do you have on that system?

[Sega]

OK, basically I bought a system and just decided to set it up today. I noticed that it takes ages to load up but I also noticed that for some weird reason the RAM was undetected. I decided to install Windows XP 64bit were it picked up most of the RAM.

I was adviced by a IT technicial to get-rid of some of the RAM and that WinXP is incapable for dealing with it. He told me that RAM can slow the computer down. So now I am stuck with a dialema. I don't want to sell half of my system off but if it cannot really be utilized them what else can I do?

I started this thread to see if too much RAM can be a bad thing. I also read in other forums that too much RAM was bad, if so why is it bad?

[Sega]

what kind of motherboard do you have on that system?

Chip Set Broadway (i think), I am not sure.

[Get Real!]

Sega, the answer to your dilemma can be easily fixed...

Search for "XXX technical support" where XXX is the brand name of your motherboard. Then, once inside the right website find the hardware specs for your MB model (model number written on the MB itself) and find out from the manufacturer how much memory it can handle.

Then get on the Microsoft tech base and find out up to how much memory WinXP 64bit can address. Then you'll know what to do.

Problem solved!

[Sega]

Thanks GetReal.... I will get on it as soon possible.