If you are not using a 64 Bit OS (and if you are interested in gaming you shouldn't be) , then 4gig is overkill. Games don't use 4Gig. Nothing does actually, so a large portion of that memory will never be used.
32Bit Vista or XP cannot address a full 4Gig of memory. There's all sorts of complicated reasons why, some people end up with 2.5Gig being available to the OS. You can't even think of using the remainder for a RAM drive (remember those? ) as most games are bigger than such a drive anyway.(Why not just use a USB stick?). So think hard on whether you want that extra 2Gigs. On 8/27/07, Matthew Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking at two different sets of memory, one 2 gig one 4 gig. It > seems that the 2 gig set is faster. Would it be better to go with the 2 > gig set or the 4 gig set? > > The two gig: > Timing : 4-4-4-12 > http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145038 > > The four gig: > Timing : 5-5-5-18 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145176 > > What do the different numbers mean? Would the extra 2 gigs of memory > outweigh the slower memory performance? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241396 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
