----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" < Subject: Computer Upgrade
> It's time ... got a quick couple of questions. > > Recently it was mentioned here that some Windows OS won't support more > than 256mb or 512mb of memory. How much memory will Win98SE support? Hi Shel, I just went through this The best advice I got was that Win 98 (either V1 or V2) will not address more than 512mb of RAM, so that was what I ended up with on my new rig. > > What's SDRAM and RDRAM? Is one "better" than the other? I think the best one is what will plug into your mother board.... I don't have a clue. I was told that for some reason that sounded like Swahili to me, you want your RAM to be identical chips, so don't put a 256MB and a couple of 128mb ram chips on. Put 2 x 256 MB chips on instead. > > Suggestions for a good video card? I ended up with an ATI Radeon VE dual display. It has 32 mb of RAM on board, but it seems fime for digital image editing, which isn't exactly fast moving graphics, and supports my new Samsung Synchmaster 955 DF up to an embarassingly high screen resolution at 32 bit colour with a good refresh rate. Make sure the card will support a refresh rate of at least 75hz at the largest resolution yo want to use, and 85hz to 100hz at the resolution you normally work at. My normal resolution is 1024 x 768, at 200hz. The faster refresh rate keeps the screen from flickering, and causing headaches and road rage. The scond monitor is nice, as I can heep the image and tool bar on the main screen, and have pallettes and tool windows open on the second screen. Very handy. > > In order to hook up a scanner I need a USB port or Firewire, right. > What are the advantages/disadvantages of each? I am still using an SCSI interface. It is very fast. Firewire, apparently is also fast. I have heard that USB is slow, but this is second hand information from me. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
