Possibly - it depends on the applications you will be using, and the way in
which they will be used.

Moving data from one device to another is not memory intensive, and more
memory could slow that sort of process slightly

Building video streams from pictures could possibly include a need to hold
lots of detail for manipulation
(e.g. having 50 5Mpixel, 32 bit colour pictures open is 1Gb)

You could use performance monitor facilities to see how much real memory is
being used by your applications
under 1.5GB peak, or under 1Gb constant, and I'd say save the money

But others will have other ideas

JimB



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 3:58 PM
Subject: Hardware: RAM


> HI All
>
> I have a P4 3.0GHZ with an ATI X600 PCI Express video card.  It has 1 GB
(2
> X 512 MB DDR 400 PC3200) ram and I'm running Windows Media Center 2005.  I
> am planning on scanning many old pictures to make a home video/picture
> library.  As RAM seems to be fairly inexpensive these days, I was thinking
> of adding another GIG or possibly more as my MB can handle up to 4 GB.
> Would adding more ram be of use and increase performance or simply a waste
> of money.
>
>
>
> Appreciate any comments or suggestions.
>
>
>
> TIA
>
>
>
> Andy Cotnoir
>
>
>
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