512 to 1024 memory upgrade?

[waynezo]

I am thinking of adding another stick of 512mb of pc3200 memory to my system. I am doing video editing and dvd burning. What kind of performance increase should i expect from this upgrade? Will it increase speed for converting dv-avi files to mpeg-2?

what os are you running?

[waynezo]

My system,
Athlon xp2400 cpu
Gigabyte GA-7vaxp mb with promise onboard raid controller
Kingston value ram 512ddr pc3200 400mhz
Dual 80gig maxtor hd's 7200rpm ata 133 raid 0
Artec 16X DVD-ROM
Cyberdrive 40X16X48 CDRW
Verbatim 2.4X DVD+RW/R
ATI all in wonder 8500dv AGP primary video card
VisionTek XTASY radeon 9100 64mb ddr PCI 2nd video card
Nokia 21" 445Xpro CRT Monitor
KDS 17" visual sensations CRT monitor
Antec 430 watt true power ps
Ahanix platinum xp steel case
Windows xp home sp1

[DanGrease]

I was going to ask the same question as Gz3 but he was faster.
I would say more Ram is always welcome, and specially if you use Windows XP. Although you already have enough (and if its pc3200 which I think it is, you actually have a lot) I think you wont see that much better performance, although if you are doing things that require a lot of memory the you would see some boost ups. I would go for it if I was you but you have to think like this "Do I really need it?" Just my suggestions

dan

[Blazerhair]

windows never seems to work right with more then 512mb ram.....maybe not xp pro sp2

Originally posted by Blazerhair
windows never seems to work right with more then 512mb ram.....maybe not xp pro sp2

this was a serious problem with the win9x kernel

the NT kernel win2k/xp dont have this problem as they are designed for better memory management than win9x

if you have the money to buy more ram, i would suggest doing it. If you are not having any problems right now then i would leave it alone.

I have 1 gig of ram because i play around with Vmware alot

[zen]

You may not notice any difference at all. Most of what your doing is cpu intensive but wth...more ram never hurts!

You will notice the biggest difference when multi-tasking.