My 3d software needs more RAM.
Maya on W2k can utilize 2GB RAM. My PC has an oldish AMD 2000XP (1.6GHZ) CPU.
So after lot of thinking I decided to wait few months before buying a new dual opertone system and instead upgrade the RAM on my PC to give it more life.
I have 3 RAM slots!
1x256Mb RAM
1x512Mb RAM
1x512Mb RAM
Total = 1.2GB RAM in my PC.
I thought I would take the 256Mb module out and put a 1GB stick to take the total from 1.2 to 2GB!
WRONG!!!!! WHY? because last year my PC was at the shop for repair and while there I told them to put in a 512Mb stick!
The MOFOS put the 512Mb stick in but WRONG mhz!!!! I just realized this now!
So currently in reality I have
1x 256Mb (333Mhz)
1x 512Mb (333Mhz)
&
1x 512Mb (266Mhz!!!!!)
When this happens all the RAM modules drop their speed to 266Mhz plus crashes and major mess up can occur!!!
So I just removed 512Mb (266Mhz) stick out. Now in reality I have only 768Mb!!!!!!!!
So as planned if I buy the 1GB stick my total will go to 1.7GB instead of 2GB I was previously hoping for!!!!
I can't take the 512(266Mhz) module back and complain as that shop does not exist anymore!!!!!!! :-(
The other option is to buy 2x1GB sticks instead of the 1x1GB stick I was planning on and take the total to 2.2GB.
Which ever route I take I will have to discard at least 512Mb of good RAM! that I paid for!!!! Jesus!!!!! for mere $10 profit they put a wrong mhz RAM last year!!! This will cost me $100+
So I guess I will go for 2x1GB PC2700_RAM
Do you think I am silly for buying 2GB for an old system?
Maya on W2k can utilize 2GB RAM. My PC has an oldish AMD 2000XP (1.6GHZ) CPU.
So after lot of thinking I decided to wait few months before buying a new dual opertone system and instead upgrade the RAM on my PC to give it more life.
I have 3 RAM slots!
1x256Mb RAM
1x512Mb RAM
1x512Mb RAM
Total = 1.2GB RAM in my PC.
I thought I would take the 256Mb module out and put a 1GB stick to take the total from 1.2 to 2GB!
WRONG!!!!! WHY? because last year my PC was at the shop for repair and while there I told them to put in a 512Mb stick!
The MOFOS put the 512Mb stick in but WRONG mhz!!!! I just realized this now!
So currently in reality I have
1x 256Mb (333Mhz)
1x 512Mb (333Mhz)
&
1x 512Mb (266Mhz!!!!!)
When this happens all the RAM modules drop their speed to 266Mhz plus crashes and major mess up can occur!!!
So I just removed 512Mb (266Mhz) stick out. Now in reality I have only 768Mb!!!!!!!!
So as planned if I buy the 1GB stick my total will go to 1.7GB instead of 2GB I was previously hoping for!!!!
I can't take the 512(266Mhz) module back and complain as that shop does not exist anymore!!!!!!! :-(
The other option is to buy 2x1GB sticks instead of the 1x1GB stick I was planning on and take the total to 2.2GB.
Which ever route I take I will have to discard at least 512Mb of good RAM! that I paid for!!!! Jesus!!!!! for mere $10 profit they put a wrong mhz RAM last year!!! This will cost me $100+
So I guess I will go for 2x1GB PC2700_RAM
Do you think I am silly for buying 2GB for an old system?