Hi Virginia, >From what I understand, unless you are doing some very heavy graphics work, 384 MB is optimum for Win98. I guess 512 seems to work for you. I suggest that anything over that would be counterproductive, as you say, unless you wanted to run a 128 MB RAM Disk or something. WIn95 and Win98 both had some memory management issues.
I run Win98SE with 256 on a 650 Mhz P IIIE, and have not had any indication of anything but optimum performance for the last two years. I do run some heavy duty graphics programs as well. I don't have much experience with XP, but from what I can gather - 512 is optimum for that as well - unless you are running very heavy duty graphics or a server or something. Roger ******** He who laughs last thinks slowest. ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Virginia Da Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 4:13 AM > Subject: PCWorks: Optimum RAM for Win 98SE? > > > > I am wondering what the maximum, or optimum, amount of RAM is for a Win > 98SE > > system (1.7GHz CPU). I currently have 512 MB in both my machines, but > have a > > spare 128 MB which I could add, provided it's not going to prejudice the > > system. I remember reading somewhere that anything over 512 MB in Win98 > was > > counter-productive. > > Any ideas on this? > > > > Also, what is the optimum RAM amount with Windows XP? I see new systems > are > > being sold with 1GB or more! > > Thanks for your input. > > > > Virginia Da Costa > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
