For the update file: I bought another 512 stick of PC3200 ram today. Is my message any faster?
CW ----- Original Message ----- From: "cbwaters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 11:29 AM Subject: Re: OT: CPU question > Thanks Mat. > This ASUS does support dual channel RAM. > ftp://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock478/p4p800-mx/e1880_p4p800-mx.pdf > > Looks like, if I moved up to a 800Mhz FSB, I'll have to get new RAM. :( > > CW > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mat Maessen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: OT: CPU question > > >> On 9/29/06, cbwaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> My PC is a P4 1.7 (don't know the FSB speed) and I've got 504MB of DDR >>> DIMM >>> RAM (not sure of the speed there either) >> >> It's probably DDR400 RAM. The processor is 400 MHZ FSB. If you don't >> have DDR400 memory, you'll see a performance increase just by >> upgrading that. >> >>> Without switching motherboards, I can move up to around P4 3.0 with an >>> 800Mhz FSB and hyper-threading for about $85. >> >> Honestly, unless you move up to a motherboard that either has >> dual-channel RAM access, or uses DDR2 RAM (not backwards compatible >> with your DDR RAM), you probably won't see much of a performance >> difference. The real bottleneck is between the memory and the >> processor. >> >>> How would one describe the improvement is speed here? 1-10 with ten >>> being >>> "waoh, that's the best $85 I ever spent!" >> >> Probably about a 2 or a 3 on that scale. Honestly, your money is >> probably better spent in getting more memory. Photoshop is MUCH >> happier on my machine with a gig of RAM available than it was with >> only 512 megabytes. >> >> If I were in your position, I'd probably spend $50-60 to throw another >> 512 megabytes of RAM at the machine, and start saving up for one of >> the Intel-based macs. The Core 2 Duo would be a significant >> improvement over what you have now. >> >> -Mat >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/2006 >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/2006 > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
