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----- Original Message ----- From: William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 12:59 PM Subject: Re: Computer Upgrade > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" < > Subject: Computer Upgrade > > > > It's time ... got a quick couple of questions. > > > > Recently it was mentioned here that some Windows OS won't > support more > > than 256mb or 512mb of memory. How much memory will Win98SE > support? > > Hi Shel, I just went through this The best advice I got was that > Win 98 (either V1 or V2) will not address more than 512mb of > RAM, so that was what I ended up with on my new rig. I have seen this 512meg limitation mentioned several times, I have also seen computers running more. I may be the cache limitation. On Win95 machines only 128meg would be cached, but you could run more it just wouldn't be as fast as the first 128. > > > > What's SDRAM and RDRAM? Is one "better" than the other? > > I think the best one is what will plug into your mother > board.... I don't have a clue. I was told that for some reason > that sounded like Swahili to me, you want your RAM to be > identical chips, so don't put a 256MB and a couple of 128mb ram > chips on. Put 2 x 256 MB chips on instead. Pick the one that your MB is speced for. RDRAM only works with Pentium 4 processors AFAIK. All the ram in the same bank should be identical. Most new PC computers use one piece of ram per bank. That wasn't always so, and if you have a 64 bit MB it isn't so now. Check your MB manual. > > > > Suggestions for a good video card? > > I ended up with an ATI Radeon VE dual display. It has 32 mb of > RAM on board, but it seems fime for digital image editing, which > isn't exactly fast moving graphics, and supports my new Samsung > Synchmaster 955 DF up to an embarassingly high screen resolution > at 32 bit colour with a good refresh rate. > Make sure the card will support a refresh rate of at least 75hz > at the largest resolution yo want to use, and 85hz to 100hz at > the resolution you normally work at. > My normal resolution is 1024 x 768, at 200hz. > The faster refresh rate keeps the screen from flickering, and > causing headaches and road rage. > The scond monitor is nice, as I can heep the image and tool bar > on the main screen, and have pallettes and tool windows open on > the second screen. Very handy. Pretty good information. The thing to know is if you are not going to use animation such as in games, or video you can get by with a lot less video card. If you are a gamer you probably know, better than most of us, what works. On yes, a pet peave, serious graphic card such as used in high end CAD and Video workstations don't cost hundreds of dollars they cost thousands. See ATI Fire GL4 for an example of a workstation graphics card. > > > > In order to hook up a scanner I need a USB port or Firewire, > right. > > What are the advantages/disadvantages of each? > > I am still using an SCSI interface. It is very fast. Firewire, > apparently is also fast. I have heard that USB is slow, but this > is second hand information from me. Pick your scanner then get the kind of card that supports it. In decending order of speed SCSI-160, firewire, usb, parallel port. USB seems to work well with low end flatbed scanners. Film scanners work better with SCSI, or firewire. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
