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Thread ID: 27637 2002-11-27 05:57:00 xp and ram Ssteve (2645) Press F1
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101886 2002-11-27 22:36:00 Yes .. you'll noticed the differences, same goes for the 5400 hdd and 7200 hdd. Most people says in day to day use you won't noticed the difference, but I can guaranteed that the difference is quite noticeable. SKT174 (1319)
101887 2002-11-27 22:44:00 ok my $0 . 02 worth .

dispite what maginzines say there is a speed increase . how much of an increase depends on what programs you use (and OS) and ALSO what speed cpu you have .

pc's will only run as fast as the bottleneck will let it . with slower cpu's eg under 1ghz the increase will be small, but the faster the cpu is the more performance you will gain by going to DDR . with SDRAM on a 1 . 4ghz cpu the cpu will be only going a 3/4 throttle due to the ram being a big bottle neck .

however just remember the increase is subjective, to some it may be huge while others will consider the same increase small . however seeing that DDR is around the same price as SDRAM (i can buy 256 ddr cheaper than i can buy 256 sdram) sdram is really only for those with older slower pc's .
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101888 2002-11-27 23:03:00 Being an Athlon XP 1700+, the I'd say you should go for it! Chilling_Silence (9)
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