More Ram?

tony240sx

tony240sx

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I have 1 gig of ram because that is my computers max. I want more but if I put it in its not even going to make a difference. Is there anyway to add more without changing the whole motherboard. I have a Pentium 4 3.2 running Premiere Pro 2 and After Effects 7. Thanks.
 
Dont take it from me, but im pretty sure you cant. You'll probly need a new motherboard that is capable with your processor (and expandle to like 4gigs of ram). Check Newegg.com. How do those programs run with 1gig anyways? Just curious.
 
Yeah I think your right, I was just hoping there was another way. Do you know how hard the job is to replace the motherboard?

They run better than I thought with 1 gig but the render times are a little high and I have only done small clips so far. WHen I get into rendering larger files it will probably start to bother me.
 
If you have a 3.2 P4, my guess is your board has at least 2 ram slots, if not 4 slots, with each slot supporting up to a 1GB stick. Thus 2 slots, 2GB max, 4 slots 4GB max.
 
if you open your computer or find the specs for it elsewhere and then post the name and type of motherboard you have I'll be able to help you. and like John said: if you have a 3.2 p4 your computer most likely has 4 RAM slots. it's possible you have 4x512 sticks in already in which case you'd have to buy all new ram to run.
 
I have 4 slots, 2 of which had 256 sticks and then I added a 512 and my computer just says 1 gig even though technically there is 1024mb in it. I was told the motherboard has 1 gig max so no matter what I put in those slots it will only use the 1gig.

Also with the setup I have do you think its the ram thats slowing the renders so much. if I was able to add more ram how much of a difference would it make.

Thanks alot guys for your input.
 
1gig = 1024mb
256 + 256+ 512 = 1024mb = 1gig. You should be able to add more.

A general rule is: doubling the ram in your comp will give you a 50% performance increase in your "everyday" kinda usage. Don't know about render time though. I would think it would help more with the preview, etc. I would think that rendering is going to be benefited more by cpu rather than ram.
Jason
 
Ramjet1979 said:
1gig = 1024mb
256 + 256+ 512 = 1024mb = 1gig. You should be able to add more.
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LOL. Take it easy. I can add just fine. I thought 1000mb = 1 gig, I didnt realize that it is technically 1024mb that is 1 gig.

And everything works smoothly other than the long render times. Thanks.
 
:) I am sorry, I really wasn't trying to come off condescending or anything.

Yes, technically it is. HDD companies use decimals instead though, so they call 1000mb to be 1 gig.
Really though, 1024 is 1gig. Ram is read as that
If you look at your hard drive size though. say you have a 100gig drive, it will show up less than that on windows. probably 90 something.
Anyways, yeah, just stick another gig stick in there and double up if you want. Again though someone else should comment on whether it will help with render times
Jason
 
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