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by newsouth on November 14th, 2006

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Is there a required RAM size sweet-spot for XP OS & multitasking--this is assuming all PC's are at least equiv. to 2GHZ speed?

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  • by scubabob on November 15th, 2006

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    Simply put, install as much ram as you can afford and the motherboard supports.
    Not everyone has a newer mobo that supports 4 gig. Many older boxes out there are in the 1-2 gig range.
    Although XP boasts it runs on 128, the bare minimum is really 512 as XP sucks up a little over 300 megs if it's available. A board that has 1 gig on board is not going to be much slower than one with 2-4, for the average PC user. That extra ram never usually comes into use unless you're a power user and can justify the added expense.

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  • by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on December 9th, 2006

    8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009

    Personally, I multitask fairly well on a mere 768 MB but most of the stuff I run has a relatively small RAM footprint. I am a slightly heavier than normal user for a non-gamer but I do fairly little multimedia. Don't even think of going under 512 MB but don't waste your $$$ on more RAM than you'll use. For me, that's 768 MB.

    If you do multimedia or gaming then max than mother out. Hell, run the 64-bit edition and smash through that 4GB maximum!

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  • by tiki_master on November 14th, 2006

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    I would definitely go with at least 1 GB of RAM, preferably 2 or more.

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  • by FriendlyJim on November 9th, 2010

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    Currently the sweet spot, assuming by this it's meant performance per dollar or otherwise known as value for money is around the 2-3GB mark. Adding more will help but only if you do heavy multi-tasking, use professional software (i.e imaging software that produces large image files etc.).

    You can expect this to climb to 4GB around 2012 as software is getting more and more bloaty, something that has happened ever since the cost of memory dramatically decreased (circa 2001).

    Recommended RAM size based on Operating System and application type

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