Vista ram requirement max ?

[srgess]

I am using 2 GB ram with vista x64,(Getting 1GB more tomorrow) i will have 4GB ? My question is should i get 4GB ? My ram is at like 35% idle use. I just want to know if 4GB will be faster or not, or just increase my application handles. I do lot of video compression and gaming.

 

[Mondoman]

As with XP, it won't directly speed up anything, but should help responsiveness if you are using multiple apps and/or apps using enormous amounts of data.

 

[darkangelism]

I am using 2 GB ram with vista x64,(Getting 1GB more tomorrow) i will have 4GB ?

2+1=3 more memory means more for vista to cache apps in, so more will mean faster app loading and such. But once open probably less benefit.

 

[kamel5547]

I am using 2 GB ram with vista x64,(Getting 1GB more tomorrow) i will have 4GB ? My question is should i get 4GB ? My ram is at like 35% idle use. I just want to know if 4GB will be faster or not, or just increase my application handles. I do lot of video compression and gaming.

Unless you went with the 64 bit version of Vista 3 GB is probably near your max anyhow....

 

[fredgiblet]

I don't think you will see much benefit right now from going from 3 to 4 GB. So I'd say save your pennies for a bit longer and go for a bigger upgrade later (like a quad-core)