Sdram Ddr
Sdram Ddr
Explain the difference between DDR SDRAM memory and HHD?
I have a super nice pc, but it is slow for the games. It is a HP Pavillion 503n with 1.7ghz processor and 40 gb HHD and 128 MB DDR SDRAM..
I will upgrade the memory next month to 512 or 1gb I hope.
My question is this, everyone says upgrade the memory, but how does it effect the performance of the pc? I have more than enough storage space at 40gb so is the 128 operating memory or am off track?
Laymans terms please.
Thanks!
Hard drive space is purely for storage. RAM space is used by the computer to run programs. Think of it as a kind of immediate memory. Programs need to be transferred from hard drive to RAM before the computer can really do anything with it. The more RAM you have, the more programs you can run on the computer without it slowing down. 128MB is actually pretty low for RAM by today's standards. If you're running Windows XP, you should have at least 512MB, but 1GB is recommended (that may be different from Microsoft, but I know this from experience). If you're running Vista, you should at least have 1GB of RAM.
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