Can I have 2.5 gigs of ram?

[gmp014]

I have an Acer Aspire 4520. It has 1 gig of ram and I want to update it. Can I have an extra 512 mb of ram so I'll have 2.5 gigs? like 2 gis in 1 slot adn 512 in the other. or can it only be even like either 2 gigs or 3 gigs?

 

[Rishwin]

Can you have 2gb in 1 slot and 512mb in the other? Yes. Will it be fast? No.

The 2gb will run at the same speed as the 512mb (which will obviously be slower). what you should do is get 2x 1gb sticks (make sure they are EXACTLY the same) and put 1 in each slot. It will run 50% faster than your 2gb + 512mb.

 

[xElkinx]

srry i didnt rlly get u

 

[Rishwin]

srry i didnt rlly get u

What is not to get? He is asking if he can have 2gb in 1 slot and 512mb in the other.

If you couldn't even see that, why bother posting? Here's an infraction for spamming.

 

[theninjaway]

It's better to get 2gb ddr2 sticks. Or just 2gb. Or like Rish said, because I'm doing the same with my server, 2 X 1GB sticks.

 

[Enter Name]

no point in 2.5GB of ram. well added and extra 512 to 2gb.
XP dosnt get no faster after 1 gig and vista after about 2 gig - 3 gig (32 bit).

 

[Rishwin]

no point in 2.5GB of ram. well added and extra 512 to 2gb.
XP dosnt get no faster after 1 gig and vista after about 2 gig - 3 gig (32 bit).

of course XP gets faster above 1gb, i recommend 2gb of RAM but obviously 4gb will be better. As for vista, 2gb should be a MINIMUM. 8gb Max.

 

[Enter Name]

Ah right, but does the increase of permanence go down as u double up.
For example from 256 to 512 will give better performance difference then from 1Gb to 2 Gb.

 

[Jamie]

I have 1GB on my vista home premium and it runs quite fast.

 

[InZan3]

Can you have 2gb in 1 slot and 512mb in the other? Yes. Will it be fast? No.

The 2gb will run at the same speed as the 512mb (which will obviously be slower). what you should do is get 2x 1gb sticks (make sure they are EXACTLY the same) and put 1 in each slot. It will run 50% faster than your 2gb + 512mb.

May I ask why?
Wouldnt it be logic that more ram = more speed?:scratch:

 

[Ramuthra]

nah when you have two of the exact same ram plugged into the simmilarly coloured slots it increases read write speed like raid does for hard drives, forgot what the bloody name is though now >.<

 

[Netrogor]

nah when you have two of the exact same ram plugged into the simmilarly coloured slots it increases read write speed like raid does for hard drives, forgot what the bloody name is though now >.<

Dual-channel memory?

 

[Rishwin]

May I ask why?
Wouldnt it be logic that more ram = more speed?:scratch:

2 years ago, yes. but dual channel now is such a common and recognized thing that in comparison, throwing in as much RAM as you can is no longer advised cos it actually slows down the PC.

nowadays what you want to do is put in only identical RAM sticks in. 4x 512mb of DDR2 will definitely out perform a 2gb stick, and even 2x 1gb sticks. Rule of thumb is that generally every pair of identical sticks give a 50% performance boost. So 4x 512mb has a 100% performance boost, while you get only a 50% boost when compared to 2x 1gb sticks.

 

[theninjaway]

2 years ago, yes. but dual channel now is such a common and recognized thing that in comparison, throwing in as much RAM as you can is no longer advised cos it actually slows down the PC.

nowadays what you want to do is put in only identical RAM sticks in. 4x 512mb of DDR2 will definitely out perform a 2gb stick, and even 2x 1gb sticks. Rule of thumb is that generally every pair of identical sticks give a 50% performance boost. So 4x 512mb has a 100% performance boost, while you get only a 50% boost when compared to 2x 1gb sticks.

How the **** are you supposed to get 4 sticks in?

 

[Rishwin]

How the **** are you supposed to get 4 sticks in?

most motherboard nowadays have either 4 or 6 or 8 RAM slots, they do not make then with just 2 anymore.