memory upgrade help

alexius · Post by **alexius** » July 7th, 2005, 10:32 pm

hello i am a complete noob when it comes to memory i have just brought a new graphics card radeon x700 256mb coz it was going cheap. my games look better but i still think i need that extra umph so i was thinking of upgrading my ram memory. i already have 512 mb i waant to know how would i go about choosing which type and how will i know if it will be compatable. specs amd athon xp 2800 2.09 ghz processor asrock sis746 cpu to pci bridge 512 mb memory and i have downloaded this program sisoftware sandra which tell you all about ur pc and it said my maximum installable memory is 384 mb whats up with that? any help and things i should definatly not do would be great help thanks Edit/Delete Message

richh0323 · Post by **richh0323** » July 9th, 2005, 12:00 am

Well to start off, you need to know what you have installed now, PC2100,PC2700,PC3200, ect. How many sticks are installed, how many open slots do you have. Do you know the make of the motherboard? To find compatable ram you have to know this, if not you may fry what you have, and what you just bought. You must buy ram that is compatable to what you have installed or upgrade to say 2 sticks of 512mb to get up to 1gb.

Phobia · Post by **Phobia** » July 22nd, 2005, 11:58 am

Hello alexius, I would recomend you to buy once more the simular RAM 512MB,as it will make your PC running faster