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From: John Barnett MVP on 14 Dec 2005 13:49
256MB of RAM is better than you originally had. Whether it is enough will
depend upon what applications you run and how memory intensive they are. The
other thing, of course, is how much memory your motherboard will actually
take. Most modern board will take 2GB or more of memory; if yours is an old
machine your maximum memory may only be 256 or 512MB

Your video card is rather old too. Most video cards start at around 64MB now
with 128MB being a common one. Again, unless your video 'shared' main memory
originally the only way to increase it is to buy a new video card. Or,
maybe, a more cost effective way would be to consider a new PC. I may be
wrong in assuming your PC is some years old now, but i certainly would
consider a new PC than try to upgrade. If the PC is 2 years old then, okay,
upgrade If it is older than that, say 4 or 5 years then consider a new one.

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"Shakeel Ahmad" <shakeel.ahmad215(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uzUdhzMAGHA.1028(a)TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Now i have increased my RAM. It is now 256MB. Is this enough? I am feeling
> some better performance now.
> ===> I have another question. I have 8MB of video memory. can i increase
> it by sharing ram with it?
>
> Best Regards,
> Shakeel Ahmad.
> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc(a)tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
> news:OijT$yZ$FHA.3804(a)TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Shakeel
>>
>>
>> In what year was this computer purchased new?
>>
>> What is the motherboard manufacturer's model number.
>>
>> 152 mb RAM memory is insufficient for running Windows XP on most systems.
>>
>> Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and select the Performance Tab.
>> What is the Total, the Commit Charge and the Peak?
>>
>> How large is your hard drive? Is it partitioned? How much free space on
>> each drive / partition. How is the drive formatted -FAT32 or NTFS. To
>> get this information whilst in Windows Explorer place the cursor on each
>> drive in turn, right click and select Properties.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>>
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>> "Shakeel Ahmad" <shakeel.ahmad215(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%238ZrDXZ$FHA.272(a)TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello,
>>> I am writing some information about my PC. Please read
>>> this and tell me that why my pc's performance is not so good. it works
>>> very slowly. it does not work as it should do.
>>> ----------------------------------------------
>>> These are some information about my PC:
>>> ----------------------------------------------
>>> Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack
>>> 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
>>> Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
>>> System Manufacturer: VIA Technologies, Inc.
>>> System Model: VT8601
>>> BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
>>> Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU 1300MHz
>>> Memory: 152MB RAM
>>> Page File: 221MB used, 144MB available
>>> Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
>>> DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
>>> DX Setup Parameters: Not found
>>> DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
>>>
>>> ---------------
>>> Display Devices:
>>> ---------------
>>> Card name: Trident Video Accelerator Blade 3D/ProMedia
>>> Manufacturer: Trident MicroSystems
>>> Chip type: Trident Blade 3D/ProMedia
>>> DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
>>> Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1023&DEV_8500&SUBSYS_85001023&REV_6A
>>> Display Memory: 8.0 MB
>>> Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
>>> Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
>>> Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
>>> Driver Name: trid3d.dll
>>> Driver Version: 5.00.2471.0046 (English)
>>> DDI Version: 7
>>> Driver Attributes: Final Retail
>>> Driver Date/Size: 8/17/2001 19:56:06, 315520 bytes
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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