More Memory ? ? ?

[are34]

My desktop is an Intel dual core processor with 3GB of memory and running
windows vista premium 64bit O/S. It has a maximium capacity of 4GB of memory.
Will it run faster if , I upgrade the memory to 4GB ? Will I even see a difference in
speed ?

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: are34
My desktop is an Intel dual core processor with 3GB of memory and

running windows vista premium 64bit O/S. It has a maximium capacity of 4GB of memory.

Will it run faster if , I upgrade the memory to 4GB ? Will I even see a difference in
speed ?

* Is your "dual core" an older non-C2D model?
* Vista Premium 64-bit can use more than 4GB's. Are you saying that your MB is limited to 4GBs?
* No, you probably won't see any difference going from 3GBs to 4GBs.

 

[are34]

It's a "dual core".

 

[Blain]

Let's try it this way...
Is your "dual core" a Pentium D?

I'm trying to understand where your 4GB limit resides.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: are34
It's a "dual core".

Intel's made several flavors of "dual core" over the years. Core2, Pentium (based on Core2), Pentium (Netburst). Which is yours?

 

[imported_wired247]

it won't run faster unless you were already running out of RAM somehow.

check your performance monitor (Start > Run > "perfmon / res" )