It will make any difference ?

**James333** · (This post was last modified: 10-10-2009, 10:05 AM by James333.)

A Friend have an very old pc and I want to know if changing the ram will make any difference. He have a:

- P3 @ 1.1 Ghz ( a piece of shit )
- unknown motherboard
- It only have 3 PCI slots
- WinXP x86

An the most important:

- Ram: SO-Dimm ( ? ) PC133 128mb --> PC133 512mb

He want to know if upgrading his ram could improve something his pc , because he can't buy another pc

Note: the pc is slow as shit

krypking · 10-10-2009, 08:10 AM #2

it will improve it alot, but it will still be slow as hell.

**James333** · 10-10-2009, 08:11 AM #3

enoght to put firefox and msn at the same time ? ( no , he can't execute them together )

krypking · (This post was last modified: 10-10-2009, 08:13 AM by krypking.)

all he can do is try, but with a rig like that i wouldnt overload it too much unless the bsod is fun for him

**James333** · 10-10-2009, 08:21 AM #5

Really , he only had once the bsod

Sk821 · (This post was last modified: 10-10-2009, 09:28 AM by Sk821.)

Buy this:

Sparkle Geforce 9500 GT 1GB PCI edition:

http://www.amazon.com/Sparkle-SP95GT1024...706&sr=8-3

Sparkle Geforce 9500 GT 512 MB PCI edition:

http://www.amazon.com/Sparkle-SP95GT512D...706&sr=8-5

The difference will be HUGE!!!!! with this videos cards

**James333** · (This post was last modified: 10-10-2009, 01:04 PM by James333.)

He don't have the money Â¬Â¬

EDIT: Or a PCIe where to put that cards
Or a pc to run dolphin

Sk821 · (This post was last modified: 10-10-2009, 10:02 AM by Sk821.)

(10-10-2009, 09:50 AM)James333 Wrote: He don't have the money

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**James333** · 10-10-2009, 12:51 PM #9

What would happen if I OC that CPU ?

zurginator · 10-10-2009, 12:59 PM **#10**

I've done a LOT of research when it comes to ram.

FPS difference between large amounts of ram (Ex. 2GB -> 6GB) is 3-4 at best. (Can't comment below 2GB, as that's the size of my RAM sticks)
The difference between say, 800mhz and 1600mhz is .25-1 FPS at best.
However, Timings are different. While they give you no increase in FPS, general Windows performance increases considerably.