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Re: More than 512MB RAM a benefit?



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I have .75 Gig and feel that it covers some full market radarscreens that I
have occasionally run.  the problems still come in as all the calculations
come due at the end of a bar and it will still end up hanging the computer.

Jim Bronke
Phoenix, AZ



----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Rollins" <kentr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OmegaList" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: More than 512MB RAM a benefit?


> If all you're running is TS4 on the box in question, there is little
benefit
> to more than 256MB.  For the additional applications you mentioned, 384MB
is
> plenty.  TS4 is a 16-bit app and probably rarely uses more than 20-30MB.
>
> Kent
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Simon Campbell" <simtrader@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 2:45 AM
> Subject: More than 512MB RAM a benefit?
>
>
> If using TS4 with Win2000 on an AMD 1.33ghz 266fsb Athlon machine with two
> monitors (for charting TS4, web, email, audio & video chat) ...is getting
> 768MB or even 1GB RAM really worth it, compared to 512MB?
>
> My choice is to use 512MB DDR PC2100 RAM on a DDR-enabled motherboard, or
> using a higher amount of SDRAM on a standard motherboard.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Simon.
>
>