Upgrade ram?

[Kibo]

Hey. I want more RAM. Like 4 gigs. Is it worth it?

OS Name Microsoft? Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-80, 2100 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 717 MB
Total Virtual Memory 4.23 GB
Available Virtual Memory 2.25 GB
Page File Space 2.29 GB

EDIT: Graphics card is the ATI Radeon HD 3450.

 

[Rogue Sniper]

For a system such as yours it would benefit to have more RAM. However make sure the OS is 64bit other wise it will only see 3.25Gb. I know for Source games and Vista more RAM would help. Though this is a laptop so there's only so much performance you can gain.

Whats the GPU on this system?

 

[FiRESAUCE]

I'm guessing it's this one rogue

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147933

HD 3450...

Not terrible if it's that one

http://service.futuremark.com/hardware/graphics_cards/ati_radeon_hd_3450

benchies for hd 3450

 

[Kibo]

Yes. This is a 64-bit system. That's why I want more RAM. And GPU=Gnomes per umbrella?

 

[FiRESAUCE]

Yes. This is a 64-bit system. That's why I want more RAM. And GPU=Gnomes per umbrella?

Graphics Processing Unit

Come on man UTSE

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=gpu+stands+for+?&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g-sx1

 

[Kibo]

Graphics Processing Unit

Come on man UTSE

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=gpu+stands+for+?&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g-sx1

not half as clever. But is a GPU just a graphics card? Because I have the Radeon HD 3450... I hope that's what you meant.

 

[PewPewBangBang]

yea 4.0 gb of ram is like standard now and it does give a nice perfomance boost over 2gb.....i actually just went from 2gb to 6gb

 

[Kibo]

What kind of ram would I get? dv5000?

 

[Putty]

Either look up the type for your laptop (basically youtube upgrading the ram in your model number) or download cpuID and it'll tell you the specs.

 

[ShadowBlade72]

The type of ram you will need depends on what you motherboard is compatible with.

An easy way to find out what kind of ram you need is to use the memory search here:
http://www.kingston.com/

 

[Kibo]

The type of ram you will need depends on what you motherboard is compatible with.

An easy way to find out what kind of ram you need is to use the memory search here:
http://www.kingston.com/

I used the site, and it said it only had 1 gig ram sticks.

but i see the exact same laptop as mine online with 4 gigs of ram?

 

[Kibo]

Whoops kidding. Had to do a different search type =]

 

[pillar]

ya ive never used kingston for a memory search, esp for a motherboard. i always use either 4allmemory.com or crucial's memory engine. both are great & very precise.