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i was thinking of getting 1 gig ram for windows nt computer cause i know its memory hungry windows nt . or should i get 2 gigs of ram. post your thoughts about it

thats a lot of ram....


other than windows, what other programs will you be running which will necessitate so much RAM? Is this going to be a server or what?

What you want to do with that NT computer, running all kinda sorts of server stuff ?

For regular usage get 512MB, check the Task Manager/Performance for PEAK under Commit Charge. If the value has the tendency to be above your total physical RAM then upgrade your memory.

I have Win2000 and have a lot of stuff running in the background. There's 768MB in my machine and I might average a memoryload around 300MB after a few days, peak sometimes close to 600-700MB when I play some games on top of that.

Let us know what you have in mind with that NT machine.

i've rarely seen any of my clients with 2gb of ram in their application, database, or citrix servers...that is only needed if you are having MANY clients connect at once...a HUGE oracle or sql server database...or web server that has the cr@p beat out of it with 1000's of hits.

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Unless it's for a VERY specific application, that's more ram than necessary. ESPECIALLY if it's for a home server.

If you're just using it as a file server/print server/router/FTP then 128 is adequate, 256 is ideal. With the price of ram, though, throw 512Mb in there if it makes you feel better but any more than that is really a waste of money.

Servers generally don't run a lot of apps except in an office environment (database) or a web server.

Don't forget NT is a very clean OS (one reason I prefer it over Win2K for Servers). It was originally DESIGNED to run on a 486 system with 32Mb of ram (I remember setting up my first NT 4 server!). If you never install the IE 4 update (which adds all the worthless Win98 active desktop crap) it runs very smoothly on older CPUs and 64 - 128 Mb of ram.

FYI: I'm running an NT Server here at home (dedicated CD burner, file/printer server & router). It's a P2-300 and got 96Mb in it - mostly oddball PC66 ram leftover from client upgrades. I'm tempted to throw a 128 Mb stick in there, but frankly I doubt it would make much difference.

There'a 3 PCs running NT 4.0 server at work and I'm sure that non of them have more than 128mb of ram yet all run fine for what they're setup to do. I'd add more if they were mine but they're leased machines.

I run some big Citrix servers with LOTs of clients 1 Gb is more than sufficient, more is just going to be a waste of time.

Darkheart

Blah, Blah, Blah....
I run CAD at work all day long and Im on an NT box running a P200 Pro with 64megs of ram.
Slow as crap but it gets the job done.
Been trying to get IT to buy me a new computer for over a year now :/

i guess i will just get stick of 512mb and stick it in there thx everyone.

Duckie there's a big difference between 64Mb and a 1Gb no?



Darkheart

Hell I wouldnt mind a Gig of anything here at work...
HDD.....Mhz....RAM.....

*Sniff Sniff*

LUXURY! My old company used to have computers in the TV control room to design graphics for video production using Photoshop. They used (and still do as far as I know) P-133 computer with 32 Mb.

Ever try to run Photoshop 5 on a P-133 with 32Mb? As a lesson in patience it has few equals....

Yep. Until last summer ('00), we use to use a P133 w 48mb, same programs with NT4.0 server. It WAS painfull . The replacement PC in the shop's now a P3 700 w 130mb but another in the parts dept is the same model as the one I got my son, a P2-450 with 64mb yet works OK for what the parts dept needs.
I don't seemingly have a need for more than 256mb on anything I use, any OS.