memory upgrade

[kf10]

i upgraded laptop RAM from 1GB to 3GB and it made no difference in computer performance, not even 1%.....................

hehehheeheheh

 

[Bill2]

It depends on what you're running at the moment. If all running processes use less than a gb, it doesnt matter how much physical ram you have installed.

 

[yowanvista]

i upgraded laptop RAM from 1GB to 3GB and it made no difference in computer performance, not even 1%.....................

Adding more memory will not 'boost' your performance, it only allows you to run more applications at the same time.

 

[arkhi]

You should have bought the exact same Memory spec as your 1GB so you could have achieved dual-channel support.

 

[Frank1]

i upgraded laptop RAM from 1GB to 3GB and it made no difference in computer performance, not even 1%.....................

Adding more memory will not 'boost' your performance, it only allows you to run more applications at the same time.

I have never known that which explains something I have always wondered about. I have a netbook that came with 1 gig of memory. I put in another gig but did not notice any difference in speed. I seldom run more than one application at a time.

 

[vaidas3]

You should have bought the exact same Memory spec as your 1GB so you could have achieved dual-channel support.

dual chanel nowadays almost (1-3%) dont give any performance increase over single chanel, same quantity.
so nothing is gained from dual chanel.

 

[DeaconFrost]

Adding memory was never about performance, unless your system was being severly chocked before. If you have a high end system with 1 GB of memory, I guarantee you'll see a performance increase in a current game if you went to 4 GB. However, that's a unique situation. On something like a laptop or a netbook, where you are only using mild, office/web applications, you may see the OS perform a little snappier, but that's about it. Web browsers won't suddenly open faster. The system will be more responsive under a load, that's all.

 

[stormy13]

You should have bought the exact same Memory spec as your 1GB so you could have achieved dual-channel support.

And one more time, the memory dfoes not determine whether it runs in dual (or triple for that matter) channel, it is solely dependent on whether the chipset/memory controller supports dual channel.

 

[arkhi]

[...] it is solely dependent on whether the chipset/memory controller supports dual channel.

I did check the OP's chipset specs and it does support dual-channel. Hence, my suggestion.

 

[Anthony]

Adding physical memory is always a good thing, what happens is, when you run out of physical memory the hard drive is then used as physical memory which is slow and creates more heat, bad for a laptop!! Don't think that you have wasted your money, I would have done the same thing!!