RAM

[ThatOnePerson]

Right now I'm using all 4 slots, 2 512mb and 2 256mb total is 1.5 gigs. If I pop out the 2 256's and put in 2 1 gig sticks making the total 3 gigs will it improve my FSX performance at all or would the improvement not even be noticeable?

System currently:
Pentium 4 HT
BFG 7950 GT OC
1.5 gigs of ram

[Anxyous]

The more RAM the better (that goes for Stealth aircraft aswell)

[EGNX]

A neat little thing if your on Vista is to boost RAM with the space left on your USB sticks (Over 256MB), so I plug in 2 of my 512MB USB sticks into my comp... and hey presto 1 extra GIG! And the performance is quite noticable!

[ThatOnePerson]

Nope im not on Vista, not gonna switch till its been out for a bit

[Katahu]

Nope im not on Vista, not gonna switch till its been out for a bit

Wise decision, my friend. It's always best to wait some time so that the kinks can be worked out in the woftware.

[Scorp64]

Check your motherboard documentation before investing in the extra RAM.  One of my coworkers bought an extra Gig to put in his Dell box, bringing it up to 3 Gig.  The BIOS showed the 3 Gig, but Windows (both XP and Vista) still only showed 2 Gig.  Turns out the BIOS on his Dell will only report 2 Gig to a 32-bit OS.

[ozzy72]

Don't forget that USB sticks of RAM are slower than the proper sticks in your machine!

[an-225]

Woah, slow down there. Flashdrives...provide...RAM?!?!!? Holy...thats like buying 4 gigs of RAM for only $20 bucks here in Aus!!!  :o

[ATI_7500]

Yeah, but like Ozzy said....slower...

[Daube]

Yeah, but like Ozzy said....slower...

Yep, slower indeed... but much faster than your virtual memory on your hardrive, I think