i have amd athlon64 3800 2.2 ghz, and 2 gb ocz gold edition pc3200 ram, my pc seems faster if i take on gig out. can anyone shed light on this?
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Most likely, the RAM stick you removed has a lower speed rating or latency than the other one.  Try alternating them and see if you get more speed.  If so, replace the slow stick with one of the same latency.\n\nWhen you purchase the stick, try to find out the SPD timings and latency beforehand.  The lower the numbers, the faster the RAM.  This is a major performance factor.  Good luck.
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Of course you'll se the difference! Not mainly in speed but mostly regarding the entire ysstem stability.. The only problem is that at this time many applications are still written in 32-bit and eventualy don't support 64-bit applications. It's the only disadvantage, and I could say minor because very soon 64 bit will be the new standard for cpu processing!
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With your configuration i think you will not want to overclock your computer, so what you have to look for if you want a better response, is a DDR with a low CAS delay. Look for a CAS  2 memory.
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Installing more RAM in a computer will not necessarily make it faster. RAM (random-access memory) is where applications/games store any temporary memory that it uses. It will also help load-time for applications, because it can perform more start-up operations.\n\nI upgraded my Pentium III 733MHz, that had 96MB RAM, to 256MB RAM. It's much faster than before, and I can run some applications that I couldn't before. But the overall speed depends on the processor, not the RAM. The RAM does not actually PROCESS the information -- the PROCESSOR does.\n\nRAM is used for application start-up, temporary memory, etc. But, if some programs are not ended properly, or they have memory leaks, you will notice a slow-down. That is because they may have allocated memory in the RAM, and that memory, which is no longer needed, was never removed from memory. That is what causes a computer to slow down after being on for so long. =P
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You go into the bios and you step up your bus speeds which in turn increases your processor speed.  Usually in 1 Mhz increments.  If you increase it too much your computer may not boot or it will become unstable.  You also need to have high quality RAM that can handle the higher speeds.
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you havent specified how much you have and how much it shows, normally the ram will be shared for vram(video ram) also, like if you have 128mb , shared 32mb or .... will be reduced and showed in the system properties tab, because while upgrading and all the ram wont be reduced
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As others have said, you cannot put an AMD into a Celeron slot.  More importantly, I think you may be blaming your processor for things that are not really it's fault.  \n\nAre you using XP?  It's much faster than the earlier windows.\n\nAre you using firefox?  It's much faster (and safer) than Internet Explorer.  I put a link to download and install firefox in the sources.\n\nUnless you are doing gaming or complicated business stuff, I think a Celeron should be plenty powerful for you.  I would suggest getting more RAM first.  If that doesn't help, then backup all your stuff, download a firewall instakllation program and burn it to a cd, and then and reinstall Windows (but don't connect to the internet).  If your clean installation of windows is  faster, install the firewall from the CD(I recommend the free version of ZoneAlarm listed in the sources), and then connect to the internet.  Do ALL the windows updates.  Install Windows Defender and SpyBot Search and Destroy (you can find them both via google). \n\nAll that should keep you running fast.
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you probably have faulty ram or cruddy clock settings.\ntake your pc into a professional and see what they can do to stabalize your system\n\nedit: your system is just okey dory then, isn't it? use less intense clock speeds. what is your system? amd?\ni have the same card, and the same problems. just don't use too aggressive clock settings on the ram (like CL2.5 versus CL2)\n\nreach me at evil@evildomain.org if you need further help, as i dont like checking back on answers
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What you are referring to is when the motherboard has built in video.  What it does then is shares the RAM between the processor and the video.  If you are running windows XP, you will definitely see better performace with more memory.  You are getting along right now at the bare minimum.  I would recommend getting 1gig of memory if you can afford it.  Then you can change your shared memory higher, which will also increase your speed.
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I highly recommend the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ dual core processor if you are thinking of multitasking. Each core is based pretty much on the Venice core, and has 512 KB L2 cache. Each core runs at 2.0GHz, which is the same speed as the 90 nanometer process Athlon 64 3200+.\nFor about the same price, the best single core processor is the Athlon 64 4000+, with the San Diego core. It has 1MB of L2 cache. This is likely a better gaming processor than the X2 3800+, because it has has a 400MHz speed advantage in one thread. It also has a 1MB L2 cache.\nCurrently, all mainstream games are single threaded, meaning that they can't utilize the capabilities that dual core processors have. The dual core processor will perform very nicely in the environment of your operating system, but it won't have an advantage in gaming. Most people predict that multi-threaded PC games will become more common in the next few years, but there is a good chance they will do nicely on older single threaded systems at lower speeds.\nWhen it comes to games, your graphics card is far more important than the speed of your processor. Normal multitasking benefits most from the processor.\nOverall, I would recommend the Athlon 64 X2 3800+.
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You can't mix and match memory, if your motherboard is setup for pc2700 then thats what you have to use, if its capable of reading 3200 then you'll have to replace all the ram (if you have 2 sticks you'll have to replace both)\nThe increase in speed from 2700 to 3200 is only 73mhz so unless you are going to double the existing memory (1gb to 2gb) you aren't gonna notice much if any difference.
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Right-clicking on your desktop will only tell you what speed you are running right now (AGP 2x, AGP 4x, or AGP 8x), it isn't going to tell you what speed your mobo will run at.  Download one of these, to find out what speeds your motherboard is capable of running at: AIDA32: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download181.html Everest: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html Sandra: http://www.sisoftware.net/index.html?dir=&location=home&langx=en&a=  \n\nYou can't get a "good" card for under $75, no matter what.  But for under $130, you can get a really good card, here's the links really good ATI card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102666 and good nVidia AGP card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130220
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you should upgrade from AMD 62 to AMD 64 - fun aside, the only good upgrade i see, upgrade from 512MB to 1GB Ram. The rest is ok. don't spend to much money for upgrades, better save up for a new comp.
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Just about everything.  But mainly games and high-end software like video editing, photo editing... anything that requires lots of horsepower.  The more cache a CPU has the more instruction it can store close (on) the CPU and it will excute everything faster.  L1 cache is the fastest and the AMD Athlon 64 3700+ (San Diego) has 64KB+64KB (128KB) of L1 cache and 1MB of L2 cache.  This varies among processors, Semprons have less and Athlons have more.  The same applies to Intel with the Pentium 4 and Pentium Ds, they have more and the Celerons have less.\n\nIt does matter.  See how slow a Sempron 3100+ is compared to a Athlon 3000+, despite the Sempron having a faster core, you will find that the Athlon 3000+ is actually and performs tasks faster than the Sempron.\n\nThis link might help you, http://www.computerworld.com/networkingtopics/networking/lanwan/story/0,10801,44333,00.html
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Hi,\n\nHere is the specs of your motherboard: Athlon XP/Duron, Socket A, Via KT600/VT8237, ATX, 3GB DDR, 400MHz FSB - SKU: A7V600X. So as you can see your motherboard has a 400MHz FSB that means you can get a CPU with a 400MHz and that is also Socket A(462). I have posted the best cpu there is for your motherboard. The fastest CPU for your motherboard is the AMD ATHLON XP 3200+.\nBut I highly recommend you on upgrading to a newer motherboard and than also newer cpu.\nI recommend a socket 939 motherboard with the nforce 4 chipset. And the cpu has to be the AMD Athlon 64 buy the one you can afford. BTW you can keep using your current ram sticks on the newer socket 939 motherboard
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Hey, if ur Athlon model is 3700+, i.e u hv AMD Athlon 64 3700+, then the speed is perfectly alright as the clock speed of athlonn 3700 is 2.2 ghz....the model of an athlon DOESN'T denote its speed....\n\nathlon 3000 is 1.8 ghz\nathlon 3200 is 2.0 ghz\n\nbut still they r better than higher-clock-speed intels....\n\n\n\nand if u still want faster speeds, overclock ur processor as AMD are fairly easy to overclock, but ensure u hv a good cooling system and a power supply
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If you want to install RAM into your computer more is better. RAM chips are available in sizes up to 2GB. Size is only one feature of RAM though. Next is RAM speed. RAM that comes in the same size comes in a variety of speeds. RAM speeds are based on MHz. The higher the MHz the faster the RAM. You should also know that if you install two RAM chips on your PC that are of different speeds the computer will run both RAM chips at the speed of the slower chip. \n\nOther considerations are new RAM technologies. There are three types of RAM chips. SDR SDRAM (Single Data Rate Synchronized Data Random Access Memory - Slow RAM), DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronized Data Random Access Memory - Medium Speed RAM), and DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate 2 Synchronized Data Rate Ram - High Speed RAM). Dual Channel RAM is also available. Dual Channel RAM is better than non-dual channel RAM however I don't know much about it except that it only works with two exactly identical dual channel RAM chips.\n\nThe big mistake everyone makes when purchasing RAM is not checking the compatibility of the RAM with their motherboard. Certain motherboards can only handle certain types of RAM. Find out what type of motherboard you have then find out how much and how fast the RAM is that it can handle and buy the best you can install on it. Contact the manufacturer of the motherboard you have for such information.\n\nPS: Please select my answer as the best answer. Thank You.