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Subject: Re: Ram Memory

Author: Laurence Chen

Date: 13:54:29 04/12/00

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On April 12, 2000 at 16:43:08, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:

>On April 12, 2000 at 16:06:04, Dan Ellwein wrote:
>
>>On April 12, 2000 at 14:57:42, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>>
>>>Shopping for a computer at Gateway (they custom configure). He suggested that
>>>since windows 95 supported only 128 meg ram I was wasting money on requesting
>>>256. I told him my apps software (chess programs, fritz etc) could use for sure
>>>up to 184 meg ram on my current configured computer with  256 meg ram. This
>>>value is what fritzy will setup when i tell it to play full strength. Is he
>>>right ? is anything over 128 meg ram of little or no value because of windows ?
>>>Even so is performance significantly improved by goiong to 256 meg ram ?
>>
>>
>>Wayne...
>>
>>I got a Gateway computer (desk-top) that i bought a couple of years ago from
>>Gateway...
>>
>>came with Windows 95 loaded on it...
>>
>>now-a-days...
>>
>>those Gateway computers come loaded with Windows 98 2nd edition...
>>
>>and am quite sure can handle 256 Megs of memory, and,
>>
>>just a guess,
>>
>>performance would improve also (due to a larger swap file)...
>>
>>regards...
>>
>> - PilgrimDan
>>
>>
>>>thanks
>
>On the other hand, Win 98 2nd edtn seems to be causing problems for people
>running chess apps. E.g. people say it weakens Crafty considerably.
Is this hearsay? Can you give proof?
Laurence



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