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4 Replies Last post: Jan 26, 2009 5:19 PM by MacHead2002  
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Dec 27, 2008 1:30 PM

Pick Simple Upgrades to Boost Your PC Performance

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1. Dec 27, 2008 4:32 PM in response to: PCWorld
Re: Pick Simple Upgrades to Boost Your PC Performance
One thing that hadn't been mentioned as regards memory, is speed. You need to research your motherboard's specs and the memory speed that is in there. If the board is running 667 Mhz and will support 800 mhz, by all means ramp it up to 800 Mhz as this will help the performance to some degree. coastie65

eMachines T5212.... Intel Pentium D 945 3.4Ghz..... evga 9800 GT 512 Mb PCI-E video card..... Realtec HD audio......2 Gb Crucial 667 Mhz DDR2 memory..... Lite on CD RW; DVD RW, DL,& Lightscribe optical drive...... Windows XP MCE 2005....... Antec Basiq 500w PSU......200 Gb Parallel ATA HDD.........Samsung 22" WS SyncMaster 2243BWX Monitor.
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2. Dec 30, 2008 7:56 PM in response to: PCWorld
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Worth noting that only the latest version of Photoshop -- Photoshop CS4 -- has support for graphics card acceleration. If you're using an older version, you won't see any improvements in that application from upgrading your video card.
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3. Jan 6, 2009 5:12 PM in response to: PCWorld
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Another thing that didn't get mentioned is that Ramseeker is for Macs. Period
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4. Jan 26, 2009 5:19 PM in response to: PCWorld
Re: Pick Simple Upgrades to Boost Your PC Performance
fastbullet says: "Another thing that didn't get mentioned is that Ramseeker is for Macs. Period
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RamSeeker has RamSeeker PC AND RamSeeker Mac.

BTW - RAM is RAM. I have installed 'PeeCee RAM' in Macs and 'Mac RAM' in PeeCees. Just check the specs.
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