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To: tanstfl who wrote (19116)	4/26/2001 4:07:08 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

hi steve good advice you gave zbyte... "some users have actually had a slowdown in their computer when going from 64 megs to more-than-64 megs" such is the case with my older machine... an old dell 166mhz that came with 32mb of memory, but it would only take another 32mb for a total of 64mb. beyond that, per dell, the system would not be able to process the extra memory and would run slower. here is an excerpt from a dell memory site: "There is a point of diminishing returns where adding more memory may not enhance your system's performance. This point is determined by the "cacheable limit" of your system. Most Pentium systems have either 256K cache or 512K cache. With a 256K cache, upgrading beyond 64 MB is not usually beneficial. With a 512K cache, the limit moves up to 128 MB. With a Pentium II, the sky is the limit as the cache is integrated into the processor. Of course, these are guidelines applicable to general users. For specialized applications, more memory may be required." :) mark