question about memory upgrades

[magekillr]

alrighty...this is my first laptop..and i fought my school as to which laptop i get...but i lost of course

 

 

 

it's a Tablet pc, a Gateway M285...

 

 

 

now..it came witha single gig of Samung ddr2 pc4300 at 4-4-4-11...and i am upgrading to 2GB

 

 

 

my question is...shuld i match the brand, frequency, and latency of the original? or would the operation be better if i went to 667 mhz and a much beter latency?

 

 

 

respond today if possible..i was gona purchase it today :D

[blade995]

If you put in faster memory and keep that slower memory in as well both will run at the slower settings.

[gonpost]

Blade is completely right...so therefore get the exact same type of ram that you already have. But I must ask, do you really need 2gb of ram for your laptop? :shock:

[blade995]

Blade is completely right...so therefore get the exact same type of ram that you already have. But I must ask, do you really need 2gb of ram for your laptop? :shock:

 

 

 

Laptops are normal computers too, desktops benefit from 2gb of ram, so I don't see why laptops wouldn't :) .

 

 

 

I think you would see a speed increase going to 667mhz with better timings (maybe 4-4-4-10 @667mhz) but then you would need to replace all of the ram :( .

[magekillr]

that's basically wat i thought... :cry:

 

 

 

i wanted to purchase the laptop with 0 RAM so i culd purchase a whole kit but of course they wuldnt let me lol

 

 

 

and i need 2GB b/c this is gonna be running Autodesk and stuff and it has no separate video ram...it steals the physical memory

[username388]

Of course they will. Just build your own laptop. It's just like building a small desktop.

[blade995]

Of course they will. Just build your own laptop. It's just like building a small desktop.

 

 

 

If you read the first post you would see that he already has the laptop. If you don't know what your talking about, don't post.