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    Was originally running 128mb SDRAM in my system. With NTFS, there was a lot of disk thrashing, etc. Due to a lack of operator intelligence, I wound up having to FDISK and reinstall everything.

    Fortunately, the additional 128mb RAM I ordered came in. Needless to say, the $$ spent was well worth it. Noticed less disk thrashing at start-up, faster loading of applic's, web pages, etc, and, it seems that the color intensity/visual quality of the G400 is greatly improved.

    Best advice? If you're running Win2000 Pro, 256mb of RAM will be well worth it!
    Gateway Performance 850 - Matrox G450 32mb DDR, SB Live! Value, Promise UltraATA 66 & 30GB HD - and Windows 2000 Pro

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    The color of the G400 is improved??? That must be a trick of the mind, unless you sub-consciously changed to a 32bpp desktop. RAM shouldn't effect the G400 like you describe. Psycho-somatics, me thinks.
    Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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    • #3
      Psycho-somatic - I resemble that!
      Gateway Performance 850 - Matrox G450 32mb DDR, SB Live! Value, Promise UltraATA 66 & 30GB HD - and Windows 2000 Pro

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      • #4
        I upgraded from 128 to 256 too, but I didn't notice any better colors. Hmmmph, my substandard G400

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        Abit BP6, Dual Celeron 366@550, G400 32MB DualHead, 256MB RAM, WD26500 6.4GB, SBLive! Value.
        Running Mandrake 7.0 and Windows 2000.


        Porsche: MSI K7N2-L, Athlon XP 2100+, G400 32MB DualHead, 1G RAM, 2xMaxtor 20 GB, Gentoo Linux
        Quicksilver: HP Omnibook 500, PIII 700 MHz, 512MB RAM, 30GB, RedHat Linux 9.

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        • #5
          Guess that depends on what you had to smoke beforehand.
          "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss

          "Always do good. It will gratify some and astonish the rest." ~Mark Twain

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