G200 memory upgrade

[Alec]

I own a 8 Mb SDRAM G200 OEM and I want to upgrade to 16 Mb. I received an excellent offer, but it´s SGRAM memory. The person who is selling me the memory says that it works. If I upgrade, is this bound to give me problems?

[Wombat]

Don't do it!!!

I really doubt that you want to buy that upgrade. It won't help you out very much, and it actually slows the G200 down (it underclocks itself when it sees the extra RAM).

Also, I don't think you can mix the memory types like that, anyway.

[Alec]

Thanks, Wombat.

[Stringy]

Yea I wouldn't Mix the memory types... I doubt it would function at all if you did...

As for the Memory upgrade itself, it's not all that bad... It doesn't underclock the card, but it DOES limit the O/C'ability of the card greatly (in most cases)
And the Extra RAM doesn't help out on normal operations, as far as I can tell...
I have the Millenium G200 with the SGR and the upgrade module.

Craig

[Pace]

I agree with the advice but 16Mb will boost performance slighlty, though it will problably not be noticeable and it will probably let you run higher resolutions - my 8Mb SG can't do 1600x1200 @ 32bit in 2D but the 16Mb will (I think?)

Paul.

[LrngToFly]

Adding more memory isn't going to boost your performance one bit. You'll be capable of running at higher resolutions, but that will most definetly slow you down!

Save your $$ for a new card. You can probably pick up a single head OEM G400 for $90 or so if you're in the US.