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bcRIPster · 15th October 2007, 06:17 PM

Gooberz, sorry, I'm going to have to call you out on that post. Mixed RAM size is not an issue here. The 845g is a lowend consumer chipset with an integrated video design targeted at users that really don't do much more than word processing and e-mail.

The only place were matched RAM sticks is critical is when you have multi-processor systems that used banked memory slots. Or your system requires ECC or some other Parity based RAM. The critical component with this systems RAM is to be sure that each stick is of the same class/rating. If that's good then there should be no issues there.

The other problem with this chipset is it normally doesn't ship with it's own dedicated video RAM, it's utilizing video RAM from the system RAM, which in and of itself is a performance hit since system RAM does not run at the same clock/bus speed as dedicated RAM on a video card. I would have to vote that buying a cheep video card upgrade in this case is the optimal solution to the problem. The Nvidea card Lisa recommended should do the trick, but even then the 845g uses an older AGP bus (I think 1.1), so I would personally recommend that any video card you buy be PCI based with this board. It will save you the headache of having to research PCI compatibility, and you can find PCI based Nvidea 6200 (256MB) over on NewEgg right now for $45 (US) made by EVGA.

15th October 2007, 06:17 PM	#8
bcRIPster Junior Member Junior member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7	Re: Why AC3D? Gooberz, sorry, I'm going to have to call you out on that post. Mixed RAM size is not an issue here. The 845g is a lowend consumer chipset with an integrated video design targeted at users that really don't do much more than word processing and e-mail. The only place were matched RAM sticks is critical is when you have multi-processor systems that used banked memory slots. Or your system requires ECC or some other Parity based RAM. The critical component with this systems RAM is to be sure that each stick is of the same class/rating. If that's good then there should be no issues there. The other problem with this chipset is it normally doesn't ship with it's own dedicated video RAM, it's utilizing video RAM from the system RAM, which in and of itself is a performance hit since system RAM does not run at the same clock/bus speed as dedicated RAM on a video card. I would have to vote that buying a cheep video card upgrade in this case is the optimal solution to the problem. The Nvidea card Lisa recommended should do the trick, but even then the 845g uses an older AGP bus (I think 1.1), so I would personally recommend that any video card you buy be PCI based with this board. It will save you the headache of having to research PCI compatibility, and you can find PCI based Nvidea 6200 (256MB) over on NewEgg right now for $45 (US) made by EVGA.