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Does faster RAM really make a difference?

It’s something that not much people touch on when buying a computer. Will faster RAM really make a difference when you get down to it?

According to Microsoft, Windows Vista requires 512MB to install and run, while Windows XP requires 64MB. Now that’s a pretty big jump in megabytes! This is all fine and dandy if your’re pretty much doing nothing on your computer, but your obviously going to need more, say if your going to be running the internet, iTunes, and any other miscellaneous programs that you might want to run.

So, if you want to run all of those programs, your going to need to add more RAM.

Here’s PC Authority’s benchmark guide on RAM:

Vista vs XP: The RAM benchmarks

Vista is obviously slower than XP, so you know what that means: more RAM! You’ve got all of the new features, and the new design, so you’ve got heavier system demands. What’s the ideal amount of RAM though?

Here’s what PC Authority has to say:

For pure number-crunching, boosting memory has only a small benefit. In our audio-encoding benchmark, quadrupling Vista’s RAM from 512MB to 2GB yielded only a 1.4% speed increase. Video encoding derived a mere 5% benefit from the same upgrade. But when it came to multitasking, the benefit of more memory shone. Going up to 2GB sped things up by an astonishing 35%, and in Photoshop the improvement was more than 40%.

So how much is too much? Well, XP won’t recognise more than 3GB, so there’s no point in adding there. With Vista, 32-bit editions can address up to 4GB of RAM, but that has to include not only your system RAM but also the memory in your graphics card and other system resources. You might want to stick with a 3GB card because If you install a 4GB DIMM, you’ll find less than 3.5GB available to the system.

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Local Retailers Biased Against PlayStation? Not a chance….

Alright, I’m just going to go right out and say it, I’m not a PS3 owner, but I am in fact, a PSP owner. I try not to be too much of a douche to the PS3, it has done lots of great things, the blu-ray graphics are something that every console is going to have next generation (except maybe the Wii).

It’s weird to think about it, but it’s really true. Most local retailers are biased against the PS3. John Landis, an author at Ripten, tells about how his friend thinks that most retailers are biased against the PS3. Click over at the link at the bottom to see the full story and details.

Full Story Here

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Halo 3: Recon New Info and First Picture of Orbital Leaked

Nice, the December issue of Game Informer has been leaked, and they’ve got some new information and screens from the Halo 3 Recon and the upcoming Halo 3 Mythic Map pack.

Check out some more pictures here

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Rare drop a massive bombshell hidden in Banjo Kazooie!

Been playing through Banjo Kazooie on the 360? Well, you may have noticed that there was a little talk about there being a new Killer Instinct, Battletoads, Jet Force Gemini and Ghoulies 2. Whether this is true or not, I don’t know, but it sure does give us something to think about!

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October NPD Sales, and the Nintendo STILL Dominates!

Cheap consoles were the way to go this month

I’m not going to get into all of the details right here, but I will say this, this month was all about the cheaper consoles, with the Wii still blowing every console away by at least 300,000 units.

Xbox 360: 371,000 units

PS3: 190,000 units

PSP: 193,000 units

PS2 136,000 units

DS: 491,000 units

Wii: 803,000 units

Nintendo continues to dominate the console and handheld market, and I think they will keep it that way for quiet some time.

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Weekend Primed: Best Fallout 3 Videos on the Net

This is going to be a new segment that I will do on the site. On Saturday and Sunday I will make a post pertaining to a gaming topic, and find the best videos on the net for it. If you have any suggestions on what I should do, email us at tips@defaultprime.com. Thanks!

Watch as a guy drops 40 mines to blow someone up:

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Could Halo Wars get any Lamer?

Man, this is sooooo ridiculous. Halo Wars already sounds like a piece of shit, and now it’s getting even worse with these “speacial” pre-order and collectors edition vehicles. To acquire the UNSC “Flaming” Warthog, you simply need to pre-order the game, and the Covenant Wraith Honour Guard comes with the Halo Wars: Collector’s Edition.

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USB 3.0 to Deliver a Tenfold Speed Increase

Hold onto your seets, because the Universal Serial Bus, better known as USB, prepares to make a tenfold jump in speed.

This means you will be able to transfer all of your music, videos, games, porn, from a usb device to your computer faster than ever! The new standard, the first update to the USB specification in eight years, will also deliver greater power efficiency and the ability to recharge a wider variety of gadgets. Sucks for firewire, because that’s going to be waaaayyy out when this comes out.

Check out some more information here

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Killzone 2’s Destructibility Will Shatter Your Jaw!

Yes, it’s true. Your jaw will literally shatter when you see all of these Killzone 2 destructability gif’s.

Check out more images here

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New Pub at Microsoft is a sign there will be a Third Generation Xbox 720

The Seattle pub/restraunt Spitfire is going to be expanding to the new office building at Microsoft’s campus in Redmond. This building is going to house Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division that runs the Zune, Xbox and Surface business. The reason for all of this suspicion is that Steve Balmer, Bill Gates and the Microsoft board would not be building the Xbox team a new office building with a swank bar the ground floor if they had intended to leave the video game hardware business when the life cycle of the 360 ramps down.

That lucky Xbox team is going to get it’s own staffed bar and restraunt in the future, and you can help them name that here.

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