Upgrading my machine sooooooooon but....

[BlueGoblin]

By next week I will be upgrading my OS to Win7 64bit. Presently I am on XP 32bit with 3gb ram. I will add on a total of 8gb ram. (16gb ram is the max i can add but I think that would be overkill)

Do you believe I will see a significant improvement in the Hyperspin system?

[miamisurf]

Yep! Did it myself win 7 makes me smile

Also 3rd party apps seem enhanced / USB devises now run smooth as silk

[gigapig]

Yes! XP is dead, long live Hyperspin

And yes 16GB Is overkill.

[showstopper]

Changing O/S wont really affect HS - what CPU do you have?

[BlueGoblin]

ASUS P8H61-I LX R2.0 w/ Radeon HD 6450

[mmg1design]

When I went from 4gb to 8gb ram, I noticed that it positively affected the hyperspin wheel motion in mame. I can now hold down the joystick and it spins very smooth without the jerky motion it had before. Good luck with you upgrade.

[BlueGoblin]

I just upgrade the machine to (win7 64bit). I will have a total of 10gb ram (2gb ram on one slot and 8gb on the other)

[showstopper]

I just upgrade the machine to (win7 64bit). I will have a total of 10gb ram (2gb ram on one slot and 8gb on the other)

You might get BSOD like this. If not - then good times!

[keltoigael]

Your bios should automatically down clock any mismatched ram speed. Lowest always a priority over the larger so that they match. If they are the same speed, it doesn't matter if you have 32 gigs in one and 8 in another. Modern boards are made to handle this now.

[Jonnykool]

From what I understand HS is processor heavy and adding loads of RAM wont make huge differences. Surely you should make sure your RAM runs in parallel matched pairs?