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Ram Upgrades: Best Value At 256mb
SYSTEMCPUSpeedMemory typeOperating systemPC WorldBench 4 score at: 64MBPC WorldBench 4 score at: 128MBPC WorldBench 4 score at: 256MBPC WorldBench 4 score at: 512MBPC WorldBench 4 score at: 1024MB
Dell DimensionPentium III933 MHzPC133Windows Men/a899191n/a
Dell DimensionPentium III933 MHzPC100Windows Me82878990n/a
GatewayPentium III450 MHzPC100Windows 98 SE61636464n/a
IBM NetVistaPentium 41.5 GHzPC800Windows XP Pron/an/a100101101
MicronPC Millennia1Athlon XP 1900+1.6 GHzDDR266Windows XP Pron/a (96MB) 106 (224MB) 115 (480MB) 116 (992MB) 117

n/a = Not applicable.
1 The Micron Millennia reserves 32MB of RAM for graphics use, reducing the amount of available system memory.