Thinkpad T500 **** 8GB ram Upgrade ****

I have Thinkpad T500 with 4gb, but if i add 8gb what kind of change to my laptop would it make?
And can i add a video card to it, i has a lot of space in middle right part of laptop. 

juggernaut wrote:
also, i am proably going to bay it from Ebay , but the results for (search: thinkpad t500 8gb ram)  8gb ram come up with like 2 X 4GB, so i will have to put in two chips or its 2x4gb like 4gb for 2pc? 
Generally something like "2x 4GB" means two modules of 4GB each for a total of 8GB. AFAIK the T500 has only two RAM slots so if you currently have 2x 2GB you'll need to replace them both with 4GB modules.
As for performance improvement that depends on what apps you run and how many of them you want to run at the same time. Windows Task Manager will give you insights on how you're utilizing the 4GB you now have.
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