Desktops: Does increasing ram make it faster or processor?
Not Really
by kurfess - 7/7/06 2:54 PM In reply to: Does increasing ram make it faster or processor? by dat1asiandudeBy doubling your memory to 512 your system will seem faster because it takes less time doing mundane things that take up its resources. Your processor only runs as fast as its clock speed. You can overclock them but you risk overheating the processor. Now if your processor is always waiting for memory to finish its thing, than doubling it will make the processing happen faster. The processor is the fastest thing in your system. So adding a super fast processor is not the only thing you need to upgrade.
Bill
answer 2 ur ques
by fleditch - 7/8/06 1:10 AM In reply to: Does increasing ram make it faster or processor? by dat1asiandudeif u waana make ur proceessor faster first increase ur virtual mem and then if waana attach a new ram so u can if u just waana attch extra ram go for it u will definately find some chsnge in ur processor speed
answer 2 ur ques
by dat1asiandude - 7/8/06 7:56 AM In reply to: answer 2 ur ques by fleditchHow do you increase your vital mem
only 256 megs ?
by 4jackie40d - 7/8/06 4:40 AM In reply to: Does increasing ram make it faster or processor? by dat1asiandudeI run 2 gig's of ram ! Anything less than 1 gig is a
joke ! And trying to run a computer and do anything on it with such a small amount of ram takes for ever as its using the hard drive for doing its thinking ( its what a swap file is for ) The less Ram you have the bigger the swap file it has to use and the less space you have to put programs on the hard drive . .
512 mb ram is plenty.
by johnnyy07 - 7/15/06 9:36 AM In reply to: only 256 megs ? by 4jackie40dActually, 512 mb ram is adequate, especially if your running XP. It will speed up your PC but not your download time. But, with todays current spyware programs, it helps to have about 1 gig. I upgraded from 512 to 1 gig and make better run time for my PC. But, I never use more than 54% of it. Anything more than 1 gig is a "joke" for the average home PC user. You can get a really good new system for about 500 dollars now. To upgrade your memory will cost about 80 to 120 dollars, depending on where you buy it, before rebates.
Good Luck
Jbking2 had the right answer and first
by CkrisGo - 7/10/06 3:46 PM In reply to: Does increasing ram make it faster or processor? by dat1asiandudeIt wont make your processor faster but it will make your system faster by eliminating memory bottlenecks. When computers run out of real memory they use the hard drive to store data that would have been stored in memory. The end result is a slow computer since a hard drive performs reads and writes about a 1000 times slower than real memory would. Todays applications require lots of memory and at one time 256 megs would have been a great system but those days are gone.
Good luck
Chris
mmm1!!!
by TinaICBV - 7/11/06 12:44 PM In reply to: Jbking2 had the right answer and first by CkrisGowats ur age?
I hope this helps
by E221b - 7/12/06 1:41 AM In reply to: Does increasing ram make it faster or processor? by dat1asiandudeIncrease in processor speed makes the programs run faster but the increase in RAM increses the no. of programs u can open at a time. If u want to increase ur download speed then contact ur network provider for a faster internet connection. If u want to make the performance better u can probably buy a new processor.
I hope this helps
by dat1asiandude - 7/12/06 9:31 AM In reply to: I hope this helps by E221bYou can replace a processor? How do you do that?
Yes, link...
by steve749 - 7/12/06 9:42 AM In reply to: I hope this helps by dat1asiandudeLink on how to do it, just be careful of which processors you try to upgrade.
Regards,
JB
More Memory Does help
by bayerjv - 7/16/06 6:56 AM In reply to: Does increasing ram make it faster or processor? by dat1asiandudeIt does not take many apps running in 256Meg to cause page swapping which will cause slowdowns as has been mentioned in many of the previous responses to your query. So increaseing to 512M will show some benefits. Unless you are doing a lot of graphics/video work, you probably do not need more than that. Now if you going to start doing a lot of graphic intensive work such as video processing, etc. then you computive is probably under-powered for this, cpu et al.
Another things which can cause slowdowns is fragmentation -- especially on machines which have been running for along time without this being done. The defrag included with XP is basic and works but only cleans up the fragged files. A good defrag program -- I don't make recommendations as there are a couple of better ones -- will not only defrag you files but more things around so that the programs that are accessed more frequently will be moved to the fastest accessible part of the disk. You will see you computer boot a little quicker and you hard drive will be just a hair quieter as the heads won't be moving as much to access your files.
Anyway. This was just my 2 cents worth.
RAM is by far the most impotant upgrade
by aMUSICsite - 11/24/08 2:51 PM In reply to: Does increasing ram make it faster or processor? by dat1asiandudeRAM is, by far, one of the most important upgrades you can do. I repair computers and I have been doing this for quite a while now and I can general speed up a Customer's computer or laptop by 2 or 3 times more speed by simply tripling the RAM (If possible). Now, I find out how much MAXIMUM RAM their Computer or laptop can handle and if I know that they want to keep it for a while then I'll general increase the RAM to the MAXIMUM value that their "system" can handle. And the results most of the time, are quite spectacular! Increased speed and stability is what is usually gained. Don't make the mistake of added only "a bit more" RAM. Going from 128Megs to 256Megs is not going to be that advantageous but going from 128Megs to 512Megs or especially to 1Gig will will be very advantageous.
is it possible to add memory beyond the limit on motherboard
by nycentral1 - 2/16/09 7:40 PM In reply to: RAM is by far the most impotant upgrade by aMUSICsiteThe maximum possible expansion of memory on my computer is 2GB.
Is there anyway to expand beyond that limit by adding a board or
something ?
Short answer.
by R. Proffitt
- 2/17/09 7:30 AM
In reply to: is it possible to add memory beyond the limit on motherboard by nycentral1
If you use a Virtual Memory Operating System like UNIX, Linux, most versions of Windows, BSD and others let you make what is called by many names a paging file to get a vitual 4GB memory space.
Luckily for now, for today, 2GB RAM is sufficient.
Make a new post if you ran into a situation your application needed more.
Bob
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