On Sep 27, 2009, at 2:51 PM, nestamicky wrote:
> On 09-09-27 02:27 PM, Geke wrote: >> Like Lyne, I have 896 MB (in my Digital Audio 466), and because it's >> so cheap now (12$) I just bought a 512MB module to boost the Mac to >> 1280 MB. >> (It hasn't arrived yet, so I don't know the difference.) >> Maybe some experienced guys here could give some hints what works >> better when you have more RAM? >> > It is a given: more ram, faster processing. No questions. Noooooooot exactly. The generalized curve of performance versus RAM looks like this: <http://tinyurl.com/yepugwa> If you're low on RAM, you'll get a significant performance boost by adding more, however, continuing to add more does not offer the same boost. Remember: Computer performance == I/O + CPU + RAM All programs to some extent are dependent on all three. If your problem is CPU (as is the case with video playback performance most of the time) adding more RAM will not help much (unless you're very low and the system is having to swap memory on and off the disk.) What works better when you have more ram is, not surprisingly, memory intensive stuff. Running lots of programs at once, working on more or larger pictures in Photoshop, *some* video operations in iMovie and such. Youtube? Not so much. The typical Youtube video is < 100 megs; the killer here is network IO and CPU. Adding more memory when it's cheap (you can never be too thin, too rich or have too much RAM :-) is a sensible thing to do, but going from 896 to 1280 isn't going to give you a hugely noticeable boost, not nearly as much as going from, say, 512 megs to 1GB. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
