Comments for Will adding RAM to my system solve my problems?

Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2008-04-11

2008-04-11T15:57:50Z

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Sounds like someone's homework question, so ... no.

Leo

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Comment from omar on 2008-04-09

2008-04-09T23:44:14Z

Hey there can u answer this, give two situations where memory is more useful when it is used as ram disk than using it as a disk cache

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Comment from Nick Gimbrone on 2008-02-16

2008-02-16T17:40:35Z

There are many additional techniques for getting a feel of where the bottleneck is.

For example open task manager and watch its meters:
* is the CPU peaking out?
* is the network bandwidth maxing out the ISP's max?
* what does it say about the "commit charge", how does it compare to the "physical memory"?

Also, watch the "disk light" on the box, is it busy? If so, then you might also need more ram (to serve as a disk cache &/or avoid paging/swaping).

Make sure that the browser's cache size is large enough to avoid network downloads of content from sites you visit often, and that is willing to make use of that cache too (but it should validate its content on "every visit" ;-).

Older notebooks may not accept more than 512MB of ram, but most newer systems likely will (the one in question takes up to 2GB), and it will help in pretty much all situations that are not CPU or network limited.

Oh, and if you do upgrade the ram size, only use the proper memory for your system... and memory from a good supplier (I've seen lots of PCs that became unstable after putting bad memory in them, easilly discovered by a memory testing program ;-).

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Comment from David Ball on 2008-02-11

2008-02-12T00:42:01Z

Some machines don't have dedicated memory for the video function - they "borrow" memory from the main RAM for video. This can reduce the amount of memory available for your applications; it's also much slower than using a video card with dedicated memory. Adding a dedicated video card to my daughter's machine made quite a difference in the video and application speed. However, as Leo demonstrated in his answers, there are many variables at play and a little investigation may be necessary to discover the best solution.

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