Of good note is that increasing RAM increases speed of processing but only up to a certain limit, thats why certain processor specs will only take certain RAM of certain speed and capacity. This calculation is already done for you by the computer manufacturer../Ok3chOn Sat, May 4, 2013 at 1:31 AM, Brian Ngure <brian@pixie.co.ke> wrote:
+1 @AgostaOn Sat, May 4, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Agosta Liko <agostal@gmail.com> wrote:
Fast drives(SSD) help, Fast RAM helps - in a perfect world, you get fast drives, ram and cpuIn databases its worse ... if you have enough memory, you can pin the whole database on RAM, if not, there will be delays as you wait for data pages to to picked from the disks.SSDs have no mechanical parts so faster and use less battery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive)Paging is slow because disks are fragmented, have moving parts etc etc etc (you dont want speed to depend on disk RPM)Mac example helps.Alot of RAM (fast RAM) reduces the need for Paging (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging)
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Gichingiri Kuria <gmail@gichingiri.com> wrote:
I'm not sure if / how this fits in the arguement: I have a similar macbook and changing the harddisk to an SSD has major speed increase in booting, opening apps and general use if the comp. I haven't increased the ram yet, but so far its like a new machine.Gichingiri KuriaOn 3 May 2013 21:20, Job Muriuki <muriukin@gmail.com> wrote:
I think what he/she was trying to say is there is a point after which adding more RAM doesn't add value.Once you reach a balance between the CPU and RAM then adding more RAM will not make the PCrun any faster even with shorter access times since the CPU can only take up so much.Job Njogu Muriuki,
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Paul Roy <roykoikai@gmail.com> wrote:Ashamed to respond to this, but can you simply look at the processor idle time...there lies the answer."Change is slow and gradual. It requires hardwork, a bit ofOn Fri, May 3, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
You actually argued? You have lotsa patience. He probably doesnt appreciate how the pc does what it does. More ram is in my opinion better than a faster processor when trying to increase processing capacity.--
On Friday, 3 May 2013, george wrote:Really? Does he also think tupac is alive?
On May 3, 2013 7:40 PM, "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Ask him a simple question: How does a computer use RAM? If he answers that, then perhaps you'll be excused if you asked him the significance of having more RAM. Also, might he be knowing the need for a swapfile/paging file/virtual memory? NktRAM is a temporary computing space. With multitasking, and larger RAM, several processes get to run and be completed as opposed to having to wait for "limited temporary computing space (low RAM)" to be available so that other processes can run.How does he define "speed" in computing terms?If he says more RAM does not help a computer, he should better go back to Abacus. I think it never required RAM:)He should be stripped of the "techie" tag! I concur.On 3 May 2013 19:08, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
Can a more learned skunk explain the folly of my/his argument.Now, he says that upgrading this machine to 4GB is a waste of money, since there will be no change in the speed of the laptop, because, that processor can only handle 1GB, the factory installed RAM.An Apple MacBook (13-inch, Late 2007), with a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, and currently with 1GB DDR 2 PC2-5300 RAM. The laptop is running Mac OS X 10.5.The source of the argument:That he is nuts and should be stripped of the respected techie journalist tag. I hold that more RAM will definitely result into some speed improvement.My argumentThat increasing the RAM of a computer does not necessarily increase its speed or responsiveness.So I am having this argument of a lifetime with a respected, local techie journalist:His argument:
If you add more RAM, the processor speed wont change in any way, you will only have huge jobs stored on the RAM (Because of its large capacity) but the processing time will be the same, hence the computer wont be fast enough as you would expect.
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