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pradeep_chauhan

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Hi Guys
What do you think is the performance boost one expects if he upgrades his RAM from 512 MB to 1GB all other parameters remaining the same.
OS= win XP or Linux
Processor = P4 2.4 HT
mobo ASUS P4P800-VM (Dual Channel)
 

demoninside

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Ya if u use s/w as oracle 9i, or IBM WSAD, or use vedio or image animation & editing.
any way normaly it also boost but u'll find out when u'll be using this.
 
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pradeep_chauhan

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Hey i mainly use linux+VMware(Win2000) + Metrowerks(an Embeded s/w developing IDE)
I ask this as the upgrade (2*256MB) will cost Rs 6000/- and this will fill up all DIMM slots.
What is the curve of performance boost Vs RAM size where does it flat out
 

144

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having 1.5GB of RAM is like having Blue Gene/L at home not knowing how to utilize it.
In short, if u r not video/audio editor its of no use.
 
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gxsaurav

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U will see only about 5% speed increse in Windows & low loding times in games, that all, not required till March 2005
 

enoonmai

Cyborg Agent
Come on guys, he's using VMWare. He's bound to see a much much better performance when he's running it with extra memory. I'd say the difference in performance would be phenomenal. Its not just A/V and games and 3D/image design that benefit from memory. Complicated application development and VMWare saps your computer's resources like nothing else. I've used VMWare before, and it slowed my comp to a near grinding halt. I thought the HDD LED would never stop blinking. Performance boost vs. RAM capacity hits a plateau at around 2 gigs in your situation I guess. Of course, like they say, the more the better. But, the performance increase after two gigs wouldn't be much because the system pathways hit a bottleneck because of the CPU speed.
 
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pradeep_chauhan

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ok guys
so based on your inputs i got 2*256MB DDR 400 Kingston RAM today and am running the system with !GB of ram, the S/W Si soft sandra gives a minor boost figure but the working in VMware is much smoother thanks a ton for the valuable inputs.
 

ishaan

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q3a is good. also, for really-cool-game-testing...splinter cell:pandora tommorow, vice city, doom 3.

to check ur fps, type this in da console:
\cg_drawFPS 1
 
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