can NOT having enough ram cause your computer to run really slow?

Answer 1

Yep, you should have preferably 512MB or higher RAM.

Answer 2

Yes it can slow your pc down...i bet when you first got the pc or when you put a clean copy of windows on it, everything might have been cool and fast right ? well as you install programs and messengers and all sorts of crap, the background services running try to get a fat slice of your ram and thats when the pc speed starts degrading....

I'd recommend of your are running windows xp, try getting 512MB ram or if you are interested in getting a 1GB get 2 512MB because the access times with two will much faster compared to just one 1GB so its time for an upgrade..

I hope this was of any help.....

Answer 3

Yes, but RAM is not the only factor.
Assuming you are running a Windows XP machine, the least amount of memory you need to run normally is 512MB.
Yes, if you go to Microsoft.com they will tell you that in their benchmarks, XP runs with 128MB of RAM (not true).
It will, but it will make it suuuuper-slow, freezing every time you try to run something.
Also remember that most of the programs installed in your computer run also in the background using RAM as well. (They claim that this is for faster access to their software).

After you boot up your computer, if you press CTRL + ALT + DELETE once all together it will take you to the "Task Manager" in that window, if you click on performance, you will see the PF usage.
That is the RAM that is in usage at that moment. if that number exceeds the amount of RAM you have installed in your system, adding RAM will improve your system a lot.

Answer 4

Yes. The machine swaps RAM to disc to make space for the data that it needs to be accessing, and disk drives are much slower than RAM. An inexpensive way to boost the machine's performance is to add some. If you are running Windows XP, 512 MB is a good amount to have.

Answer 5

Yes, when your load up your computer and you are running programs and stuff like that, your computer loads thoughs programs into your RAM. If you don't have enough RAM on your computer, the programs load into a file on your hard drive instead. Because your hard drive reads and write much slower than your RAM, it ends up slowing your computer down.

Answer 6

yes it can, minimum for windows xp to run smooth you need 512 MB of ram, if you want to run windows Vista you need 1 GB minimum. RAM plays a very important role for a computer and its speed it stores small things which takes alot of time storein in the harddisk and the harddisk is very slow compared to the ram.

Answer 7

yes. when your computer is low on ram and you are running a lot of programs then your computer will slow down. This is because your computer will page file on your hard drive.

Answer 8

Not enough RAM will make your PC running slowly than ever.,, indeed, without adequate amount of RAM, you will not be able to install any software. Before installing, ussually some of application have a minimal or recommended requirement memory. So, if you only have minimal memory for this application, of course this will make that application not running well.

Answer 9

Yes and no because you may have spyware which may affect your computer's performance I recommend Adaware SE. On the other hand your RAM if it is less than 512mb I recommend to upgrade to at least 512mb and 2048 for gamers

Answer 10

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Ram is where your computer does a lot of its work, this is like its work bench, more ram =more space to do stuff. Better get some more rams

Answer 11

Definately. It's actually one of the top causes for slowing down the system.