Can someone explain why upgrading the DDR Memory up to 2 GB will help my PC run faster?

Question

My PC came with 512 MB of shared memory (128 was shared with the video card). What exactly will happen if I upgrade my PC to the maximum DDR memory it can handle which is 2GB?

What will run faster? How will performace be improved?

Thanks...

Answer 1

The PC cannot store all the required information in the RAM, unless you have lots of RAM or are running a very small program. It gets around this by using the hard disk to store the information, and swapping the information with the RAM depending on what needs to be in RAM for immediate use (this is called virtual memory). The hard disk, being a mechanical device with moving parts, is much much slower than the RAM and the swapping takes time. If you have less RAM, more swapping is required and your PC runs slow. When you increase RAM, less swapping is required so your PC runs much faster.

Answer 2

The computer runs faster with more memory, because programs and data can be loaded in bigger blocks; if your memory is small, the system must break up large blocks of commands or data into smaller chunks to fit; the other chunks remain on the disk waiting for their turn to be loaded and used.

The larger the memory the faster your system will run, particularly if you're working with music and/or movie files.

Your video response will also be faster, but the better route to improve video response is to buy a video board with its own on-board memory, say 128MB or 256MB.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Sounds like your system architecture can't address space beyond 512 MB per slot. Installing a larger memory module will likely cause your system to not boot up or if it does, the memory won't be usable beyond 512 MB per slot. Memory is cheap, but I'd hate to waste money on memory that won't work in the system. If you really want to pursue this further, try some Google searches using your mother board information and terms like "over clocking" (these are the type of users who might try to exceed system specifications and may have tried larger memory amounts) or "memory size".

Answer 4

It's like putting a V8 into your Volkswagen Beetle, It's going to fly!

Simply increasing the memory allows for faster data transfer and will positivley affect program response, gaming, rendering large files. More memory is always better!

Answer 5

the more the better, memory helps the CPU, to speed up all the internal processes and release the back and forth to the hard drive to take this chunks on data into process. indeed, great performance not only for the PC, all your programs will work faster and better.

Answer 6

your pc speed should be greatly increased
ram is used for temporary files...
and other stuff im not gonna mention because its not needed.
you will be able to run more programs at same time without getting "lagg". you can play higher requiring games on your pc (that depends on video card tho)
and much more stuff
its a good idea upgrading RAM