2007-06-26 13:50:00 · 9 answers · asked by Ty G 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
That depends a lot. The newest processor will choke if you only provide it 128meg of RAM and a Pentium 2 with 4 gig of ram would still be slow.
But in general, upgrading the RAM as a better overall effect for the same cost.
2007-06-26 13:53:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are crucial to your computer's speed. The key here is balance. If you have way more RAM than processor power, the bottleneck will be the processor. If you have a blazingly fast processor but only a little of RAM, the bottleneck will be the RAM. I recommend 2 gig of RAM with a Pentium 4, and 3-4gig of ram with the Core 2 Duo.
Happy computing!
2007-06-26 14:05:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both Processor speed and RAM effects your system performance. The speed of processor is most effective for on-board processing many chips have pipelines for more efficient processing. Ram is where the processor does most of its work the More the better. the system memory buss is faster than than either the parallel ATA or serial ATA buss. If you have Ebony RAM you avoid using virtual memory of the hard drive which is much slower process. This means Ram has a great noticeable effect on speed.
2007-06-26 15:00:39 · answer #3 · answered by jawbertsc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The processor would effect your computer's speed much more than your RAM does.
RAMs only loads data from hard drives for your processor to handle. Don't get me wrong your RAM is very crucial during runtime, but without your processor, no threads would be processed at all!
2007-06-26 13:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by xytose 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get lots of RAM. No matter how fast the processor, it can't work on what's not in memory. There is nothing sadder than a processor sitting there waiting and doing nothing while a page of memory is refreshed of of the disk. So, keep more of your programs and data in memory and keep the processor busy.
2007-06-26 13:57:21 · answer #5 · answered by Ted 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The processor, more ram simply allows you to do more at the same time, it's called multitasking. But a faster processor will speed up everything, games, applications, you name it.
2007-06-26 13:53:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have a dual core processor and a gig of ram. if i add more ram then it will run faster. but if i get a bigger processor then it wont have ther resources to store information therefor it wont speed up any. so if you upgrade one you definitely need to upgrade the other
2007-06-26 14:06:27 · answer #7 · answered by Lee, S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything effects the speed of your computer. All the parts work together and any one can be a bottleneck.
2007-06-26 13:52:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything runs at the speed of the 'slowest' common denominator.
2007-06-26 13:53:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋