can more ram increase rendering speeds?

Question

i know rendering speed is mostly based on how fast your cpu is but if i increase to more and faster ram, will that take any load off my cpu and make my renderings faster?
I now have a intel pentium d processor with 1gb dd2 pc4200 ram and im thinking about upgradeing two 2 gigs of pc5300 ram. And no i am not going to get a new cpu because im waiting until winter or spring for the 8 core processors to come out and until next winter when their prices come down :P

Answer 1

Not really. It's a CPU intensive process. Some rendering software are compatible with certain graphics cards though, which they use for their processing power.

Answer 2

You didn't say what operating system you are using, so I'll guess that it's XP. You will get your best rendering speed if you match the ram frequency, the processor clock, and the front side buss speed. Also, if you have a motherboard that runs the ram in duel channel, make sure that the ram is matched. IE, Same manufacturer, same size, same type, and same case latency.

If you do allot of rendering with your machine you might want to think about getting a big, bad, fast processor, ram, and board combination.

Answer 3

If you are running Windows 2000 or Windows XP, then 1GB is probably good enough. Check the specs on your motherboard. If it is 400FSB, then it probably won't make the jump to the next step. In fact, it might not take the slightly faster RAM. So check the specs. Save that money for your next Motherboard/CPU jump.

If you are running Windows Vista, you might experience a bit more speed by adding some more pc4200 RAM. You see, Windows Vista is a real slow DOG, unless you have lots of RAM.

Microsoft is talking about the future of the 64 bit platform. Once of my clients reviewed his office software needs and TOOK THE JUMP to all 64 bit software. With Windows Vista 64 on his AMD 64 and 4GB of RAM, it is a real quick computer with plenty of Ultimate WOW! But carefully review your software needs.

My client does maintain a Windows XP machine with one piece of software that his business sometimes needs. Someday, that software will be ready for WOW.

Good luck and Happy Computing!

Answer 4

In my opinion, the best way to analyze this is to see the level of memory utilization you experience under load today. If you have free memory (task manager) and that being physical memory (you do not want virtual pages, then more is never going to help. You should see this as a cpu bottleneck to performance, and if it's a single threaded process (more likely than not), then the only thing to help is higher processor speed.

Answer 5

Not by much. For real rendering power, get a Mac with Dual 4 core processors and 8 gigs of RAM.

Answer 6

ram does help.. so does a fast cpu..

best method is rendering farm 8-)

loads of pc networked via router calculating the frames all at once.. also rather nice for speeding up matters.

Answer 7

Ram will for sure increase rendering speeds, along with the whole entire performance of your pc

Answer 8

More speed faster computing times. Think of it like a big toy box, the more room inside the more toys that you can store. More memory more computing storage and faster times.

Answer 9

i'm not sure, adding RAM only speed up between CPU and Southside bridge, Northside bridge. You won't speed up CPU itself. you have to check how much RAM your motherboard can handle.

Answer 10

You will notice a difference you in your overall computer operatons.