What improves computer performance more?If you had a choice of 1gb of ram at a very low frequency or 2gb at a very high frequency, which would be better? Only a hypothetical question don't worry about any of the logistics just the concept. In general which would make your computer perform better?
2007-07-12 06:16:52 · 3 answers · asked by Noah 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
The amount of RAM is more important than the frequency or memory timings, especially with Vista.
Keep in mind the primary benefit of RAM is to allow operations to take place entirely in memory without having to swap to disk (called virtual memory)
The speed difference between various memory timings is insignificant compared to the difference between even the lowest frequency memory and waiting for hard drive reads & writes, which are mechanical operations that rely on spinning platters being positioned under mechanical heads.
If you already had so much physical RAM that you never experienced swapping (say upgrading from 4GB to 8GB)then higher frequency memory might benefit more, but 1GB is well below that point- even XP can load more of itself off the drive and into RAM (let alone applications like MS Office) going from 1GB to 2GB.
2007-07-12 06:56:25 · answer #1 · answered by C-Man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mainly its what ever your mobo can support. The higher the better (frequency). The more MB ram you have the more programs you can run at the same time (IE Instant Messnager and Virsus protection )
2007-07-12 13:31:10 · answer #2 · answered by Fecomosis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you have a higher ram but low frequency or vice versa it will not improve your computer performance.Rather to boost the performance you need higher ram for higher frequency.
2007-07-12 13:40:22 · answer #3 · answered by skpsbp 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋