At the office we make these DVD training videos. We alter them from time to time so when the final is 'rendered' it is a benchmark to see how RAM affects some video editing and more test.
512M takes 6 hours.
1024M takes 5 hours 55 minutes.
This is across 2 identical machines down to hard disks, motherboards and more. We moved the 1G RAM to the other and the results were the same.
It's unlikely that many will get benefit from over 512M in most situations. Returns past 1G look slim except for bragging rights.
Bob
Sony Vaio Liquid Cooled
VGC-RA710 P4 Prescott 3.2Ghz Processor
Currently 1024 MB Ram
NVIDIA 256 MB G-FX 5200 AGP 8X
Would I notice a difference considering the cost.
I would have to remove all four 256 Bars to make room for 4 512 or 2 1024 Bars.
What would run faster?
Thanks,
Lakephillip

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