2 identical machines. A DVD rendering of a production (same) and one machine would perform the task in 6 hours. It had 512MB RAM. The other had 1GB RAM and finished 5 minutes earlier.
Hmm, so we swapped RAM with each machine. The now with 512MB RAM finished in 6 hours and the one with 1 GB finishes (again) 5 minutes sooner.
That is a sort of video editing so be sure you think this sort of payback is worth it.
-> The real payoff is bragging rights. So it's worth it.
Bob
PS> Doom 3 does go from level to level faster with 1GB, so it seems to use RAM to its advantage.
I have 512mb of ddr pc3200 ram. Seems prices dropped by 30-50% in the past 2 months ((right after I finally built my rig)) and now I am wondering if more ram would help or actually be a waste of money.
With an AMD-939 motherboard and a 3000 Athlon cpu, I am very satisfied with current performance but I do notice lags when multi-tasking.
From a general read over the past few years, I see many folks touting more Ram all the time but I would like to hear about the "specific" improvements that were actually experienced and where a cut-off point might actually be.
I'd like to do some video editing or large file transfers while editing a video file while browsing my email. Will such multi-tasking "necessarily" cause copying glitches or will ram overcome all? And if so, how much?
Thanks///bobbo.

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