Upgrading Ram in G5

[robotrenegade]

I use every program in the book for multi-media design. I love my G5, but I wonder if I add another 2 GB of ram to it will I see a difference in speed? I have 2GB total now.

[janey]

sounds like a good idea if you got the moolah :)

[robotrenegade]

Well, everything sounds good but will I really see a differences?

[krimson]

what exactly are you running... and how often do you run the at the same time...

[Sun Baked]

How many page swaps are you seeing with 2GB in the machine right now?

If you are seeing quite a few it will slow the machine down -- basically to the speed of the G4 (drive access generally the same between the G4 & G5).

The testing showed that the G5s do need quite a bit of memory to give you the full benefit of the new architecture, but I don't remember anybody really playing around with the memory and apps to see how BIG the benefit is.

Just the offhand note that there was a boost in the benchmarks when xGB of memory was used.

[robotrenegade]

I run Adobe suite
Macromedia Suite
Lightwave 7.5
After effects
Quark (when I have to)
FCP 4.0
Soundtrack
bbedit
transfer
idvd
iphoto
etc