1 GB of RAM

[irDigital0l]

compared to my 250mb iPad 1...Im pretty sure 1GB will make a huge difference.

just dont have $ rite now to get one >.<

 

[eq2675]

You don't have 4x the RAM, but you do have 3x. iOS 5.0.x uses just under 256MB (not sure about 5.1, I imagine it's a tiny bit higher), leaving you with 256MB for applications on the iPad2, but 768MB on the new iPad.

iOS 5.1 left me with about 112mb free out of 256 mb on my original iPad. I have about 670 mb free on the new iPad. Using System Activity Monitor to get these numbers.

 

[Zetaprime]

Accessing my home share is much faster. Not sure if it's the RAM but my iPad loads the library for all my videos at least twice as fast now.

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No kidding. Unless you have razors for hands open your device when you get it. Don't wait for a case... Yeesh and I thought I was OCD.

I used mine normally for a year with only a smart cover. When I sold it it was still in what the market considers mint condition.

 

[MacAttacka]

I was wondering whether we'll ever see the benefits of the extra ram or will it be entirely swallowed up supporting the retina screen?

 

[plucky duck]

I love being able to have my radio station playing, all the while I still have 6-7 tabs open in my browser, go check my email, come back and all tabs are still there without having to reload any pages.

I wonder how much ram is set aside for the os and for the retina display.

 

[eq2675]

I was wondering whether we'll ever see the benefits of the extra ram or will it be entirely swallowed up supporting the retina screen?

iPad 2 has 512 mb total ram

iPad 3 has 1024 mb total ram and with no apps running has about 670 mb free

iPad 3 has more free ram than the iPad 2 even with the retina display.

BTW, original iPad has 256 mb total ram with about 120 mb free with no apps running

 

[Stealthipad]

My iPad 3 runs about the same as my iPad 2. Not a big difference in speed. More RAM would not do anything. I doubt one would even notice.

 

[Stefx73]

No difference going from iPad 2 to 3

I also feel no difference between iPad 2 and iPad 3

I would guess the additional RAM is used for the graphics higher resolution?

 

[416049]

Its great, I feel the difference compared to the ipod touch 3rd gen i upgraded from

 

[Batavian]

I'm not noticing any differnce either.

 

[Fruit Cake]

iPad 2 has 512 mb total ram

iPad 3 has 1024 mb total ram and with no apps running has about 670 mb free

iPad 3 has more free ram than the iPad 2 even with the retina display.

BTW, original iPad has 256 mb total ram with about 120 mb free with no apps running

I get about 640 on a fresh boot, but the retina graphics on 2x I've read consume alot of memory, so it's all relative. They wouldn't be able to do the 4x graphics with only 512mb. I think the CPU and gpu shares the same memory.

 

[Stigmater]

I noticed a little slow down after switching from iPad 2, and I think that the amount of RAM is not enough for x4 resolution, because of all the apps that support retina in the background I always running out of memory, but on other hand when I using iPhone 4S and run out of memory it still response very well so my conclusion that apple should of consider to upgrade the CPU to 4 Cores at least and not only the GPU.

 

[kemo]

I noticed a little slow down after switching from iPad 2, and I think that the amount of RAM is not enough for x4 resolution, because of all the apps that support retina in the background I always running out of memory, but on other hand when I using iPhone 4S and run out of memory it still response very well so my conclusion that apple should of consider to upgrade the CPU to 4 Cores at least and not only the GPU.

Cpu doestn care about the resolution that much as GPU does, thats why there is quad core GPU, I dont see any speed improvements but also Im not seeing any slowdowns.. Definitely the display is something goergous!

 

[plucky duck]

I am happy to have experienced not any noticeable speed degradation due to the raw power required to power the retina display.

 

[mark28]

Ram has nothing to do with video resolution. That's what the GPU does. Only if not enough VRAM is available and very high textures are used ( iOS apps don't have high textures anyway ), then only it will start taxing RAM

 

[citivolus]

Ram has nothing to do with video resolution. That's what the GPU does. Only if not enough VRAM is available and very high textures are used ( iOS apps don't have high textures anyway ), then only it will start taxing RAM

I could be mistaken but I believe the iPad does in fact use system memory for the graphics display.

I for one have not noticed any difference in everyday performance (surfing the web, etc) between the iPad 2 and the 3.

 

[Stefx73]

Ram has nothing to do with video resolution. That's what the GPU does. Only if not enough VRAM is available and very high textures are used ( iOS apps don't have high textures anyway ), then only it will start taxing RAM

I'm pretty sure (but could be wrong) that the iPad does not have dedicated VRAM. The RAM is shared with the GPU.

Most (nearly all) the computers that don't have a separate discrete videocard have the RAM shared with the GPU.

 

[plucky duck]

I'm pretty sure (but could be wrong) that the iPad does not have dedicated VRAM. The RAM is shared with the GPU.

Most (nearly all) the computers that don't have a separate discrete videocard have the RAM shared with the GPU.

I was under that same impression as well.