How much will my computer get faster? I mean realistically? I already have 4gigs of RAM but if I were to install 4gigs more, would my computer be Significally faster? I thought the processor was more important for speed :/
How much will my computer get faster? I mean realistically? I already have 4gigs of RAM but if I were to install 4gigs more, would my computer be Significally faster? I thought the processor was more important for speed :/
How much will my computer get faster? I mean realistically? I already have 4gigs of RAM but if I were to install 4gigs more, would my computer be Significally faster? I thought the processor was more important for speed :/
Sometimes iMovie is using up 300% of my CPU (according to iStat) so... RAM would make a slight difference?I'm running 16 gigs and realistically it was one of the best things you can do to make your machine feel "new" again.
Max it out and you'll notice a difference.
How much will my computer get faster? I mean realistically? I already have 4gigs of RAM but if I were to install 4gigs more, would my computer be Significally faster? I thought the processor was more important for speed :/
So RAM from different manufacturers would be slower than using RAM all from Apple?When adding RAM, if all chips are from the same manufacturer and size, they act as one unit. Multiple manufacturers and sizes will act as groups, waiting for one to fill up then switching the load to the next. Also - no need to pay Apple RAM prices. You want one heck of a jump? You can replace existing RAM and for $200 put in 4 4GB sticks and have 16GB of matched RAM that will smoke! I do much intensive imaging. That, audio and video will show the greatest gains. As time goes by RAM will be less important but right now, go for it...
So RAM from different manufacturers would be slower than using RAM all from Apple?
Is this site ok? http://www.upgradeable.com.au/?gclid=CMDFwYWR6aoCFYolpAodL0-0Ow
The website I posted above... it sells apple RAM I think... How's the price?According to this very site(http://guides.macrumors.com/Matched_RAM_on_Intel_Macs), matched RAM might give you a slight increase, on the order of 3%. I think that's pretty steep for spending another 80 bucks on replace the apple RAM chips.
So let me see, if rendering takes 180 seconds or three minutes, having matched ram will mean that it comes in at about 6 seconds faster. Yeah, thats smoking by my definition.