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Will I notice a difference?

lamina

lamina

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I have a 17 PB 1.67 1GB in a single DDR2 stick, ahh whatever read my signature for the specs. I pretty much just surf the web, use Photoshop (rarely), iPhoto sometimes.

Would I notice a difference if I threw another 512 in? This thing is already really fast, but I'm wondering if it would be a noticeable change.
 
I think the biggest difference you'd notice is the length of time between reboots and the slowness associated with that.
 
Ok

I have the 1.67 pbook with 512mb, will i notice a difference by adding another 1gb?
besides a faster reboot, what are the benefits?

Apps most used: photoshop, dreamweaver, imovie, idvd, and iphoto
 
Cloudgazer said:
Ok

I have the 1.67 pbook with 512mb, will i notice a difference by adding another 1gb?
besides a faster reboot, what are the benefits?

Apps most used: photoshop, dreamweaver, imovie, idvd, and iphoto
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Yes, you would notice a difference. Switching between programs, and adding filters and tasks in those programs will produce noticeable and more consistent computing.
 
lamina said:
I have a 17 PB 1.67 1GB [...] Would I notice a difference if I threw another 512 in?
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How many page in operations do you do on a regular basis?

The more you currently page in to memory, the more of a boost you'll see from adding another 512MB of RAM. If you're hardly paging anything into memory (from the disk), you won't notice much of a change.
 
It also depends whether you have the stick already. Should you go out and buy another 512, no probably not. Should you slap it in the PB because its laying around, why the heck not?
 
My uptime is about 20 hrs, check the image I (hopefully) attached for my page info.


ChrisBrightwell said:
How many page in operations do you do on a regular basis?

The more you currently page in to memory, the more of a boost you'll see from adding another 512MB of RAM. If you're hardly paging anything into memory (from the disk), you won't notice much of a change.
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That's a rather high number of page outs for only 20 hours of uptime, which I assume it was not being used straight for 20 hours.

Let's put it this way.. more RAM is ALWAYS better. Whether you will see "speed" benefits from it, I don't think so. But it will increase your uptime and benefit you in that the memory management won't have to start using swap as soon as it might with only 1GB of RAM.
Not to imply that 1GB of RAM isn't adequate.
 
yellow said:
That's a rather high number of page outs for only 20 hours of uptime, which I assume it was not being used straight for 20 hours.
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Well I was encoding an avi overnight in Handbrake... I'm not sure how that would affect the page outs.
 
lamina said:
I'm not sure how that would affect the page outs.
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That would really tax the memory management, and explains why you have so many page outs. If that's the kinda thing you're doing, then IMO another 512MB is a drop in the bucket.
 
yellow said:
That would really tax the memory management, and explains why you have so many page outs. If that's the kinda thing you're doing, then IMO another 512MB is a drop in the bucket.
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Yeah that makes sense. Looks like I'll be holding off. Thanks for your input.
 
Well, decided to upgrate another gig. Now I'm at 2GB and I do notice a difference in boot time and also when playing games. Cost me about $200CAD, but I think it was worth it, especially since now I can say I have 2GB of ram :)
 
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