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Does increasing RAM speed help performance more than increasing CPU speed? In some tasks, I think so. In others, no.
I found that my computer "feels" faster and snappier if i'm running at 2.53GHz on the CPU and 230MHz on the RAM vs. a faster CPU rate and a slower RAM rate.
benchmarks always tell the same story, more CPU speed helps some things and more RAM speed helps other things.
I'm not asking one specific question, but instead trying to open a discussion on specific computing tasks and whether they are helped more by CPU or RAM.
Does anyone have any thoughts on the subject? I ask partially because I've hit a limit with both CPU and RAM and I think it may be cost worthy to buy a gig of DDR550 or DDR600.
I feel that programs close and switch between other programs faster when I increase RAM speed. But there is no perceived difference in load times whether I increase CPU or RAM speed.
I found that my computer "feels" faster and snappier if i'm running at 2.53GHz on the CPU and 230MHz on the RAM vs. a faster CPU rate and a slower RAM rate.
benchmarks always tell the same story, more CPU speed helps some things and more RAM speed helps other things.
I'm not asking one specific question, but instead trying to open a discussion on specific computing tasks and whether they are helped more by CPU or RAM.
Does anyone have any thoughts on the subject? I ask partially because I've hit a limit with both CPU and RAM and I think it may be cost worthy to buy a gig of DDR550 or DDR600.
I feel that programs close and switch between other programs faster when I increase RAM speed. But there is no perceived difference in load times whether I increase CPU or RAM speed.