Will 1gb of ram be enough?

**tdrusk** · May 21st, 2008

I have a laptop, Acer Aspire 3680 (the one in my sig).

I have the opportunity to upgrade the RAM. I will probably do it either way since it's only $10, but will going from 512 mb of ram to 1 gb make a large enough difference to really kick butt?

I know the processor isn't that good, but I'm thinking a RAM boost will help.

This is for Ubuntu Gnome.

**Bubba64** · May 21st, 2008

Originally Posted by tdrusk

I have a laptop, Acer Aspire 3680 (the one in my sig).

I have the opportunity to upgrade the RAM. I will probably do it either way since it's only $10, but will going from 512 mb of ram to 1 gb make a large enough difference to really kick butt?

I know the processor isn't that good, but I'm thinking a RAM boost will help.

This is for Ubuntu Gnome.

You have twice the ram that I have now running Hardy and it moves pretty quickly, but I have 1.7 gig in processing

**tdrusk** · May 21st, 2008

Originally Posted by Bubba64

You have twice the ram that I have now running Hardy and it moves pretty quickly, but I have 1.7 gig in processing

Thanks. I also found a listing for 2 1gb sticks. That should help.

**bobblehat** · May 21st, 2008

Depends what you use it for. I've never seen Hardy or Gutsy go over a gig of memory in normal desktop use.

**hyper_ch** · May 21st, 2008

from 512 to 1 gb you should notice an improvement... however more than 1gb I'm not sure if you'll gain much... but it depends on your usage.

**tdrusk** · May 21st, 2008

Originally Posted by bobblehat

Depends what you use it for. I've never seen Hardy or Gutsy go over a gig of memory in normal desktop use.

I didn't think so. I just want things to be a little snappier and to be able to multitask better. I can do that with XFCE, so I'm assuming it's more of a ram issue.

**jhenager** · September 10th, 2008

Originally Posted by hyper_ch

from 512 to 1 gb you should notice an improvement... however more than 1gb I'm not sure if you'll gain much... but it depends on your usage.

Agree. You get diminishing returns above a gig, unless you are working with very large files.
From 256 to 512, BAM! From 512 to 1024, Bang. From 1024 to <whatever>, depends.

**tdrusk** · September 10th, 2008

Originally Posted by jhenager

Agree. You get diminishing returns above a gig, unless you are working with very large files.
From 256 to 512, BAM! From 512 to 1024, Bang. From 1024 to <whatever>, depends.

Thanks. I'm now at 1.5 Gigs and running smooth.