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tdrusk
May 21st, 2008, 03:45 AM
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, 04:47 AM
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, 12:53 PM
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, 12:55 PM
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, 12:59 PM
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, 12:59 PM
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, 12:45 AM
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, 03:30 AM
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.