On Mar 7, 2010, at 1:29 PM, ah...clem wrote: > On Mar 7, 1:09 pm, skinnie <andre.fa...@ua.pt> wrote: > >> Currently it is running tiger,but I think it is a little slow (I think >> it is the HDD fault).. > > WHAT is slow? the OS seems slow to you, like launching apps? or some > particular application? are you using it for gaming? video editing? > >> I am planing to upgrade the HDD to my 250Gb 5400rpm "macbook original" >> sata hdd via sata to ide adapter. > > forget it, as bruce said, won't see 250gig drive, or will see it as > significantly smaller drive. also, has nothing to do with the > perception of "slow." > >> But to make it even smoother I'd like to upgrade either the video card >> or the ram,what will make it faster? > > the most RAM you could put in would be 2gig, and you would have to > discard or sell the 3 x 256 sticks now installed. all for a 60% > increase in RAM? unless you are using apps that eat RAM in large > chunks, no perceptible improvement. > > and i disagree about the video card. again, you didn't say WHAT seems > slow. if you're talking about the performance of the OS, then the vid > card cannot possibly have anything to do with it. i have used > computers with vid card having only 8MB of VRAM, and manipulating > massive wireframe model (as in CAD, etc) the card has no problem > keeping up. it will spin the image as fast as your hand can move the > mouse. lots of VRAM on the vid card is only going to make a > perceptible improvement if you're gaming, or watching/editing video. > the majority of the great unwashed masses put way too much importance > on lots of VRAM. for most apps, it's a non-issue. > >> For the videocard I was planning on buying a pc 9700pro and flashing >> it (20euros). >> FOr the ram,for the 30eur I could get about 2x512mb.. >> what do you think it is better?spending 50eur on this machine is not >> an option this time :S > > what do i think? i think you've got a sawtooth. learn to like it or > get something else. if you get the 533meg processor upgrade that was > mentioned by another, you'll see roughly a 33% increase in speed (i > didn't bother looking up cache sizes to fine tune the estimate). it's > NOT going to triple or double the performance. again, is the cost > worth the minimal improvement? i wouldn't think so. my advice: don't > waste ANY money on any upgrades. use it, or lose it, and get a newer > box. > I think the 533 processor at $20.00 is a pretty good upgrade if it will produce a 33% improvement in speed. I agree that 1.25 GB of RAM is a good amount for most stuff. I use a lot of RAM on my CAD/CAM system due to rendering of the images in a zoomed fashion. If it's a nice clean machine and performs what you want to do and some more speed could make it better then the processor is cheap enough IMHO. but I'm just remembering what that RAM you already have cost back in the day:-D
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