On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 at 21:13, Paolo Falcone wrote: > On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 at 18:42, Migs Paraz wrote: > > how does RAM type affect performance? > > Too much. When compounded with less memory and multifarious processes, > processes are swapped out of memory to a backing store such as a hard > drive/swap file on disk, while others are given their share of > processing time and memory resource. More memory would entail less > swapping of processes to the disks, resulting in faster operations.
Uhh ... actually I think the key to Migs's question is not the acronym "RAM" but the word "type". I'm sure Migs knows more than adequately how important the amount of RAM a system has. He is, after all, an established professional in the field (ie: IPhil, Inter.Net). What Migs is trying to find out is how significantly RAM type affects overall (and gaming) performance. If I know Migs well enough, this stemmed out from the issue of SDRAM versus RDRAM vs DDR RAM. And honestly, I don't know the answer either (and am hoping someone [Orly?] will come out with the answer before I buy some units we need). --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator :: The Leather Collection, Inc. GnuPG Key: <http://jijo.leathercollection.ph/jijo.gpg> _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
