On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 09:13:31PM +0800, Paolo Falcone 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.
ummm yep, I know the significance of the *amount* of RAM... I was asking, how does RAM type (that is, DDR vs RDRAM vs ye olde PCxxx RAM) affect performance? especially for a home PC. _ 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]
