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Dan Farrell wrote: |
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> On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 21:35:22 -0700 |
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> "Julian Simioni" <spectre256@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On 7/9/07, Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx> wrote: |
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>>> Agreed, of course, but one nice thing about extra ram that it might |
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>>> be pertinent to mention is that it can be used to cache and |
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>>> significantly reduce hard drive I/O once the cache is primed. |
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>> I just upgraded my system from 1GB to 2GB of DDR2 ... [ & ] I honestly |
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>> have noticed no difference in speed while using Gentoo, which is by |
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>> far my primary OS. I'm sure a detailed analysis would show at least |
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>> slight improvement in some cases, but it probably isn't worth the |
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>> upgrade. |
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> Yeah, my desktop (up 23 days, so cache has had time to fill) has only |
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> managed to cache about half a gig worth of stuff, leaving 200 megs or |
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> thereabouts unused. . Most instances of applications I run are the same |
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> hd data, like a thousand firefoxes, xterms, mail, etc. So I think the |
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> 'significant' part only kicks in if you run lots of different |
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> programs. I wouldn't expect my desktop to go any faster either, but I |
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> would expect a little speedup if I were running a heavier window |
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> manager or a full-blown DE like gnome or kde. |
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> It might make a bigger difference if you were running 3d games or |
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> something, I guess. |
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I have had 1Gb on here for a long time and usually updatedb fills up |
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cache but other than that I don't use it all. I did once when I opened |
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about 400 pics with Gimp though. I use KDE and I do quite a bit of pic |
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stuff as far as storing them. I wouldn't spend the extra money on any |
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more memory for mine. I just don't see where any more would do any |
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good. Like others I think it depends on what you are doing. If you do |
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video editing or CAD or something then you may can use the extra memory |
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then. Other than that, just watch what is being used and get more when |
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you need it. |
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Oh, I run folding on here a lot and I get bigger units to work on since |
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I have more ram. My other rigs with a lot less memory get smaller |
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units. That helps some I guess. |
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Let us know what you get in the end and how things work out. Show us |
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some speed tests or something. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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