Is going from 640 MB to 1 GB of RAM worth it?
I've thought of upgrading the RAM in my eMac from 640 MB to 1 GB. But with RAM prices being pretty high, I'm thinking of just waiting until they come down a bit and then I can get more. Even so, I'm wondering... has anyone seen any kind of performance gain from going from 640 MB or thereabouts to 1 GB? 128 MB to 640 MB was HUGE and the best upgrade I could have possibly done for my eMac, but I'm thinking that replacing the original 128 MB would be somewhat overkill and not worth the expense.
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Originally posted by Luca Rescigno
I've thought of upgrading the RAM in my eMac from 640 MB to 1 GB. But with RAM prices being pretty high, I'm thinking of just waiting until they come down a bit and then I can get more. Even so, I'm wondering... has anyone seen any kind of performance gain from going from 640 MB or thereabouts to 1 GB? 128 MB to 640 MB was HUGE and the best upgrade I could have possibly done for my eMac, but I'm thinking that replacing the original 128 MB would be somewhat overkill and not worth the expense.
don't bother. unless you are working with images or other files that are each a couple hundred megs, there won't be a performance increase. i suppose if you are switching between twenty or so programs you might want the extra ram, but i doubt that is an issue.
if you go into terminal and type "top" you can check out your current memory usage. i'm a pretty hefty user (occasional photoshop, many programs open at once), and i rarely have less than 200mb of my 640mb free. at work, on the other hand, where i regularly deal with multiple 200mb images, we need a gig or more ram. however, at home I don't and I doubt you do either.
i'd use the money you save to buy a cool new game.
Originally posted by progmac
if you go into terminal and type "top" you can check out your current memory usage. i'm a pretty hefty user (occasional photoshop, many programs open at once), and i rarely have less than 200mb of my 640mb free.
i'd use the money you save to buy a cool new game.
Is there any way to find out how much memory I'm using on a program that takes up the whole screen and won't let me see terminal till I close it? I figure that outside of video-editing, games will take the most memory in my upcoming G4 iBook.
Originally posted by Guartho
Is there any way to find out how much memory I'm using on a program that takes up the whole screen and won't let me see terminal till I close it? I figure that outside of video-editing, games will take the most memory in my upcoming G4 iBook.
Theres menu meters available from versiontracker
It sits in your finder bar and can display all sorts as well as your memory usage. if you dont like the terminal theres also activity monitor in your utils folder.
Originally posted by Guartho
Is there any way to find out how much memory I'm using on a program that takes up the whole screen and won't let me see terminal till I close it? I figure that outside of video-editing, games will take the most memory in my upcoming G4 iBook.
Hmm. While playing the game you could SSH in from another Mac and run top on the remote terminal.
Originally posted by Towel
Hmm. While playing the game you could SSH in from another Mac and run top on the remote terminal.
If you quit your programs before starting your game, memory shouldn't be an issue...this, however, would be the solution to your question