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iMac for graphic work: What does matter most, Ram or processor speed?
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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1476085" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>Welcome to Mac-Forums..</p><p></p><p>Frankly, it is not a matter of processor OR RAM, but rather having enough of both that will give you the most benefit. Having a lot of RAM with a slow processor means you can keep more stuff in memory without having to go to the disk to get it, but processing that data in RAM on a slower processor will be...well slow. Having a fast processor with limited memory means that you are limited in what you can have in memory for processing, which might be happening quickly and the you're going to the disk to get more information which can slow things down.</p><p></p><p>With a fast processor and lots of RAM, you keep more data available and process it faster..</p><p></p><p>Now having said that, I purposely left out specifics about what a slow or fast processor is because to compare a 2.9 GHz CPU to a 3.2 GHz CPU is more than just the processor megahertz, the family (i5/i7) matters, whether it is just quad core or quad core with virtualization (adding 4 additional cores) matters..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1476085, member: 110816"] Welcome to Mac-Forums.. Frankly, it is not a matter of processor OR RAM, but rather having enough of both that will give you the most benefit. Having a lot of RAM with a slow processor means you can keep more stuff in memory without having to go to the disk to get it, but processing that data in RAM on a slower processor will be...well slow. Having a fast processor with limited memory means that you are limited in what you can have in memory for processing, which might be happening quickly and the you're going to the disk to get more information which can slow things down. With a fast processor and lots of RAM, you keep more data available and process it faster.. Now having said that, I purposely left out specifics about what a slow or fast processor is because to compare a 2.9 GHz CPU to a 3.2 GHz CPU is more than just the processor megahertz, the family (i5/i7) matters, whether it is just quad core or quad core with virtualization (adding 4 additional cores) matters.. [/QUOTE]
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