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Thinking of adding RAM - one question 1st
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<blockquote data-quote="eric" data-source="post: 334117" data-attributes="member: 22327"><p>ideally, you should add two matched sticks in the two slots you have (i'm 99% sure you only have two). you could add one 1G stick in place of one of your 512 sticks, but you will most likely only see speed increases in non-graphics intensive programs. graphics intensive programs for some reason like matched pairs.</p><p></p><p>there are a few threads about this matching phenomenon - i'll try to dig one up.</p><p></p><p></p><p>edit</p><p>here's one: <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38937" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38937</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eric, post: 334117, member: 22327"] ideally, you should add two matched sticks in the two slots you have (i'm 99% sure you only have two). you could add one 1G stick in place of one of your 512 sticks, but you will most likely only see speed increases in non-graphics intensive programs. graphics intensive programs for some reason like matched pairs. there are a few threads about this matching phenomenon - i'll try to dig one up. edit here's one: [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38937"]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38937[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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