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Apple Computing Products:
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Will More RAM Slow Startup Times and Will it Speed Up Gaming?
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1264327" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>In my experience, it won't slow boot, but it will slow safe sleep (also known as hibernation, if you use that).</p><p></p><p>Hard to say as to whether it will help with gaming - it really depends on the game and if it needs that kind of memory. If the game is 64-Bit, then it might. Games are more influenced by GPU/CPU upgrades, although with the latest generation of games, the RAM could help too.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that RAM never "adds speed". It will simply make the machine more efficient if the programs you run actually consume more physical memory than you have, leading the computer to using more virtual memory. The more virtual memory that is actively being used, the slower the machine will behave.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1264327, member: 24098"] In my experience, it won't slow boot, but it will slow safe sleep (also known as hibernation, if you use that). Hard to say as to whether it will help with gaming - it really depends on the game and if it needs that kind of memory. If the game is 64-Bit, then it might. Games are more influenced by GPU/CPU upgrades, although with the latest generation of games, the RAM could help too. Keep in mind that RAM never "adds speed". It will simply make the machine more efficient if the programs you run actually consume more physical memory than you have, leading the computer to using more virtual memory. The more virtual memory that is actively being used, the slower the machine will behave. [/QUOTE]
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