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<blockquote data-quote="theonegod" data-source="post: 630229" data-attributes="member: 22259">More RAM will not speed a computer up at all unless you are replacing it with faster RAM. It will only lower the instances of the computer running SLOWER as a result of virtual memory being used. This is a common misconception when it comes to RAM. You computer wont work faster, it will just not slow down as much. If your computer had 1 gig of ram it would have been using virtual memory often and slowing down as a result. At 4gigs of ram it shouldn't be having to use virtual memory at all under most circumstances so it won't be slowing down as a result of having to use it (virtual memory being on the hard drive and as a result much slower then RAM). Going from the 1 gig of RAM to 4gigs of RAM however would NOT have increased the speed of your computer in the slightest for operations that did not result in virtual memory use. Anyone who claims otherwise hasn't a clue about what RAM is. You want your computer to run faster? Replace the hard drive with a faster one. You can't replace your CPU so that is out of the question. There is simply nothing else you can do that will effect your computers speed beyond that of stock.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="theonegod, post: 630229, member: 22259"] More RAM will not speed a computer up at all unless you are replacing it with faster RAM. It will only lower the instances of the computer running SLOWER as a result of virtual memory being used. This is a common misconception when it comes to RAM. You computer wont work faster, it will just not slow down as much. If your computer had 1 gig of ram it would have been using virtual memory often and slowing down as a result. At 4gigs of ram it shouldn't be having to use virtual memory at all under most circumstances so it won't be slowing down as a result of having to use it (virtual memory being on the hard drive and as a result much slower then RAM). Going from the 1 gig of RAM to 4gigs of RAM however would NOT have increased the speed of your computer in the slightest for operations that did not result in virtual memory use. Anyone who claims otherwise hasn't a clue about what RAM is. You want your computer to run faster? Replace the hard drive with a faster one. You can't replace your CPU so that is out of the question. There is simply nothing else you can do that will effect your computers speed beyond that of stock. [/QUOTE]

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