8Mb Fast RAM

[Matt_H]

Everywhere. In addition to having more room in the RAM disk and being able to run more programs, Fast RAM tends to have better access speed than Chip RAM, so you'll probably see some level of a speed increase as well.

[Matt_H]

Fast RAM gives the CPU its own dedicated pool of RAM to work with, separate from the (typically slower) custom chips. You'll see the biggest difference with 32-bit RAM on a 68030 (or higher) board, but even 16-bit RAM on the Zorro bus is better than nothing.

[Matt_H]

Since you already had some Fast RAM, then you're right. You probably won't see an increase in performance.

And the titlebar on the Workbench screen is set (hard-coded, I think) to only update every 5 seconds anyway. It's not a real-time memory monitor, but close enough for most uses. DOpus 4's memory clocks update every second, if you need that level of precision.