mikeymike wrote:
I think the last time I noticed a speed increase was with a machine running Win95 with 32MB going up to 48MB RAM, 5 years ago now? I've done quite a bit with hardware since then, and not necessarily the money to ensure I can buy more RAM than I ever need :-)
I experienced a general speed increase when I went from 64MB to 128MB with Win98. Even now with 256MB, I can sometimes be using virtual memory, so I think it's still relevant to say that adding RAM can speed up a computer.
Of course, that won't always be the case - it depends on the circumstances. But then it's not always the case that adding a faster CPU will speed up the computer, it depends where the bottleneck is.
I don't recall a speed increase when DOUBLING the amount of RAM in my A500 :-)
Well the Amiga never had virtual memory;) and presumably that extra RAM wasn't a faster type (if you added it via the trapdoor, wasn't that often referred to as "slow" RAM?)
