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Amount of RAM.
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:35 pm
by hrlow2
Does the amount of RAM in your machine make any difference in how fast you turn out your WUs or complete your project?
Re: Amount of RAM.
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:04 pm
by Zagen30
If you have too little RAM, then I believe F@h will not run at optimal speed. But assuming you have sufficient RAM for the OS you're running (i.e. 2 GB for Vista), then increasing the amount of RAM will not make any difference. Going from 2 GB to 4 GB, for instance, will almost certainly not improve performance.
If you could tell what OS you're running and how much RAM you currently have, we could say definitively whether you need more.
Re: Amount of RAM.
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:05 pm
by 7im
Also include which client or clients you plan to run on that OS...
Re: Amount of RAM.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:08 am
by hrlow2
3 machines. All P4 (2 at 3.0GHz, 1 at 2.8GHz) HT CPUs.
The 3.0s have 1GB PC3200, the 2.8 has1.23GB PC3200.
All 3 running the systray client.
Re: Amount of RAM.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:27 pm
by Zagen30
The classic client doesn't use up much RAM, so 1 gig or so is fine.
Re: Amount of RAM.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:43 pm
by kiore
Zagen30 wrote:The classic client doesn't use up much RAM, so 1 gig or so is fine.
Yes, assuming those P4's are running winXP not Vista, as you said above enough RAM for your OS is enough to fold the uniprocessor client. More RAM than that won't make them faster I'm afraid.
kiore.
Re: Amount of RAM.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:18 pm
by hrlow2
I should be OK then.The 3.0's are running XP Pro, and the 2.8 is XP Home.
Many thanks to all who responded.