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Is there such a thing as too much RAM? Understanding that at 32 bits, 4 Gigs is the limit. Is 4 Gigs overkill? I've always had the impression that one could never have too much RAM ...
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Richard T.
1st generation G5 Dual 2Ghz w/ 8 Gigs of RAM;
ATI Radeon X800 XT
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Generally, NO
But there is a point of diminishing returns. If all you do (and ever plan to do) is surf the net, email, catalog & print your family pics & movies, and type text documents, then buying 4GB of ram would be a serious waste of money & of the ram itself. Most of it would just be sitting there unused.....
On the other hand, if you use (or plan to use) apps like Final Cut Pro, DVDstudioPro, Photoshop, heavy-duty scientific and/or 3D applications (not games), then 4GB+ would be a sensible investment.
Each of these types of apps are currently capable of addressing at least 2GB of ram each, and OS X will use as much as it can get, so you do the math 
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Signatures are ugly. Bitchy women are ugly......YOU do the math :)
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Thanks BWWman ... appreciate the feedback ... better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it ...
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Richard T.
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ATI Radeon X800 XT
20" Cinema Display
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Originally posted by sokukodo:
Thanks BWWman ... appreciate the feedback ... better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it ...
Only if you have way too much money to burn...
The OS will "use" as much as is there, but it's just a cache of files that were used. After a point, it's caching files that were used once and won't be used again. It'll give a miniscule benefit for a lot of money spent.
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You need to be a little more descriptive with your thread titles.
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You need to be a little more descriptive with your thread titles.
Ok ... how's this: RAM Question.
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Richard T.
1st generation G5 Dual 2Ghz w/ 8 Gigs of RAM;
ATI Radeon X800 XT
20" Cinema Display
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A good thread title is a super-brief summary of what's inside: "value of 4GB of RAM?" or "4GB RAM: worthwhile?" The title shouldn't tell you simply THAT you have a question, but rather should be an abbreviated version of the question itself.
Worst thread title ever (and, alas, a fairly common one): "HELP!!!"
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Since the subject is "Ram" might I take a tangent?
Is there an easy way to know when system performance begins to suffer from too little ram?
For instance, using Apple's very own Activity Monitor I get the following stats. With Safari, Mail, Address, iChat, iCal and iTunes open it tells me:
Wired: 61MB
Active: 189MB
Inactive: 247MB
Used: 467MB
Free: 15MB
V/M: 4GB
Pages: 25326/135
247 of 512 inactive ain't bad, no?
Thanks
(Last edited by Meadowfield; Feb 10, 2005 at 06:19 PM.
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is this pages IN or pages OUT ?
if it is pages IN, no problem......
if it is pages OUT, yes problem......pageouts means that data is getting swapped out to virtual memory frequently, resulting in slower system & appplication performance. The main cause of this is insufficient physical ram, or running applications that have memory leaks (another problem altogether)
135 isnt that bad with only those smaller apps running, but those plus opening up a ram hog like Photoshop, Dreamweaver or Final Cut Pro would jack that number way up, and you would REALLY notice it then....
so your best bet would be to get some more ram soon while it's cheap, try to plan for future uses, but dont overdo it to the point of wasting money on excessive ram that you will never need....
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