From: Benjamin Koh (benkoh_at_leland.Stanford.EDU)
Date: Tue Mar 02 1999 - 22:18:24 EST
If you edit large files frequently in Photoshop it will make a
noticeable difference. Word and Excel will probably not speed up. The
biggest consumer of RAM is image files, not documents or spreadsheets.
For example a 4x6 photo at 300 dpi would be 1200x1800*24bpp=6 480 000
bytes or approx 6 MB just to store the image in RAM. Add the same amount
as working RAM, and a couple of undo buffers, and you're looking at 30+
MB, and then some if your image has multiple layers. If you work on 2
images, double that and you'll exceed available free RAM on a 64MB
system. That said, if you work with simpler and/or smaller images it may
not make much of a difference. Of course if you run Powerpoint, Word,
etc. at the same time as Photoshop, get the RAM.
Benjamin
Zilim wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a TP770ED running Win98 with 64MB RAM. I'm looking into
> upgrading my system to 128MB RAM. But I was advised against it. I was
> told that there will be no difference at all. Is it true? If it's not,
> then what kind of improvment would I notice on my system? Is there a
> site out there which I could get more info on it?
>
> Current spec.
>
> TP770ED
> 64MB RAM
> 8GB HDD
> Win98.
>
> I'm a power user of PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Publisher, Visio, Photoshop
> & etc.
>
> Your advise will be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
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