Would more memory make a big difference?

Testosterone boy · May 25, 2003

Computer has 1.7 processor. 512MB of RAM....non ddr.

Heavy Photoshop user. Currently working with 700 images from huge wedding yesterday. Would additional RAM blaze through the images faster when opening and manipulating?

Thanks in advance.

WarriorPL · May 25, 2003

512 is okay, but 1024 would be much better since you're a heavy user. Professional PS users have 2-3 gigs of ram in their systems.

p0ink · May 25, 2003

try investing in some amyl nitrate and a king dong.

c-sharp minor · May 25, 2003

Smear twinkie cream on your RAM chips. It helps to speed the transfer of information.

jnuts · May 25, 2003

Testosterone boy said:
Computer has 1.7 processor. 512MB of RAM....non ddr.

Heavy Photoshop user. Currently working with 700 images from huge wedding yesterday. Would additional RAM blaze through the images faster when opening and manipulating?

Thanks in advance.

Yes, but a lot of it might depend on what OS you are using. What operating system do you have?

Spunky · May 25, 2003

yep more ram will do good, i think your cpu is fine.

c-sharp minor · May 25, 2003

Wait a sec..............nix the twinkie cream.

Get more RAM.

slickdadd · May 25, 2003

c-sharp minor said:
Wait a sec..............nix the twinkie cream.

Get more RAM.

shit!!!!

c-sharp minor · May 25, 2003

slickdadd said:
shit!!!!

Testosterone boy · May 25, 2003

Re: Re: Would more memory make a big difference?

jnuts said:
Yes, but a lot of it might depend on what OS you are using. What operating system do you have?

Windows XP....it just impressed me with a big multi tasking job. Wow...did not use to be able to do that.

jnuts · May 25, 2003

Re: Re: Re: Would more memory make a big difference?

Testosterone boy said:
Windows XP

Then kick it with all the memory you can get - If your mobo takes DDR - use that as it will be a lot quicker.......

Testosterone boy · May 26, 2003

p0ink said:
try investing in some amyl nitrate and a king dong.

I'm unfamiliar with either one. Guess you have had positive experiences with both.

The Whole F/N Show · May 26, 2003

Whenever you are able to put more memory in do so. You always with notice a difference. I have 512 and want to jump it to 1024 but I've had some many others that took priority but I will do that soon enough. You'll notice a difference and when that seems not fast enough because eventually I'd get a DDR motherboard.

Testosterone boy · May 26, 2003

My lap top has a 1.4 processor with about 770MB of ddr RAM....the desk top is faster.

Seems the processor is more important from what I have seen.

The Whole F/N Show · May 26, 2003

Testosterone boy said:
My lap top has a 1.4 processor with about 770MB of ddr RAM....the desk top is faster.

Seems the processor is more important from what I have seen.

But in general if you put a laptop and a desktop side by with similar specs and the desktop will out perform the laptop. Faster, bigger hard drive and such, it's just the way they are made. Laptops have be small and perform. Desktop just have to perform. There's a reason desktops aren't the size of laptops. Also there's not gonna be much of a noticable difference between a 1.4 and 1.7 processor as long as the are they are the same brand/type. You didn't what kind of processors they were. AMD, P-4, Celeron?

Testosterone boy · May 26, 2003

The Whole F/N Show said:
But in general if you put a laptop and a desktop side by with similar specs and the desktop will out perform the laptop. Faster, bigger hard drive and such, it's just the way they are made. Laptops have be small and perform. Desktop just have to perform. There's a reason desktops aren't the size of laptops. Also there's not gonna be much of a noticable difference between a 1.4 and 1.7 processor as long as the are they are the same brand/type. You didn't what kind of processors they were. AMD, P-4, Celeron?

I got P-4s with all the cache I can.

jnuts · May 26, 2003

Testosterone boy said:
My lap top has a 1.4 processor with about 770MB of ddr RAM....the desk top is faster.

Do you know if the processor on the laptop has speed step turned on or is it running at full speed?

Testosterone boy · May 26, 2003

jnuts said:
Do you know if the processor on the laptop has speed step turned on or is it running at full speed?

No idea what you are talking about bro.

TC2 · May 26, 2003

Testosterone boy said:
My lap top has a 1.4 processor with about 770MB of ddr RAM....the desk top is faster.

Seems the processor is more important from what I have seen.

Desktop is probably faster cause of the faster hard drive.

I noticed a big leap in speed when I when I went from a 5400 rpm HD to a 7200 rpm HD with a 8 mb cache.

I think most laptops(if not all) have a 5400 rpm HD.

Plus desk]tops have better cooling..better cooling=better performance.

TC2 · May 26, 2003

Testosterone boy said:
No idea what you are talking about bro.

He means are you using the laptop plugged in or wireless??

Intel has speedstep technology meaning that when the laptop is plugged in it runs at full speed.

When it's running on batteries, it steps it's speed down to save battery life. It can drop like 200-400mhz if I'm not mistaken.

Testosterone boy · May 26, 2003

TC2 said:
He means are you using the laptop plugged in or wireless??

Intel has speedstep technology meaning that when the laptop is plugged in it runs at full speed.

When it's running on batteries, it steps it's speed down to save battery life. It can drop like 200-400mhz if I'm not mistaken.

Thanks....that explains a lot!

jnuts · May 27, 2003

There is usually a software setting to keep the CPU cranked up to the maximum speed, even if it's on battery power. You'll lose battery life, but you'll have full CPU.

Testosterone boy · May 27, 2003

jnuts said:
There is usually a software setting to keep the CPU cranked up to the maximum speed, even if it's on battery power. You'll lose battery life, but you'll have full CPU.

Thats alright....I have 2 batteries and a need for speed.

I can't seem to feel right using a laptop. Can I plug in a mouse and use it more like my desk top?

jnuts · May 27, 2003

Since you are a heavy photoshop user...have you tried out some of Wacom's Graphic Tablets? Seems that would be eaiser to use than a mouse when editing pics, if you are a heavy PS user.

I've got a laptop that's pretty much a desktop replacement. I use it wireless and lately I have ended up using it more than my desktop. I don't see why you don't just plug in a mouse and let it rip. You'll obviously want a large display on your laptop if you a heavy PS user.....

Testosterone boy · May 27, 2003

I much prefer using the desktop with the huge hard drive, 21" monitor and mouse. So my lap top use is quite small.

I wnt in and tried to speed up the laptop when using the battery. Could not find the option. Any ideas? It is an HP.

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