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Better to have more ram, or faster ram?

I recently picked up a stick of ram and put it in my computer. I got it free so, why not?

Before I added the new stick I had

512Mb running at 400Mhz

with the new stick I have

768Mb running at 266MHz

My Question is: I am better off with or without the extra stick?

As a note, I've been running for about a week with the extra stick, and haven't really noticed any change.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you don't notice changes in RAM unless you're using resource extensive programs such as games, audio or video editing or photo retouching software. Having more ram is better than having faster RAM when the computer's overloaded with data to be processed. Faster RAM may help in normal non-intensive processes better but more RAM is always king.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I would say speed is better, especially if the size difference is modest.

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