Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!cgh!paul From: paul@cgh.UUCP (Paul Homchick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: '040 upgrade, or extra 16 MB RAM, which way to go? Keywords: performance 68040 RAM upgrade Message-ID: <1480@cgh.UUCP> Date: 17 Feb 91 16:20:17 GMT References: <1384@actisb.UUCP> Organization: Chimitt Gilman Homchick, Inc. Lines: 28 In article <1384@actisb.UUCP> federico@actisb.UUCP (Federico Heinz) writes: >I've just ordered an '030 cube, and I'm looking at sensible upgrades I >can add to it.... >.... Now for the real question: what will give me more bang for the >buck: upgrading to the new board, or buying extra 16 MB RAM for a >total of 24 MB? Is there anybody out there who upgraded an old cube's >memory and would care to comment on the performance improvement? I recently upgraded from NS1.0 on a '030 cube with 8 Meg of RAM to NS2.0 on a '040 with 24 Meg. The difference in speed was astounding. The sqat, black cube reminded me of a streamlined rocketship. It was like running a computer from another universe. Subsequently, I removed 16 Meg of RAM leaving my '040 with only 8 Meg. It is still fast, but nowhere near the improvement I had seen previously. With 8 Meg of RAM Nextstep can't switch windows without swapping! It is terribly slow and annoying. Considering that 16 Meg of RAM can be had for about 1/2 the price of an 040 upgrade board, I'd say that it definitely provides a better value in terms of speeding things up. If I were to order upgrades in terms of importance, I'd rank memory 1st, Nextstep 2.0 2nd, and the 040 board 3rd. -- Paul Homchick :UUCP {rutgers | uunet} !cbmvax!cgh!paul Chimitt Gilman Homchick, Inc. :Internet cgh!paul@dsi.com 259 Radnor-Chester Rd, Suite 140 :MCI PHOMCHICK Radnor, PA 19087-5299 :GEnie HOMCHICK Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com