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From: pclark@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Peter Clark)
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Subject: Re: RAM and performance
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Date: 19 Apr 91 21:45:31 GMT
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>I have a mono 040 cube with 8MB:  I'm thinking about getting more RAM to speed
>the system up (it seems to swap a fair bit).  
>Can folks report their performance experiences with RAM upgrades in the 
>NeXT - ie, is the performance difference between 8MB and 16MB RAM very 
>noticeable/profound?  16MB->32MB?  

	8->16: yep. *very* noticable, especially watching the thing boot. I
	can't say for 16->32, as I don't have any 4MB simms.

>What's the recommendation on how much RAM you "should" have in a basic 
>single-user cube for high-performance?  (Most of what I'm doing is pretty 
>vanilla, though I like to keep a lot of stuff active.)

	At least 12, 16 is better if you can swing the extra $120.00 or so.
	I'm putting 16 into mine as soon as I get the memory out of my '030
	machine. 

	Pete C