[url=http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_access_memory]Is it hard to read an wikipedia article?[/url]
Fills it with pixie dust.
Essentially from my knowledge it acts as faster caching Memory to allow the computer to exchange data faster. It is essentially a faster form of memory like a hard drive, but it means you can cache files in and out, and since it reads and writes faster, loading applications or programs from RAM is faster than reading directly from the HD.
I [U]think[/U].
Wiki says:
Random access memory (or simply RAM) is the memory or information storage in a computer that is used to store running programs and data for the programs. Data (information) in the RAM can be read and written quickly in any order. Normally, the random access memory is in the form of computer chips. Usually, the contents of RAM are accessible faster than other types of information storage but are lost every time the computer is turned off.
Stop being such dickheads.
RAM determines the speed and how well you run programs (pretty much, this is as far as I can simplify it).
More RAM = faster
wow, ninja'd
[QUOTE=Calkkuna;17930397][url=http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_access_memory]Is it hard to read an wikipedia article?[/url][/QUOTE]
Yes, I have a reding disability that prevents me from reading articles...
[QUOTE=Tovleman;17930419]Yes, I have a reding disability that prevents me from reading long articles...[/QUOTE]
It's not long
If you think of your computer as a brain, RAM is the short term memory.
Your hard drive would be long term memory.
It is like a working bench of your computer. Data are taken from hard drive, and placed into ram. Processor can work [b]much[/b] faster with them there than if it needed to work with hard drive. Once the work is done, the date are either stored on hard drive again, or outputted as sound or video through appropriate peripherals.
[QUOTE=Kubi;17931491]If you think of your computer as a brain, RAM is the short term memory.
Your hard drive would be long term memory.[/QUOTE]
That is a good analogy.
[QUOTE=MichaelPuff;17930447]It's not long[/QUOTE]
Just like my penis :smug:
Wait...... :saddowns:
[QUOTE=Tovleman;17930419]Yes, I have a reding disability that prevents me from reading articles...[/QUOTE]
In that case the Bad-Reading rating is made for you.
[QUOTE=dcalde78;17930416]Stop being such dickheads.
RAM determines the speed and how well you run programs (pretty much, this is as far as I can simplify it).
More RAM = faster
wow, ninja'd[/QUOTE]
Computer memory
Basically
More RAM=More memory=faster
basically
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[QUOTE=Tovleman;17930419]Yes, I have a reding disability that prevents me from reading articles...[/QUOTE]
I like how it's only two paragraphs
[QUOTE=mikeyt493;17933139]Computer memory
Basically
More RAM=More memory=faster
basically[/QUOTE]
What?
Thats like saying my Pentium III computer has 4 gigs of ram in it. Can it run crysis?
[QUOTE=gerbils_alt_2;17933158]What?
Thats like saying my Pentium III computer has 4 gigs of ram in it. Can it run crysis?[/QUOTE]
That's not what I meant.
And it [I]is[/I] computer memory. The more RAM you have, the more data your computer can handle at one time, making it less slow because it doesn't have to mess around with so much with little room to work.
[QUOTE=mikeyt493;17933182]That's not what I meant.
And it [I]is[/I] computer memory. The more RAM you have, the more data your computer can handle at one time, making it less slow because it doesn't have to mess around with so much with little room to work.[/QUOTE]
I know that's what you meant. I was coaxing out an explanation so the OP better understands.
Are you shittin me?
[QUOTE=mikeyt493;17933182]That's not what I meant.
And it [I]is[/I] computer memory. The more RAM you have, the more data your computer can handle at one time, making it less slow because it doesn't have to mess around with so much with little room to work.[/QUOTE]
Unless your data bus is small, then you'll only be able to access a small amount at a time, making buying more RAM useless because there will be no speed gain.
Also, your motherboard and its FSB Fast Cache Memory plays a part in this as the CPU reads, writes, and addresses the ram using that as an intermediary.
[QUOTE=gerbils_alt_2;17933235]I know that's what you meant. I was coaxing out an explanation so the OP better understands.[/QUOTE]
No you weren't.
I could tell, or you would have phrased it with a lot less spite.
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[QUOTE=robowurmz;17933270]Unless your data bus is small, then you'll only be able to access a small amount at a time, making buying more RAM useless because there will be no speed gain.
Also, your motherboard and its FSB Fast Cache Memory plays a part in this as the CPU reads, writes, and addresses the ram using that as an intermediary.[/QUOTE]
Well, yeah, you only really need a high amount of ram if you're going to be using demanding programs, like 3d games.
Which is also why you don't buy 16GB of RAM, because 4-5GB will do the exact same job, because that is all that's needed, so that's all that's used, and your other 12 gigs are being wasted.
[QUOTE=mikeyt493;17933293]No you weren't.
I could tell, or you would have phrased it with a lot less spite.
[/quote]
Ok fine... Don't take the credit. Fine with me.
[QUOTE=dcalde78;17930416]Stop being such dickheads.
RAM determines the speed and how well you run programs (pretty much, this is as far as I can simplify it).
More RAM = faster
wow, ninja'd[/QUOTE]
Shame that's a load of bull.
Ram allows you to run more simultaneous programs, if you do not have enough ram to run what you are trying to run it will drasticly drop your frame rate. Generally you will not need more than 2GB of ram unless you do photo editing as well as several other programs, 4GB of ram is enough for almost all computer activities (unless you run them all at once then I'm not sure.).
[QUOTE=Zycos;17933516]Shame that's a load of bull.
Ram allows you to run more simultaneous programs, if you do not have enough ram to run what you are trying to run it will drasticly drop your [b]frame rate[/b]..[/QUOTE]
I run firefox at 60fps
[QUOTE=Kubi;17931491]If you think of your computer as a brain, RAM is the short term memory.
Your hard drive would be long term memory.[/QUOTE]
If you think of your computer as a computer the ram would be the ram
[QUOTE=microsnakey;17935093]I run firefox at 60fps
[/QUOTE]
I run Windows at 85 FPS.
But dude, what is your Windows? 32 or 64 bit?
[b]In a simple way:[/b]
When you have things running on your computer like games, browsers, even the OS, it has to be store somewhere. It's stored in the RAM.
Things stored in RAM are lost when the PC is shutdown.
(By the way, when you have.. Let's say 2GB, and you're using 2.5 GB, it means you're using 500MB of your hdd as RAM, that's why it gets slower when you use more than the RAM memory, because RAM memory is faster than the HDD. (Cache is even faster but it's too expensive to be used as RAM memory))
[QUOTE=dcalde78;17930416]Stop being such dickheads.
RAM determines the speed and how well you run programs (pretty much, this is as far as I can simplify it).
More RAM = faster
wow, ninja'd[/QUOTE]
there's simplifying something, and then there's admitting you don't know anything about it/speaking to an infant about it
RAM=Random Access Memory
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