I've got v.10+ and just went from 512 to 1536 DDR2 RAM. On a test rendering, all other things being equal, run after a fresh reboot I got about a 14% improvement on rendering time. Does this seem about right? Other posts I've read seem to indicate that there's not much boost after the 512 to 1024 jump.
Operating System: XP Pro v.2002 SP 2
Motherboard: Intel D915G (?) more to follow
Graphic Card: NVidia GeForce 6600
Sound Card: Realtek HD
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Model 4, Stepping 1 (Multi-threading)
Hard Disk Drive: 80GB SATA
Added memory, modest performance increase
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The easiest way to determine if you need more RAM is to press the following 3 keys together at once
[CTRL] [ALT] [DEL] this brings up the Windows Task manager.
Now click the [Performance] tab and you will see a graph showing how much RAM is being used.
If (during a heavy job such as rendering a video) you are using more RAM than you have installed (So that it is using the 'pagefile' - in other words one of your hard drives) then it is time to install more RAM.
[CTRL] [ALT] [DEL] this brings up the Windows Task manager.
Now click the [Performance] tab and you will see a graph showing how much RAM is being used.
If (during a heavy job such as rendering a video) you are using more RAM than you have installed (So that it is using the 'pagefile' - in other words one of your hard drives) then it is time to install more RAM.