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by Answerbag Staff on March 5th, 2010

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Can ram make Internet web pages faster?

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  • by Keith Evans on March 5th, 2010

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    On One Hand: RAM May Make a Difference

    Random Access Memory (RAM) allows a computer to store program information in a location that the computer can quickly access with minimal delays. Because, according to ScienceText.com, a web browser runs from RAM, increasing the amount of random access memory in a computer allows the browser to hold more information and more quickly load web pages.

    On the Other: Experts Say Otherwise

    Though increasing RAM can make a web browser load more quickly, Internet professionals recommend other methods for improving web page download speeds. Internet reference site WebReference.com recommends using a cache, rather than RAM, to store elements from a website so that site will load more quickly on future visits. Similarly, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore recommends a device called a "web accelerator" that employs unused bandwidth to fetch graphics from unloaded pages on websites that users visit.

    Bottom Line

    Additional RAM may make a difference in how quickly the web browser loads, but it is not likely to increase web page download speeds.

    Source:

    Sciencetext: Make Firefox Load Faster

    WebReference: Web Caching

    IDA Singapore: Broadband Tips & Tricks

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  • by jhonnydeep on September 19th, 2010

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    Thom is right, if you add more RAM it helps you to increase your internet faster. just add some RAM and check your internet speed test then you can notice that there will be some increase in speed., you can check your internet speed test here http://www.ip-details.com/internet-speed-test/ at free of cost...

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  • by Thom64 on March 17th, 2010

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    The obvious answer:

    If your computer's performance is currently constrained by limited RAM - AND if your computer and operating system can both make use of more - adding more RAM will make it faster.

    If your computer could use faster RAM and is currently performance limited by memory bandwidth, replacing your RAM with faster RAM may help.

    If your computer is constrained by processor speed not memory issues, more RAM is unlikely to help.

    If your system's constraint on web pages loading is a slow connection to the internet, neither a faster processor nor more RAM will make web pages load faster.

    If your system's performance constraint is too many background processes sucking up all your system resources... well... I hope you get the idea. I suspect more often than not adding RAM is not the best answer for slow web browsing - but, on the other hand, sometimes it helps a great deal.

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