More ram=faster video transcoding?

[mx344]

Hi, i have 2 gigs of ram, i was wondering if i went to 4gigs would that make a difference i would notice, in video transcoding, i use mediacoder..?

 

[aviation_man]

Yes. It would make a difference. You have a 64 bit motherboard so you can do it. More RAM helps a lot with video editing and stuff.

 

[The_Other_One]

I wouldn't be so sure about that. This is actually a huge misconception most people have; that adding RAM will speed up a computer. More RAM is only really beneficial if the system runs out of RAM. And still, the system can only perform as fast as the CPU. Adding more sticks can actually cause the RAM to slow down on some motherboards.

So will it improve performance in your case? Maybe yes, maybe no... The less the system uses a swap file, the faster performance will be. However, if you have very little running in the background and a swap file isn't being used, it shouldn't help much at all.

 

[tlarkin]

RAM increases overall performance. If your app you are using will cache stuff to RAM to page for instruction then yes, it could very well benefit you. However, I think that the bulk of video encoding is going to be processor intensive.

 

[mx344]

Alright thx guys.