Increasing your RAM will make a major difference. Each program you run requires a specific amount of RAM usage at one time. The more RAM a user has will cause the computer to run more smoother, and should make programs open up faster. Each RAM stick has a sector that holds all physical activity, so increasing the RAM will make the RAM usage not switch as often since you'll have more to use.
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Actually, it depends. Increasing RAM will only help things indirectly unless you were very low to begin with. What RAM does is allow more information to be held in memory so the hard drive won't have to be accessed as much. If you are after speed, upgrading the processor chip should help. More RAM and a faster hard drive should also.
The question is a little odd. RAM is random access memory. You do need it for a computer to run. It is like asking do wheels make your car run faster. Wheels don't make it run, but you don't run very fast without them.Adding more RAM certainly makes computer faster.
If the question is if adding MORE RAM will increase the computer's speed, it will, some. Or at the least, it will make the computer slow down at a slower rate into your computing session. When the operating system runs out of RAM to use, it will start paging out memory to the hard drive, and that is slower than RAM. In Windows 7, and perhaps other Windows versions, when you run low on memory, even internet access slows down.
In some cases, another way that additional RAM speeds thing up is when the machine uses multiple memory channels and not all of the separate channels are in use. Some machines can access multiple memory sticks at the same time, and if you only have one memory stick, it cannot do that. So when you fill out the additional channel(s), the machine will detect this and use a wider data path to the memory.
it depends on what you mean by (what i assume you mean) "to make faster" for instance getting a better CPU will not help you if your video card is the problem it depends on what you use your computer for if you use it for editing or gaming then yes ram will probably help you alot in conjunction with a video card good mobo and a nice CPU and fast hard drive speed.
You can't. Additional ram must be physically installed.
Virtual memory
It is possible to increase the amount of RAM on your computer through an upgrade. These upgrades would be able to increase your RAM by a few Gigabytes.
Depending on what your PSU wattage is, otherwise no.
That's called 'virtual' memory. The computer 'borrows' some unused hard-disc space to supplement the built-in RAM
There are various things you can do to upgrade (improve) your computer. One of the easiest (and you'll see a difference) is to add more memory (RAM).
A computer's RAM can only be increased by installing more memory modules. For a computer that already has the maximum allowed amount, one can improve performance by running fewer programs at the same time.
Not ROM - RAM... Increasing the amount of RAM (Random Access Memory) gives the computer more 'workspace' to use - speeding up operations.
RAM speed is how fast your computer goes. The more RAM, the faster your computer.
RAM ( random access memory)
The amount of RAM depends on the computer.
No, a computer uses RAM (Random Axcess Memory) to function. RAM also determines the speed of you're computer; the more RAM the faster he computer.