RAM upgrade 2GB -> 6GB

kvfb97 · 11 Apr 2008 at 10:56

My new RAM came last night so I now have a total of 6GB available.

Now yes, I know I have OSX86 but I haven't noticed one bit of difference, and that RAM has definitely loaded.

I still get slow downs with lots of tabs, photoshop, flash, design programs in general, and I managed to get the black screen of death by opening a 30,000x30,000 pixel document in Photoshop.

Tempted to leave it back.

NickK · 11 Apr 2008 at 11:08

Hmm what does Activity Monitor show?

kvfb97 · 11 Apr 2008 at 11:30

Just tried opening all my programs and got the black screen again.. Will have to try memtest or boot into vista.

J1nxy · 11 Apr 2008 at 13:25

So you've added another 4GB to the Hackintosh? Your also running and OC'd CPU sure its a memory problem not compatibility?

kvfb97 · 11 Apr 2008 at 22:21

Figured out that it was being over clocked to in the bios. switch it off and haven't had a problem since. Still don't notice that much a difference though.

electric ant · 11 Apr 2008 at 23:51

Unless youre working with large files >1gb in a program , or youre running Virtual machines, or multi tasking many intensive apps,
then yes, i doubt you would find much difference going from 2 to 6gb...
run some benchmarks, that might make it worth it?

theheyes · 12 Apr 2008 at 10:49

Like NickK said, you should probably keep an eye on activity monitor. You get diminishing returns the more RAM you get but even so it should make a difference using big apps.