Does memory increase download speeds?

[Guest]

I bought some kingston ram and it said it will speed up downloads. Is this true and if so if it substantial?

 

[machow]

I do not think so. The download speeds even with cable modems are too slow compared to what the memory can manage in a split second!

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[Arrow]

Probably not directly true!

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[mbaha]

Ya and having a P4 makes the internet fun and exciting.
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[machow]

What? Net Burst Architecture?

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[ejsmith2]

If you are using win2k/win98 you can allocated memory to IO operations/IRQ. That gives you a buffer if you are using cable modem/DSL/T1, and a small increase in speed.

Other than that, it's not 'Net-Bursting'.

 

[Guest]

nope, at least nothing your going to notice...

 

[ejsmith2]

You might be surprised on the download speeds of a cbl modem/dsl if you add a buffer under win98. It's quite noticable if you have a good connection, but not every dsl/cable connection is good. Win2k does a good job, but benefits (just a little bit) from the 4096 buffer just enough to be noticed.

 

[walkr]

How do you set that Buffer please.

 

[ejsmith2]

It kinda depends on your system memory, because under win98, you reduce the available memory by the buffer amount. So if you have 64meg, and allocate a 4096 buffer, you have 64-4(buffer)-16(windows system memory)= 44meg memory for games/apps to play with.

Anyway, this one only works under win98/winme. Find out the IRQ of your network card under the 'device manager'. Mine is IRQ11. Under the system.ini file in your windows directory, find the heading marked [386enh], and at the bottom of the entries, add the line 'IRQ11=4096'. Replace 11 with whatever your irq happens to be. You can allocate any combination of numbers, but I usually keep it to round megs. Here's what mine looks like:

[386Enh]
ebios=*ebios
woafont=dosapp.fon
mouse=*vmouse, msmouse.vxd
device=*dynapage
device=*vcd
device=*vpd
device=*int13
keyboard=*vkd
display=*vdd,*vflatd
DMABufferSize=64
PagingDrive=C:
MinPagingFileSize=131072
MaxPagingFileSize=256000
IRQ11=4096

If you have a dialup modem, you're not going to notice the speed, so don't bother. If you have dsl/cable, 4096 will help on noticably on downloads, and ever so slightly on uploads. Cable can't handle (at least mine can't) much more than 800k/s download, so 4 meg is plenty. If you have a t1 or t3, a 8192 buffer will crank in a noticable difference.

If you care to do a little further tweaking/reading, browse over to <A HREF="http://www.speedguide.net" target="_new"> Your DSL/Cable on Speed</A>

 

[walkr]

thanx i'll give it a good as i have cable. but my nic is usb so well have to see if it works as i have a usb mouse as well, use the same irq.