2 GB in slot of an a1730n

[RoyalSerpent]

Per my previous post, any gain would only show up in selected benchies.  If you can't quantify the improvement with a stop watch (say a drop of 30 seconds or more in processing time), then you're just flushing good $ down the toilet.

[DeniseM-Toronto]

Are you trying to discourage me?   

What I meant was that, unexpectedly, the memory change showed up in the Windows Experience Index

as increased processor performance, rather than increased memory performance. 

I was surprised by that, and am not sure why.

According to PC-Wizard, going from 533 DDR2 to 800 DDR2 meant the clock settings changed.

3 went from 200 MHz to 266 MHz, 4 went from 200 MHz to 333 MHz,

and 5 went from 266 MHz to 400 MHz.  On the other hand, the CMD rate went from 1T to 2T.

Of course I don't want to waste money, but, with all respect,

switching to the higher rated processor and higher rated RAM do seem to have made a noticeable difference

even without overclocking. 

And I've confirmed it is not just something I'm imagining, but something real. 

[gkdiamond]

I tried Ready Boost on my a1730n using 4GB (2 different drives and brands) and boot time went up to a little more than double!

[Big_Dave]

Denise,

Faster clocked memory at times is noticeable and other times you can only see the difference on a benchmark.  Memory intensive applications might show a big difference especially if the processor is waiting on data from memory fetches.