[X4U] Preferences for installing diff size RAM?

[Brett Conlon]

Thanks Aaron and others for responding. Sorry for the delay in replying 
back - family matters...

Cheers,

Coj




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Under OS X, all memory, except for some used by certain portions of the OS 
kernel, is virtual. It thus can be mapped anywhere in the physical RAM and 
this mapping will change as pages are swapped in and out. If there are any 
speed differences at all due to RAM placement, they would be very small 
and entirely machine-specific and it would require expert knowledge of the 
particular machine's architecture to figure them out. It's hard to imagine 
a situation where it would be worth it.

 - Aaron

>To: X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
>From: Brett Conlon <brett.conlon at SonyDADC.com>
>Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:44:51 +1000
>
>Hi all,
>
>Does anyone have any theories on which size RAM should go into which 
slot,
>eg. largest chips at the front to smallest chips at back or vice versa?
>
>We're heavy Photoshop users here and I've often wondered if I should be
>leaving the largest chips to the end of the slots so the OS can use the
>smaller chips and leave the grunt work of Photoshop to the larger chips 
or
>should it be vice versa. For the most part I've been installing them
>largest to smallest.
>
>This assumes that there is some sort of lag as info has to be retrieved
>from different chips, otherwise this is a moot point.
>
>Anyway, your thougts are most appreciated.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Cojcolds