Does RAM = increased download speed?

Question

I currently have 512 (2 x 256 sticks) in my computer. I recently ordered 2 gb (2 x 1 gig sticks). After my upgrade I will be at 2256 of RAM in my computer. It will hold a max of 3 gigs. Will that help increase my download speed? Right now it is painfully slow and I am paying for 20 mb roadrunner internet. I am downloading at about 1kb a sec. (If it makes it that high). If not, what can I do to help. It's killing me.

Answer 1

No, but it can if you have a lot of background programs running

Answer 2

Increase Computer Download Speed

Answer 3

Ram increase would only help if the computer was so blocked up with active processes using hard drive memory as active memory that it slowed the application doing the download.



Slow download can happen in a lot of ways. It is often due to limitations on the remote (source) computer, either because so many people are taking from that site that it has divided its capacity into small bits for everyone, or because that computer has limited its output to any given individual (you might see this on some appplications like limewire, for example).



A second important source of problem is that your connection is nominally 20mb, but you share bandwidth with several other users, so combined that short link between you and the server is used by several people and there is not enough bandwidth on that spur to allow the full nominal capacity to you personally. This happens to me at work sometimes, where there are multiple users linked to a server from the same building over the same lines (several companies using the same provider).



And of course, there may be limitations on your end, with your software or modem.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

Increasing RAM may lead to better performance of your browser,and hence surf speeds,but if you really want good Download speeds,then purchase a high bandwidth connection.(About 1Mbps will do)

Answer 7

Sorry to say that NO, increasing your RAM will not speed up downloading. Increasing your RAM will only increase your computer's processing speed and it's accessing/handling/processing of programs and files. It will help you in multi tasking and having several programs running at the same time as the computer have more memory to handle these tasks.



To increase your download speed, your internet connection/subscription to your ISP (in your case Raodrunner) should be at high speed and so with all the internet settings set at high speed.

Answer 8

Nope, RAM affects your computer's speed and not the internet connection's. To increase download speed, get a good ISP (Internet service provider) with good speed. 20mb connection shouldn't have such slow download speeds like 1kb/s. I have a 256kb internet but I could download like 40kb/s. You should complain to your ISP or it could also be caused by viruses slowing your connection.

Answer 9

RAM has nothing to do with your internet speed.



It's most likely malware or a trojan that's causing the problems.

There are 2 ways of doing it



Attempt to remove the malware. I'll give you a few links:

MalwareBytes antimalware:

http://www.malwarebytes.org/



Kaspersky online scanner:

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner



and Kaspersky rescue disk:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Kaspersky-Rescue-Disk.shtml

(you need to burn this ISO file using IMGburn into a DVD. then, boot into this disc at startup to begin the Kaspersky virus scanner program)



2nd method:

Reinstall Windows.

Answer 10

It seems you have a quite old computer, (512 must be an old compt.), I would have gone first to changing the network card (or modem), more memory could partially solve the problem but I really don't think that is the solution.

Answer 11

RAM increases your speed of the computer itself.

You need faster internet connection

Average dial-up is 54kbps

You want broadband getting you about 250kbps at least.

Your computer should run hell fast though :)

Answer 12

no. ram has nothing to do with download speeds. call roadrunner and have them test the connection.

Answer 13

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