comments on KDE performance tips

[Stefan Heimers]

Am Montag, 13. Januar 2003 14.34 schrieb Philippe FREMY:

> - if I upgrade only one part of my hardware, which part will make KDE
> faster ? More memory ?

If you have less than 96MB, definitely upgrade RAM first. If you have 
more than 192MB, it should be enough, better spend your money on 
something else.

> Quicker CPU ? Quicker hard disk ?

A quicker hd makes programs load faster, a quicker cpu makes the user 
interface snappier AND load programs faster (especially C++ ones, which 
is the case for KDE). 

See if your cpu load is very high during KDE login. If yes, upgrade your 
cpu, else upgrade your hd.

Also prefer a cpu upgrade if you do a lot of video/audio compression or 
number crunching with your machine.

> quicker
> graphic card ?

Only if you use video or 3D games.


Stefan