Necessary System Upgradation for advanced performance

[NoOp]

On 06/30/2009 10:32 AM, suman wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have installed ubuntu in my system and is finding in working at an
> exceedingly slow pace. One reason for this may me the RAM which I have of
> only 247 mb but there might be other reasons for the retarded
> performance(for example graphics card). I will go for upgradation of
> necessary components. But before that it will be really nice if anyone can
> advice on the things that will need upgradation. Given below ar my present
> system details;
> 
>  description: Computer
>     width: 32 bits
>   *-core
>        description: Motherboard
>        physical id: 0
>      *-memory
>           description: System memory
>           physical id: 0
>           size: 247MiB
>      *-cpu
>           product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz
>           vendor: Intel Corp.
>           physical id: 1
>           bus info: cpu at 0
>           version: 15.1.3
>           size: 1800MHz
>           width: 32 bits
>           capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8
> apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss
> ht tm up pebs bts

I'd agree with the others that you should invest in more memory. Even an
additional 128MB will make a difference. For example, this is one of my
test machines:

     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: Pentium III (Coppermine)
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu at 0
          version: 6.8.10
          slot: J3C1
          size: 1GHz

     *-memory
...
          size: 384MiB

And it works quite well with 384MB. That machine doesn't use desktop
effects and it's graphics card is as old as the hills:
            capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
           *-display UNCLAIMED
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X

This is from my laptop which I use nearly every day:
*-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: Pentium III (Coppermine)
          vendor: Intel Corp.
...
          size: 800MHz
...
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
...
          size: 384MiB