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OCR: COMPUTEP HARDWARE What information about memory performance is most impor- tant? Even though ROM and EEPROM have important roles in the operation of a computer, RAM capacity really makes a difference you can notice. The more data and programs that can fit into RAM, the less time your computer will spend moving data to and from virtual memory. With lots of RAM, you'll find that documents scroll faster, games respond more quickly, and many graphics operations take less time than with computer that has skimpy RAM capacity Most ads specify RAM capacity, speed, and type Now when you see the specifi fication GB 675 MHz Dual- -Channel DDR2 SDRAM (max 2 GB) in computer ad you'll know that the computer's RAM capacity gigabyte (enough to run Windows Vista), that it operates at 675 megahertz (fairly ...