Would bumping up to 6GB from 4 on NP8760 make a difference?

I have a NP8760 w/4 GB of 1333 DDR3. Would bumping up to 6G make a marked difference? My main use is to run AutoCAD and graphics programs.

 

Yes. If you're running AutoCAD, you will benefit from the extra 2GB of ram.

 

For such programs yes, but id sooner get a good ssd (intel/ocz) if i were you..

 

Definitely agreed. Even in AutoCAD, I don't think you'd benefit dramatically - unless you are really maxing out the 4GB.

 

If you're into VT - even 6GB might be not enough.
As for the SSD, I'd wait a few months till G3.

 

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a SSD?

 

Solid state drive.

 

A hard drive with no movable parts thats blazing fast, completely silent and very cool..
For comparison:
7200rpm Hard drive - around 80mb/s read speed (idealy if its a good one - ive never had better read speeds with mine),
Intel X25-M G2 - 250mb/s read speed
Makes a world of difference in boot times and launching programs..

 

Understood re the SSD.

Any one recommend a memory module/brand/part number/and or a place to get it for this laptop model?

 

What if you already have a 500gb drive and then get an SSD. Should I use the SSD to install games on or should I use it to install the OS on?

 

The traditional wisdom is to use the SSD primarily for the OS, programs, utilities, etc. that remain generally static or that are frequently accessed during use. Then put data files, music, games, movies and archives of every sort on the secondary mechanical drive. It's easy to over-do this however. With my first SSD (the current 160GB SSD), I have been so careful to limit use of the drive to executables and supporting files that I have ended up using only about 20% of its capacity, pushing nearly everything to the 500GB hard drive. It's not really necessary. With TRIM, good SSD's can handle a heavy volume of file activity with little or no performance penalty. In my case, there has been about 1 TB of writes to the SSD (versus only about 30GB of "permanent storage"), mostly because of its use for temporary files, pagefile, ec. and yet I enjoy the same read/write speeds as when it was brand new. So, I'm leaning toward the conclusion that, assuming reasonable available capacity, you can put any files that are used frequently on the SSD without much consideration for what kind of files they are.

@ O.P. - I've never heard a serious AutoCad user complain about too much RAM, but in my experience a good SSD is the best upgrade available for most people.