The most I use is around 720MB in normal use, but in heavy use it can start chugging a bit - I will change my Ram to 2GB (of whatever type) next time I go for a new Motherboard (Which will be an Opteron Workstation mobo I expect).
Windows Task Manager can return incorrect Ram usage too. It only reports on Ram that is registered as being used. When programs not written well enough cache in Ram, and they don't tell Windows per-se, it doesnt register it - better using a 3rd party Ram usage indicator like StatBar and its Ram module.
Windows Task Manager can return incorrect Ram usage too. It only reports on Ram that is registered as being used. When programs not written well enough cache in Ram, and they don't tell Windows per-se, it doesnt register it - better using a 3rd party Ram usage indicator like StatBar and its Ram module.
There's no such thing as a zero-disk activity install. EVERY program has to write to the disk. If that didn't happen then the minute you reboot your installation would be gone because it would still reside in the memory.
He is talking about from his computer. Of course the computer that is actually having the program installed is writing to the disk, but his computer isnt. I think....
mechBgon
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You're right in what you say, but you misunderstood what I said.
My system hosts the administrative installation point for Office2000 at our office. When I'm building new systems, they pull their Office2000 installations from my computer (while I'm using it as a workstation). The first time an Office2000 install is requested, it comes from my hard drive, resulting in disk activity. From there on, my system's OS keeps the Office2000 admin. installation-point files in RAM, and the next system to request an installation gets it from RAM, so my hard drive is free to work for *me*.
Same applies for all the other files and patches that I host (IE 5.5SP2, Q-patches, SP3 for Win2000, Acrobat Reader, FilZip, McAfee VirusScan 4.5.1, etc). Does that clarify it
Or you could buy a system that costs half as much as the overkill today, which will run all games that are out today just fine, and then another one for the half price in a year, and never fall behind.
Yeah, at least....
Tell me what the hell you are doing to need at least 4 gigs of ram, hosting the entire internet?
hey who cares its pretty cheap now the more ram the better... you planning to play sim city 4 much?
AgaBoogaBoo
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Thats what I was going to ask had you not posted that. It seems like Shuttle team has been working on some very exquisite systems because if you read over his previous posts, he mentions systems we never even think about. One of them was of a ton of hard drives spinning up, thats sounded like an engine!
AgaBoogaBoo
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I'm sure you'd need more. There are probably plenty of pr0n sites that take up many times more space than 4GB.
ScrapSilicon
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lol...you had to remind me..listening to it taking off now(I dled
) ...sounds like a shuttle launching ..saw that he had in that screenshot 83 processes running...one NASA tiff would pull those numbers..
Jeff7181
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In my opinion, 1 GB is enough unless you're doing something out of the ordinary with your computer... if you're planning for the future, that's still a bad idea since there will be new and faster RAM, and the stuff you would buy now will only get cheaper as time goes by.
Get 2x512 Corsair XMS PC3200 Low Latency... that'll be more than adequate. Or maybe go with OCZ's PC3700 so you can overclock that 3.0C and keep the memory in sync.
Get 2x512 Corsair XMS PC3200 Low Latency... that'll be more than adequate. Or maybe go with OCZ's PC3700 so you can overclock that 3.0C and keep the memory in sync.
Chaotic42
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If I was going to host the entire internet, all at once, to everyone on the internet, I'd need quite a bit more than 4GB of memory.
What am I going to be doing with it? I don't know. Since I haven't build my next system, I have no idea what I'll be running on it. I can only imagine, that by late 2004, 4GB of RAM will be a decent amount. 18 months ago I had 256MB. 18 months before I had 64. Now I have just over 1GB. Seems like a pattern to me.
I also run Linux, which uses a good deal of the computer's memory no matter what.
Lastly, I like computers, I like playing around with them, and I want 4GB. Computers are fun for me.
Live a little.... Geezus
Workstation actually. Linear Aerospike RTS generates enormous amounts of data. This must be analysed. The process takes a while...
-DAK-
some upcoming videogames such as SWG and otehrs alike will utilize the extra RAM. i got 2 gigs just for that purpose, and of course as people above mentioned, video / image editing, and i'd imagine sound would fit into that as well.
other then that i dont know
other then that i dont know
AgaBoogaBoo
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Yeah, I understand. Seriously, whats that mean?
I guess it has something to do with space but I have no clue what RTS stands for.
As mechBgon has said, it will make a difference eventually as stuff you use frequently gets cached, even if any one (or multiple) program doesn't use it all for data manipulation. Hell, if you have the money, go ahead and get it even if you wouldn't be using all of it. It would be cool just for the bragging rights.
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