they can't see more than 2GB unless they are flagged "/LARGEADDRESSAWARE" then they can use ~3GB on 32 bit systems and ~4GB on 64 bit systems
8GB RAM with 64-bit OS - is it worth it?
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they can't see more than 2GB unless they are flagged "/LARGEADDRESSAWARE" then they can use ~3GB on 32 bit systems and ~4GB on 64 bit systems
I had 8 gigs in my old rig (e8400), it was totally pointless.
I now have 6 Gigs in my i7-920 rig and its far more than what i use. I would probably have gotten 4 gigs if i didn't want to go for the triple channel feature.
Windows 7 64-bits is just great, Vista 64-bits was vastly inferiour and XP had great potential but was sadly not adequately supported.
I now have 6 Gigs in my i7-920 rig and its far more than what i use. I would probably have gotten 4 gigs if i didn't want to go for the triple channel feature.
Windows 7 64-bits is just great, Vista 64-bits was vastly inferiour and XP had great potential but was sadly not adequately supported.
Tarkhan
King
Yeah, I had a lot of problems with XP 64.
Vista was...well...Vista, and Win7 works fine for me.
OS X..I was trying to help out a friend with his Mac but aargh, I just cant get good performance on that thing in games, at least not as good as on my PC. (Starcraft II). I think it has a crap video driver or something, it just feels slow. He's got almost the same specs as I do, but his game runs a ton slower. I don't know Mac software like I know windows, however.
Vista was...well...Vista, and Win7 works fine for me.
OS X..I was trying to help out a friend with his Mac but aargh, I just cant get good performance on that thing in games, at least not as good as on my PC. (Starcraft II). I think it has a crap video driver or something, it just feels slow. He's got almost the same specs as I do, but his game runs a ton slower. I don't know Mac software like I know windows, however.
Starcraft II Mac coding is a steaming pile of feces people are literally getting 10x the performance on bootcamped Macs
On a 32 bit Windows system even programs linked with largeaddressaware will only have access to 2GB unless the system is booted with the /3GB flag in boot.ini (which you should not do).
Anyway, at this point 6-8GB of RAM is worthwhile for a power user, but there's still little point for "joe average".
I know people who use 16GB DIMMsI have no idea what could need those...
It might be worthwhile to go with that much RAM if you were doing insane amounts of CAD or 3D modeling work. Otherwise it would be kinda pointless except for a high end server.
Genocidicbunny
Bug squasher
I found myself making use of 8GB of RAM back when I used Premiere Pro, Photoshop and AE a lot more. These days I rarely find myself needing more than 4GB of RAM.
servers and triple
EDIT: Correction, they are Quadro 4800s
Tarkhan
King
Only time I use more than 4GB, is when I CAD in 3D.
With the Quadro cards I'd assume they do CAD/3D stuff. Or else have a lot more money than sense.
