4GB of RAM is awesome....

Seanohue · 02-15-2009, 10:25 PM

It sure is

02-15-2009, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Seanohue

It sure is

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Originally Posted by RGD.

Those are PC's though, they need 7 GB just to boot.

Seanohue · 02-15-2009, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Darrell

Those are PC's though, they need 7 GB just to boot.

Nah, just 1GB. Mine runs rock solid though, even OCed to 3.5GHz. I dare say I like Vista (64)

This is memory I'm running http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231145

DrDubzz · 02-15-2009, 10:46 PM

I've got 2, all I need for now

the next machine... I think I'll put something ridiculous like 16 in it, just so I can tell Darrell to blow it out his ass

02-15-2009, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by RX2010

I've got 2, all I need for now

the next machine... I think I'll put something ridiculous like 16 in it, just so I can tell Darrell to blow it out his ass

That hurts Tim, I thought we were tight.

DrDubzz · 02-15-2009, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Darrell

That hurts Tim, I thought we were tight.

sorry bro, I was just trying to "out stunt you"

Silound · 02-15-2009, 10:59 PM

Not to knock anyone, but why put more than 4 Gb in a PC running Windows XP or Vista 32-bit as the primary OS?

32-bit versions of Windows can only effectively use up to 3120Mb (roughly 3 gigs) due to software limitations (claimed to allow compatibility on older machines), and can be forced into using a full 4Gb via registry changes. Otherwise, the 4th gig is essentially only used by hardware such as shared video memory tasks.

Much love to 64-bit OS's for opening that up, but even then Vista was proven to actually SLOW DOWN with more than 16 GB of RAM (inefficient memory use) until Service Pack 1 came out and ended that problem.

SmoknTaz · 02-16-2009, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Darrell

Those are PC's though, they need 7 GB just to boot.

I'll take the 8 over my 2 anyday.

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