4gb ram

valerian · 20 Dec 2006 at 23:02

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2
anyone successfully running 4gb of this

james32 · 21 Dec 2006 at 00:29

had 4gb running in p5w64 ws
now got 4gb of cellshock

Arthalen · 21 Dec 2006 at 09:28

Can I ask, what do you guys do with your PC's to warrant the use of 4GB ?

WJA96 · 21 Dec 2006 at 10:51

Arthalen said:
Can I ask, what do you guys do with your PC's to warrant the use of 4GB ?

XP Pro 64-bit, Vista or Win2K3 Server all support direct addressing of >2Gb by the Kernel. That means you can load 4Gb of data into memory before you need to page out to hard disk. Any job requiring big data files is speeded up radically (3D Modelling, CAD, AI Learning systems, Program compilation).

The old rule of thumb for a Windows server was 256Mb RAM for each user, now they are saying 512MB and doubtless they'll soon recommend 1Gb of RAM per user. It's so cheap anyway (relatively) that you might as well do it.

Of course, it could just be an ePenis thing too. Nothing wrong with that.