64GB ought to be enough ram for anybody
Making it an MCM would help, not that it would make it any cheaper though
We'll be quoting that in 2022
In all seriousness, I do think that we're getting to a point that more RAM is useless for the average consumer. If you look at the current situation, 4GB of RAM has been enough for normal tasks for around three years since it became mainstream. Windows 8 will not change this, either.
From reading this thread, it sounds like most of you would also add "and 4 cores ought to be enough for anybody."
I would never confuse AT with MaxPC or even [H], but doesn't anybody around here believe in having more just for the sake of having more? Where's your adventurous spirit, for godssakes?
In all seriousness, I do think that we're getting to a point that more RAM is useless for the average consumer. If you look at the current situation, 4GB of RAM has been enough for normal tasks for around three years since it became mainstream. Windows 8 will not change this, either.
I'm waiting for 8gb sticks to become cheaper. It would be lovely to create a ram disk for the pagefile, temp folders or some other virtual use.
Uh, you can already do this with 2x4 GB RAM modules, you know?
Yea, similar to this bad boy: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/23/ibm_z196_mainframe_processor/
Yoinks!Holy hell, I bet that thing gets TOASTY.
If I did the math right, those 6 CP's represent 576MB of L4$Six CPs and two SCs are implemented on each MCM, which is a square that is 96 millimeters on a side, which dissipates 1,800 watts.
lol adventurous spirit l like that.
You mean like buying a $1000 extreme edition chip to just play games?
Or the guy that buys 7970 Xfire for a 1080p display.
You can keep it my friend my wallets thanks me for having little more common sense!
And 4 cores is enough for common desktop usage and games which is what was implied everyone knows once you leave the desktop space it changes.
You don't have more common sense then anyone, you just chose not to buy a 7970 or extreme edition chip. I've never understood this holler than thou attitude people have around here. Its like you have to justify not buying able to buy something by putting down people that can.
The Fox and the Grapes by Aesop. When the fox fails to reach the grapes, he decides he does not want them after all. Rationalization (making excuses) is often involved in reducing anxiety about conflicting cognitions.
From reading this thread, it sounds like most of you would also add "and 4 cores ought to be enough for anybody."
I would never confuse AT with MaxPC or even [H], but doesn't anybody around here believe in having more just for the sake of having more? Where's your adventurous spirit, for godssakes?
If Haswell doesn't look that awesome, I may actually go IVB-E. We'll see.
Even if Haswell had the same IPC as IB on legacy code (which is wont), the new instructions and other enchancements (and IGP) alone would make it worth the upgrade in my opinion.
In all seriousness, I do think that we're getting to a point that more RAM is useless for the average consumer. If you look at the current situation, 4GB of RAM has been enough for normal tasks for around three years since it became mainstream. Windows 8 will not change this, either.
I used to think i will have no need for more then 4gb of ram till just this week,BF3 ultra 1080p my system usage went over 4gb and i had only the game and the essential tools for monitoring open and one browser tab.
Damn glad i went with 8gb.:thumbsup:
You don't have more common sense then anyone, you just chose not to buy a 7970 or extreme edition chip. I've never understood this holler than thou attitude people have around here. Its like you have to justify not buying able to buy something by putting down people that can.
It's called cognitive dissonance, and what you are describing is viewed to be a natural part of the process in which the psyche attempts to reduce the perceived value of something that cannot be easily obtained.
You will see plenty cognitive dissonance in these forums, it gets referred to as "jealousy" in laymen garb and the process of doing it comes by way of denigrating the high-end gear as "e-peen".
Cognitive dissonance occurs in practically every consumer market that involves tiered pricing segmentation, its an unavoidable reality of the human psyche.
=) trust me it has nothing to do with jealously.
If someone choose to spend 10k on a gaming pc its there business but that doesn't make it smart choice!
Its not a dumb choice either, its just their choice.
I guess i'm coming off as alittle judgemental you are right people are free to do with their money as they please.
=)