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[Ash]

4 GIG memory?! I didn't know it came that much yet...

[Tree]

I've seen as much as 12 GB. That was in a server though. No real reason to have more than 1 or 2 GB in a home PC. Even on a gaming rig.

Mine:

128MB RAM
1.7 GHz Intel Pentium 4 (No HT)

Everything else doesn't matter. I only use it for programming and email.

[Legion]

LAUGHING MY FUCKING ASS OFF!

[Hrod89]

How in the hell did they give you four gigs of memory with that graphics card. It's blasphemy I tell you, blaphemy!

[chemical ali]

I've seen as much as 12 GB. That was in a server though. No real reason to have more than 1 or 2 GB in a home PC. Even on a gaming rig.

Mine:

128MB RAM
1.7 GHz Intel Pentium 4 (No HT)

Everything else doesn't matter. I only use it for programming and email.

Unless it was 64 bit, 12 gig is impossible in XP.

[Torn]

NVIDIA GeForce 6150 graphics card

Gratz for COMPLETELY owning your computer with integrated graphics. 4gb of ram means nothing when you haven't actually got a proper graphics card.

[Ash]

Well, I wouldn't have known that by looking, but yes, integrateds are awful...especially the bad ones. I once had one that could only work on Unreal Tournament with the Software Renderer. I was grateful for an old GeForce 4 PCI which actually allowed me to play other games. =/

[Hrod89]

Hell, I was running off a GeForce MX420 before I built this computer. Talk about god aweful.

[Athena]

The computer before this one (bought 5 years ago, also my first computer) had an 8 MB graphics card built in at first. I remember I couldn't play games requiring a 16 MB card lol. After a while I bought a newer graphics card for not too much money, a GeForce 5200FX 128 MB. Now that made a difference .

[Hrod89]

I remember in 1999 when Quake 3 came out, my friend got a Voodoo card, and it was amazing to see Quake 3 run like it did. It was beautiful.

[DemonWolf]

True, my GFX card sucks, but I don't have the funds to upgrade that yet.

Edited by DemonWolf, 08 April 2006 - 06:14 PM.

[Tree]

Unless it was 64 bit, 12 gig is impossible in XP.

That's with XP. XP sucks anyways

If I had 12GB, I'd get some VMware and run XP for games, Cent OS, Red Hat, HP-UX, and another XP just for kicks.

That would be amazing.

[Mastermind]

VMWare > all
except for games. Then VMWare == shit.
I could use another couple gig in the rig I use for VMWare, it's only got 1 gig, and running a VM with 768MB of RAM is kinda slow at first. But once it gets going I've got 2 copies of Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition and a copy of C# 2005 Express Edition going without any problem, and I can use the other desktop as long as I'm not trying to do too much. I'll post pics and specs at some future date when I feel like cleaning up and throwing batteries in my camera.

[Torn]

True, my GFX card sucks, but I don't have the funds to upgrade that yet.

Maybe you should of thought about that before adding a needless 4gb of ram.

[Ash]

LOL, 4gig...unless he's going server with it, I really dunno why he bothered. Still, shouldn't be that hard to raise a coupla hundred nicker to buy a new card. I might do that myself in the next year or so.

[Jeeves]

NVIDIA GeForce FX5100
Feel better about your gfx card now?

[DAA]

oh great now i feel like a complete cheap bastard here with my nvidia gforce fx 5200 video card (128mb) which keeps on giving me BSODS :(

[Athena]

I used to have that one until I bought a better one. It was a difference to my 8 MB gfx card I had before that one though.. It was not too bad a card when I bought it, three years ago, but won't run new things well.

[Tree]

Whee, NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX/MX 400

Not sure if that's any good or not

[Hrod89]

Just letting you know, MX cards suck. I had one. I know.

I also had a PCI FX5500. It was great for DX 8.1 games. It just rolled over and died if you tried to play a DX 9 game though.

I've been considering upgrading to 2 gigs of RAM for a while, but I'll probalby wait and see if the prices come down any more in the next few months.