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What would you do with four gigs of RAM?
« on: August 30, 2006 11:28 pm CDT »
I'm open to suggestions.  I just placed a $573 order for DDR2-900 (PC2-7200) memory...four gigs of it.

I can't exactly use it yet, but once I can I'll need suggestions for how I can waste RAM from day to day.  My machine only uses about 700MB during idle usage.
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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2006 12:26 am CDT »
Run Tokath in continuous mode. :)
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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2006 12:59 am CDT »
Does it leak memory or would four gigs run it in that mode continuously?
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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2006 02:02 am CDT »
How many source-powered games are there on the market now?
Whatever it is, run all of them. At once.
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« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2006 04:44 am CDT »
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Does it leak memory or would four gigs run it in that mode continuously?

It leaks, hehe
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Re: What would you do with four gigs of RAM?
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2006 06:28 am CDT »
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What would you do with four gigs of RAM?


Same thing i've allways done....play Tribes RPG
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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2006 06:56 pm CDT »
I say run multiple instances of Tribes RPG at the same time (if possible)


Then you could be cited for quintuple logging :D
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« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2006 07:40 pm CDT »
I myself would split the ram between two computers, for now at least.  That is, for solutions regarding regular computing/gaming.
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« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2006 07:48 pm CDT »
Considering that Windows XP only supports four gigs of memory total (by design--both 32-bit and 64-bit versions) including both RAM and swap, I'll finally be able to get rid of my page file.  It will be pointless, since I can't address beyond 4GB anyway.  Why include a slower HDD solution and give up real memory?
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« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2006 07:52 pm CDT »
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I say run multiple instances of Tribes RPG at the same time (if possible)


Then you could be cited for quintuple logging :D


I've had up to 13 Tribes games running at once and could easily have handled more...it's doesn't take a whole lot to run Tribes.
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« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2006 07:56 pm CDT »
Uuh...by Tribes, i meant...uuh...Counterstrike: Source >.>
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« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2006 10:40 pm CDT »
I think I'll install Steam to a ramdisk to see how fast it loads.  There's one idea.

Any ideas on free ramdisk software that aren't just copies of MS's reference one (64MB limit)?
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Re: What would you do with four gigs of RAM?
« Reply #12 on: September 1, 2006 05:46 am CDT »
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I'm open to suggestions.  I just placed a $573 order for DDR2-900 (PC2-7200) memory...four gigs of it.


Actually..Send it back..go get yourself a woman lol
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Re: What would you do with four gigs of RAM?
« Reply #13 on: September 1, 2006 09:34 am CDT »
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I'm open to suggestions.  I just placed a $573 order for DDR2-900 (PC2-7200) memory...four gigs of it.

Actually..Send it back..go get yourself a woman lol


Or a fembot.  I'm sure they'd require lots of ram.



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