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September 9th, 2008, 12:25 PM
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#31 | | Newbie
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Originally Posted by Sl1m  anything over 4gb will ultimately just be a waste of money and slow down your pc. | No, depends on OS and hardware...and what you do with your PC. I do CG work besides gaming, Complex scenes/renders can chew up 4GB in a heartbeat.
Currently 4GB, adding 2 more sticks (2x 2GB) in a few weeks for 8GB total. | 
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September 9th, 2008, 08:58 PM
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#32 | | Even Simpler
| | CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 |
| | GPU: Nvidia GF9400+9600M GT |
| | M/B: Apple MacBookPro v5.1 |
| | RAM: 2x2Gb Samsung/Mac DDR3 |
| | PSU: 85w MagSafe External |
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Originally Posted by DeadSpace No, depends on OS and hardware...and what you do with your PC. I do CG work besides gaming, Complex scenes/renders can chew up 4GB in a heartbeat.
Currently 4GB, adding 2 more sticks (2x 2GB) in a few weeks for 8GB total. | Perhaps a better GPU would help.
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September 9th, 2008, 09:49 PM
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#33 | | (ಠ_ರೃ)
| | CPU: 940 BE @ 3.62Ghz H2O |
| | RAM: 2x2GB 1.1Ghz HyperX BE |
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currenty 2 gb ( 2 x 1gb sticks kingmax 1066Mhz @ 1280Mhz cl6), had 4 gb on my old rig ( 4x 1gb sticks kingmax 800mhz @ 900Mhz cl4) and i really can't say i feel a slow down when using 2g's on this new rig.
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September 9th, 2008, 11:54 PM
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#34 | | Newbie
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Originally Posted by IModIntel Perhaps a better GPU would help. | A purpose designed gpu for rendering applications runs into the 1k+ range see here and doesn't do well with other tasks. Matrox is the only cheaper manufacturer I've seen and it doesn't wholly support ray tracing, more into medical imaging >.> . Gelato for the nVidia gpu's helps, but only with Maya and 3d Studio Max. Doesn't do a thing for Cinema 4D my prefered work tool.
Mayhap you can shell out a couple thousand to boost render speeds...i'd rather get more ram, cheaper by far. | |
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September 10th, 2008, 12:30 AM
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#35 | | Stuck in "April 1st"
| | M/B: Asus Rampage Formula |
| | RAM: G.Skill 2x2GB PI Black |
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RAM+CPU are extremely important factors for rendering performance.
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September 10th, 2008, 02:53 AM
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#36 | | Even Simpler
| | CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 |
| | GPU: Nvidia GF9400+9600M GT |
| | M/B: Apple MacBookPro v5.1 |
| | RAM: 2x2Gb Samsung/Mac DDR3 |
| | PSU: 85w MagSafe External |
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Originally Posted by Unixlord RAM+CPU are extremely important factors for rendering performance. | Definitely. During my basic rendering course in high school, we had P4s + 845 IGPs. TrueSpace 3 had trouble. Gives you an idea.
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September 14th, 2008, 09:05 PM
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#37 | | Newbie
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I have 4 GB installed , and can use all 4GB since I'm running Windows Server 2003 32bit.
Still as I'm running a 32bit OS , a single userspace application can only use 2GB maximum.
The OS takes up some memory too , but still a lot of memory was going unused.
So I got eboostr and set it to use 1GB system memory as cache .. loading programs and games is now VERY fast.
I still have some memory left that is not being used , so I'm thinking about installing a ramdisk and configuring windows to put the temporary files on it - it should speed things up further. | |
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September 14th, 2008, 09:31 PM
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#38 | | Stuck in "April 1st"
| | M/B: Asus Rampage Formula |
| | RAM: G.Skill 2x2GB PI Black |
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Yeah ramdisks absolutely rock (regardless of the OS you use). As long as you mind the drawbacks (reliability being one) that is.
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September 14th, 2008, 10:17 PM
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#39 | | Edelweiss Corporal
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2 gb here as well since its XP , mostly use for gaming (like 5 hours a week IoI)
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September 14th, 2008, 11:42 PM
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#40 | | (ಠ_ರೃ)
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| | RAM: 2x2GB 1.1Ghz HyperX BE |
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Originally Posted by nCaine 2 gb here as well since its XP , mostly use for gaming (like 5 hours a week IoI) | that's almost 43 minutes / day 
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