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Other => Other => Topic started by: Computer Hope Admin on March 02, 2009, 12:23:06 AM
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For the month of March we thought it would be interesting to see how much total computer memory you have in the computer. Feel free to talk about how your system is performing with the memory it has, if you plan on upgrading, the history of computers you've used in the past and how much memory they've had in them, etc. This poll also supports multiple voting if you have more than one computer.
What do the options mean?
Because I didn't want to have an extensive list of every possible memory combination I've made a list that's comprised of options with greater than (>) and less than (<) values. If your computer had 1GB you'd select > 512 <= 1GB because you have more than 512 and equal to 1GB. If you had 1.5GB of memory you'd choose > 1GB <= 2GB because you have more than 1GB but less than 2GB. Hope that makes sense.
If you need help with determining how much memory you have in your computer see document CH000149 (http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000149.htm).
All past monthly polls and results can also be found on the Computer Hope poll page (http://www.computerhope.com/polls.htm).
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First to post! Whoo!
I have 2GB of RAM in my laptop...
My server has some weird amount in it... its around 360MB...
My evil iMac, soon to have ArchLinux for PPC on it, 129MB of RAM.
Step dads computer, 1GB
Dads computer, 512MB
Moms laptop (really my laptop) 256MB
Computers I deal with at school... mostly donated computers, anywhere from 100MB to 1GB.. I wish we could afford to just get rid of them all and replace them with one specific model of a higher quality, it would be easier to ghost them that way..
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512 <= 1GB
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Grats on the first post Zylstra and good information. I thought it might be interesting for individuals such as yourself who have access to multiple computers to have the ability to vote more than once. So for those of you who have more than one computer with different memory totals you're welcome to submit more than one vote.
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My laptop has 1 gig
Wife's laptop has 2 gig
Desk top has 3 gig
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My Desktop 3 gig
Other desktop 1 gig
Laptop 1 gig
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Main laptop: 1GB
Crappy laptop: 364mb
Tablet: 2GB
Mini: 1GB
Desktop 1: 512mb
Desktop 2: 1GB
One big happy family. :D
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My family's PC has 1GB of RAM, my laptop has 2GB, my server has 2GB and my desktop has 4GB.
I have some other computers lying around, which aren't in service right now - they vary from 8MB to 1GB.
As for performance, my family's PC is fine for what they need it for, my laptop chugs along great when I use it, which is rare. My server is performing just fine, but as the RAM is only PC133 I don't think 2GB is actually benefiting it. 4GB on my desktop is fine too, but when I do my new build later this year I'm going for more.
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Vista desktop - 2GB
Vista laptop - 2Gb
Win 2K - 384MB
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Vista laptop, 4GB (maxed out when I bought it)
XP desktop, 1GB (I think this is maxed out)
Old PC, 512MB (I kind of throw whatever OS I want on it... right now it has NT4, if memory serves; haven't really bothered with it since I got the laptop, however- Virtual PC runs almost any OS at 100% speed on the laptop, so I can test my programs & installers without resorting to going through arduous install/reinstall processes...
Toshiba Satellite 440CDX, 98SE 144MB (maxed out)
Thinkpad 755CDV Win31 and DOS 6, 8MB (maxes out at 40MB, but there is no way I'll find the module at a reasonable price these days!)
Vista Laptop runs the best of all of them, of course, being my only dual core machine likely being the main factor there. Runs everything, except a few games, faster then my desktop, which has the sole advantage of a separate graphics card (FX 5500)
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1st computer ever (current family computer) 512mb really slow running xp got it in 01
my 1st build 1gb on xp was pretty fast
my upgraded build (new everything besides case which I modded hard drive and dvd drives) 2gb ram goes pretty good. I will b getting 4 though I dont see a need cause it never uses that much but Im shure it wil help
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384MB ;)
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Vista Ultimatex64/Win 7x64 box 6G...
Benchtest machine 768Mg
No notebook currently.
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2GB Vista laptop.
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I am running my vistas home basic on 1gb but to me seem slow i am thinking of getting new desktop because i like online gaming so if any has wot i should go for would like to see what you all have to say please. I have looked at 2 so far 1 is intel dual core with 3gb 500gb SATA HD & nvidia 9800st graphs card or there is 1 has intel quad cord processor with 4gb with 500gd HD 9600 nvidia graphs card they is about £100 different in the price but i dont know anything bout the SATA HD SO ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT FROM YOU GUYS ON HER
THANK YOU
JENZO
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Well if I deciphered your text correct. Sorry had hard time reading what you said above. SATA (http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/sata.htm) can be a great improvement in overall system performance, but it's the CPU you'd get more performance from if the one for 100 more has a quad core in it I'd go for that personally, I'd imagine that system would also be running SATA although may not mention it. In the future please post new questions in a new topic. If you need help doing that see the below link.
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,45928.0.html
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quad for shure but thats only if you do a lot of multitasking. Games also only use 2 cores of a cpu not 4. They will in the future though
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Games also only use 2 cores of a cpu not 4.
This depends on the game.
Many games, even older ones, will use multiple cores, since their program was written to adjust itself automatically to however many cores you have.
Usually, they work in duplicate modes, so if you have a really weird tri-core (I've seen this before... when the motherboard cant support all four, so the manufacturer disables the last... weird) it would only use two...
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Well I thought MOST games couldnt besides flight sim. X
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Even in the case where a game only supports/uses a single core, the fact that background tasks and services can be alloted to other cores, while the one core is dedicated to the game means often performance can shoot up over 75-100%, depending on the number of background tasks running. This is compounded because the core the game is using will not need to make any expensive context switches to run other processes at all.
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1.Dell Gx110 with 512 MB Ram
2.Dell Gx110 with 256 MB ram.
Bought both as a package deal from Ebay 1 year ago for
100 dollars,with free shipping.
May put back together old Gateway computer later. lol
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1.) Main computer-----4gb ram
2.) Compaq presario r3000-----512mb ram
and I ♥ them both
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Not so much lately ;D
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1.21mb
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I forgot to mention my 2MB IBM, and my 8MB Gateway SOLO Series Laptop...
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oh yea...256MB on the possibly going out Dell Dimension L933r...
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Custom built desktop- 4 gb
Windows 7 beta desktop-1 gb
Toshiba laptop-3 gb
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Poor old Cyril, who's most certainly on his last legs, has a whopping great 128MB of RAM on him. And he runs Windows XP well... as we speak, I've got five tabs open in IE7, 3 conversations going on in Windows Messenger (not WLM), and the caluclator open. And I can Photoshop images reasonably well in Photoshop 7. He's not due for an upgrade anytime soon, until I can afford New Laptop. That's his upgrade.
Mr. Vista on the other hand, has 1GB of RAM, and doesn't cope too well. I can have IE7 with the same sites, WLM with the same conversations and Outlook open as well, and he'll be ssslllooowww. Althought that could be because my Outlook.pst file is so huge. Must cut down on it's size... that mgiht make things happier. Although with a 1GB stick of DDR2 RAM being about $150 installed, that could fix him up too. I've seen Vista run better on a 2.0GHz C2D with 2GB RAM. That's his next upgrade, I think.
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my old desktop 512mb+128mb, since it using ddr the price for upgrade seems higher that why i'm building a custom pc using ddr2 this year.
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$150 for a 1gb stick of ram!?!?!?!!!!! :o
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Yep. Some RAM is rare.
If you go to crucial, and you don't find the RAM for your computer, I can assure you, you can find it somewhere else, but be prepared to cough up at least $100.
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DDR2 ram isnt rare ??? ??? ??? ???
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DDR2 ram isnt rare ??? ??? ??? ???
but DDR1 is, some of us have older rigs...
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And SDRAM, EDO RAM, or heaven forbid FPM RAM are even harder to find. I don't think they sell DIP chips anymore...
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no they do sell the DIPs you just have to look in Mail-Order catalogs...and i do need a new rig soon, SD is already hard enough to find the right speed and all.
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no they do sell the DIPs you just have to look in Mail-Order catalogs...and i do need a new rig soon, SD is already hard enough to find the right speed and all.
DIPs? the chips with legs? The ones that look like a graveyard on a 286 motherboard? And ironically rise slowly like ghosts with heat and cooling?
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Although with a 1GB stick of DDR2 RAM being about $150 installed, that could fix him up too.
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I voted two in two categories:
- Notebook with Vista Home Premium SP1: 2GB
- Desktop with XP Pro SP3: 512MB
- Desktop running Linux Ubuntu 8.04LTS: 512MB
I also have two older computers that are not being used (probably headed for next local recycling drive), so I did not vote on them. One has Win 98SE, the other, Win ME. They both have 128MB.
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dont recycle! give them to me! ::) ::)
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no they do sell the DIPs you just have to look in Mail-Order catalogs...and i do need a new rig soon, SD is already hard enough to find the right speed and all.
DIPs? the chips with legs? The ones that look like a graveyard on a 286 motherboard? And ironically rise slowly like ghosts with heat and cooling?
yes, yes and yes
this is a dip:
(http://rocky.digikey.com/weblib/Zilog/Web%20Photos/Z-18-DIP.jpg)
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Why?
Did you give me my gift certificates? ;D
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but I need those gift certificates. Soy doesnt need those computers
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dont recycle! give them to me! ::) ::)
Ha! Well, one of them is about 12 1/2 years old; it was originally a 75MHz Pentium with 8MB of RAM. It was my primary computer for years and numerous upgrades took it up to a 200MHz processor with 128 MB of RAM, the maximum RAM it will support. If space were and clutter were not issues, I might keep it for no other reason than sentimental value. If you lived nearby (central Ohio), you could have it. I know the organization conducting the recycling drive will truly process it for recycling.
The other one was given to me by folks with the understanding I would turn it in to the recycling drive; I belong to the organization conducting the recycling drive, a local computer users' group. In this case, I'm sure they will not recycle this one, they'll offer it to a qualified low-income recipient. This computer is a Pentium III, 800 MHz, and will support up to 512MB of RAM, so it could run Win 2K or Win XP.
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the 800mhz I would take and by central oh you mean the middle right?
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I need those gift certificates
I do too ;D
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the 800mhz I would take and by central oh you mean the middle right?
I sent you a PM on this.
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me too ;D
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me too ;D
You sent yourself a PM ? ?
I didn't know the Board could do that...
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i sent soy one
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Just make sure, you don't send him any gift certificates ;D
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nope
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Good ;D
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I have a box of what I think is DDR1 RAM...
A very large box... full of it.
Not even my schools eMachines take it...
I'm not sure what kind of computers we had that used it..
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mi has 558mb
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I have a box of what I think is DDR1 RAM...
A very large box... full of it.
Not even my schools eMachines take it...
I'm not sure what kind of computers we had that used it..
i'd take it off your hands...a 256MB SDRAM PC133, if you have one :D
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One of my computers has 1gb sdram
The other has 2gb ddr ram
The third has 6gb ddr2 ram.
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Maybe I should just get the school to sell it all...
I bet we could organize it into different groups, but, I need to check to see if it is DDR1. I dont think its SD... SD tends to be smaller and a bit wider, I need to take a close look at the pins.
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Ship it here and I will tell you ;D
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I've got 4 GB of DDR3.
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Maybe I should just get the school to sell it all...
I bet we could organize it into different groups, but, I need to check to see if it is DDR1. I dont think its SD... SD tends to be smaller and a bit wider, I need to take a close look at the pins.
DDR on the top
(http://www.dansdata.com/images/io014/ddrsdr560.jpg)
SDRAM on the bottom this pic
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dont think my DDR1 ram looks like that, and i remember that it is SDRAM.
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dont think my DDR1 ram looks like that,
then chances are it isn't DDR1.
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no its, DDR1 but its the type of memory, SDRAM...
http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=4C421157A5CA7304 (http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=4C421157A5CA7304)
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Well...
Technically, DDR is SDRAM. The "SD" stands for Synchronous Dynamic RAM. SDRAM is tied to the system clock or is "in sync" with the clock. SDRAM clock speeds match the FSB.
Before SDRAM there was FPMRAM that was not "synchronous" with the system clock.
DDR stands for Double Data Rate. With DDR the throughput of SDRAM is DOUBLED by making two processes for every clock cycle.
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Yeah, that makes sense. There is a complicated process in that.
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So, SD-RAM doesnt have its own internal clock speed?
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I dont know, i just thought SDRAM was a type of DDR ram technology that had a different memory layout or design.
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I dont know, i just thought SDRAM was a type of DDR ram technology that had a different memory layout or design.
no, other way around.
DDR is Double-Data Rate SDRAM.
Most Computer memory is SDRAM, except for most on-chip cache is SRAM, which is faster; and there are various other kinds used in different applications, but most expandable computer memory is some form of SDRAM right now.
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ok..so basically i have an older version of SDRAM, not an older version of DDR ram
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my main laptop (acer "mini" intel atom) has 1gig ddr2
desktop has 512 mb sdram
secoundary has 512 mb sdram
my old main had 2 gigs ddr2
well this is pretty cool stuff here man..
peace out my g33k5!!!
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My moms computer has 2gb, mine has 504MB. Now if only she would switch to high speed internet....
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Our main computer has 4GB, but only 3.5GB are usable since I'm running XP 32-bit. My old laptop that my mom uses has 1GB. The old desktop has 512MB. As for my sister's laptop and my dad's, I have no clue. I'd say between 512MB and 1GB.
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my laptop has 3gbs other pc has 2gb memory
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I am running on 8GB due to working with Video Editing, and 3D Studio work Under Vista Ultimate.
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I've 2 Gb in my Desktop
My Laptop also has 2 Gb
My wifes Desktop has 1.5 Gb as does my stepdaughters
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The first computer I ever used was an IBM360 it had 32KB of main memory with about 512KB of disk space on line and seven tape drives (a real of tape could contain up to 256KB of data). It ran IBM OS or DOS. It had many remote users on the network. With all this it accomplished a lot. I now have a desktop with 2 GB RAM and 350 GB HD online and several multi GB's of flash memory and HD devices off line and still it does not accomplish much. More like a high priced entertainment center. It seems the more technological and massive amount of storage and speed we get the less we get accomplished.
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Vista Desktop - 8GB
XP Pro Fileserver - 8GB
Vista laptop - 4GB
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Let's see... I'm running a tri-boot Vista 32 & 64 bit Ultimate along with a Vista Premium I migrated from an older PC I had built but haven't bothered in recovering it; I can boot into the first two. 4 GB 800Mhz DDR2 RAM, Intel Quad processor 2.66GHz, 1GB DDR3 GPU (NVIDIA 9600) and XFX Force 680i LT motherboard with 4 HDD's. Pheww!!!! This doesn't include 3 other OS's I'm running on a Virtual Machine. Among them is Ubuntu Linux (just for the heck of it), which is quite boring to use and look at.
I volunteer my PC's power along with others using the BOINC program which crunches numbers for SETI@Home, Einstein@Home and The Large Hadron Collider. Pretty Neat! ;D I'm providing a screenshot.
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My Desktop Has 36GB DDR3 1600mhz Triple Channel Memory
My Notebook/Laptop Has 8GB DDR3 RAM
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Whats Einstein@Home? Have you considered running folding at home? More worthy cause if you ask me. But do whatever you want
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Let's see... I'm running a tri-boot Vista 32 & 64 bit Ultimate along with a Vista Premium I migrated from an older PC I had built but haven't bothered in recovering it; I can boot into the first two. 4 GB 800Mhz DDR2 RAM, Intel Quad processor 2.66GHz, 1GB DDR3 GPU (NVIDIA 9600) and XFX Force 680i LT motherboard with 4 HDD's. Pheww!!!! This doesn't include 3 other OS's I'm running on a Virtual Machine. Among them is Ubuntu Linux (just for the heck of it), which is quite boring to use and look at.
I volunteer my PC's power along with others using the BOINC program which crunches numbers for SETI@Home, Einstein@Home and The Large Hadron Collider. Pretty Neat! ;D I'm providing a screenshot.
You should join CH's Folding@Home team ;)
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My Desktop Has 36GB DDR3 1600mhz Triple Channel Memory
My Notebook/Laptop Has 8GB DDR3 RAM
What MBoard ? ?
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Hey, when it comes to science it's always worth it. It's all about the big picture. And "folding@home"? Is that a joke?? :-\ Let's see, you join a network so you can fold clothes together??? ;)
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3gigs on my XP desktop.
I upgraded from 1gig about a year ago, but I actually didn't notice too much of a difference.
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Hey, when it comes to science it's always worth it. It's all about the big picture. And "folding@home"? Is that a joke?? :-\ Let's see, you join a network so you can fold clothes together??? ;)
No, its performing alot of calculations for Protein folding that can help create cures for all sorts of diseases.
It just uses some of your Idle proccessor time and you can change the priority of it
See here:http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/board,42.0.html (http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/board,42.0.html)
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That's cool. My interests lie more in astrophysics than biological or nucleic or medical research.
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Whats Einstein@Home? Have you considered running folding at home? More worthy cause if you ask me. But do whatever you want
that's like saying, "I have no clue what this is, but it's a more worthy cause"
If you don't know what it is how could you know and regardless your not in the position to make that judgement call anyway.
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I posted that in the morning when I just got up. I was really tired and I cant think straight then.
And OMG nash that must be expensive! why do you need so much? You shure do have a lot of certifications! And then I look at your specs... THATS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!! 4 GTX 295s!!!!!!!
You should get 4 of these
http://www.nvidia.com/object/tesla_computing_solutions.html (http://www.nvidia.com/object/tesla_computing_solutions.html) omg I couldnt imagine for of those. What do you do that you need so much stuff like that? And 1kw psu powers 4 gtx 295s?
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Well if you want to challenge this. ::) Astrophysics, quantum mechanics, cosmology are becoming far more interesting to the general public and will increase in the near future. It has a more broader aspect than looking at proteins and molecules to which you have no direct effect yourself either, you may only participate. Don't discard that many of the recent discoveries in the field you suggested took place in micro-gravity. My science of interest studies how the universe was created or down to the smallest, particle duality and/or non-locality. I find this far more interesting than the intermediary of proteins, DNA, ect. Don't get me wrong. I find this also interesting but in a lesser aspect. Therefore if I made a judgement call based on what interests me, so be it. After all... Don't we all? Computers, the internet and the makeup of this very forum is based on the science that interests me such as quantum mechanics etc, etc. If your saying I have no clue than you either and therefore I think this forfeits that comment. I have a certain idea of it based on science based reports, commentaries and interviews based in this field. So what makes this field interesting to me is that... I HAVE NO CLUE! I'll be learning something new about it every day.
If you feel yours is the best field in your opinion then all power to you. Strengths passions and devotions in all sciences are essential and all need to be supported.
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that's basically what I mean- whats a "worthy cause" is purely subjective.
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4GB on my new laptop (vista home premium)
1GB on my old one (xp pro)
Jonas ;)
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4GB on my new laptop (vista home premium)
1GB on my old one (xp pro)
Jonas ;)
neat, same here- except my laptop has Ultimate ;D
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I have 2 GB 800 MHz ram installed on my Desktop and it is running efficiently..... :) :) :)
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1 to 2GB of ram isnt that slow or something but alot of you use that much of amount of the ram hmmm....what i think is its slow and running on windows vista you will be crawling then being fast since its 2gb ram that will be ddr2 dual channel ...go for triple channel memory its fast guys :)
Just for the record i dont talk to dumb *** people as i had response to one or two so please i dont have time for your BS ... Unless your smart dont bother replying my forum because i'll ignore you i am straight forward type of a guy just to let everyone know and if i wanted to BS i could do it a better way and you all can get fooled should i try it hmmm...i rather not i am not that type of person hahahaha
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And your specs arnt real. There is no sata 4 and there is no single 20 tb hard drive. And you can only have a max of 2 gtx 295s. But it would be quad sli because each card has 2 things....
I have also yet to see a i7 motherboard that supports 36gb of ram
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anyways computer ruler any new pc games comes please let me know thanks ;D
Tesla Nvidia eh nice I'll look into that ;D
i have checked your pc spec and you have to upgrade your motherboard bro
Yes Computer Ruler It's Expensive
well....computer ruler i am a gamer programmer and does a lot of video rendering when i am bored hahaha thats why ....why are you shocked and amazed ?
its very hurting for a person saying my spec aint real how if i told you your pc spec is crap how does it feel hurting isnt it think what you say first !
just to show you how wrong you are visit my motherboard website first its gives you all the answers bro GIGABYTE EX-58 Extreme Motherboard
well if my specs arent real i wont post it
and one more thing i am not talking about single hard drive 1 hard drive is 2 TB so total is 20TB thats what i meant dont go swearing on people its not funny your just pissing off people like me and you dont want to go that far i wont go if i was you ...as i am very friendly here so dont make me blow just a friendly advice to a friend to another bro :)
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just to show you how wrong you are visit my motherboard website first its gives you all the answers bro GIGABYTE EX-58 Extreme Motherboard
Maximum RAM_______24G
Maximum vid card support______3
Seems like a stretch to me.
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I think he means he has 2 gtx 295s. BUT i checked and it only supports 24gb. And sata 4? That hasnt came out yet....
We know your lieing
And can you only try to use 1 post
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yeah 3 pci express you can make it into 4 well it reads over here as 36gb and before buying the motherboard i asked the sales guy and the sales guy said can and it worked i google yesterday about sata4 there's no such thing so either there's no such sata4 exist or i was cheated or some other hardware of the hard drives use sata4 technology i am still lost out there the latest hard drive are sata3
yes guys its supports 24gb i know that i told the sales guy but he said that it can support up to 36gb well every ram slot i put 1 stick 6gb so it worked looks like gigabyte its not updated or gigabyte didnt know about this that it will work and just to explain how to have 4 graphic card when you have 3 pci express well first i thought it could not be done so the next day i went back and ask the sales guy again is it possible to have 4 graphic card he said yeah just a add a adapter to your pci express board and you can have extra and this only work for high powered motherboard only so i had purchase the pci-E adapter
sorry about too many post just got too excited haha...i have no reason to lie and i dont care what you think because i dont really give a *censored* a bit so i really dont care hahahaha
*You guys keep saying the motherboard reads as 24gb of ram only correct well if you dont test things out you wont know it also shows how weak your IT/Computing knowledge are hahaha i might not be as skilled when comes to motherboard thats because i dont create motherboards well at least i try things out and makes stuff that is impossible to possible GROW UP!
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heard of punctuation?
In any case you can state your supposed specs until your blue in the face, but the fact that they aren't exactly believable precludes trust in the matter. Of course if you can provide a Everest Log with the stated information then all the more power to you.
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Hello all,
1. I just bought my laptop(ASUS) 3 months ago and it has 4GB Ram.
Just getting used to using Vista as I have always been using XP.
2. My son Phinix has just turned 3 and has his first computer a tiny Eee PC701 that has 4GB HD and 504RAM
And yeah he knows how to use it-turn it on/off load his fave learning games and switch from 1 game to another.
3. My desktop is 5 years old plus and has 1GB ram and the oldest one I have is at my mothers house(hardly used) has 512ram.
I would love to format my desktop but still struggling to work out how lol or perhaps upgrade it but am facing some monetary hurdles ATM.
We'll see in the next year...
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Upgraded last summer to 2GB.
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My Desktop 512MB
Desktop 2: 1gb Not sure though although we are planning to add 4 gig I think. Same with my Desktop.
Other Computers that we own I am not sure how much they have.
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1GB DDR2 RAM on my new one ;D
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you got a new computer? Great!
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4GB RAM @ 800MHz and 1GB DDR3 graphics card.
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448 mb :D
its all i needed when i got my computer, but now....