Quote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 03:58:05 PMI can run both minecraft's (beta and classic) plus amplitude 3 (guitar amp sim) at the same time with no problems what so ever with 4GB of ram, and thats not counting things i always have open like itunes and steam.
But what if you have other applications in the background. When i have minecraft running with other things I use 6-7gb of RAM.
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Started by Spartan, September 25, 2011, 04:17:07 AM
What should I do with this computer?
Well i have Xcode, spottily, iTunes, Finder Mail, SysPref, Safari, App store running so that why i need more. The worts thing is antivirus software. i have 8gb but i want 16gb. This wold be for hosting servers. Its the video RAM that lets me down, 1/2 a gb
And video ram has a very small role in how fast or powerful your video card is, more video ram =/= a faster card. 512mb of video ram should be fine as long as you aren't using a monitor bigger than 22 inches.
I mean with the 2 minecrafts in the background. Also Xcode is pretty RAM intensive, as far as i know.
And i am using a 21.5 inch LED backlit with 1920x1080 pixels.
There's not much I can do about the graphics, unless I use a different resolution in SysPref which I don't wanna do
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Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 05:17:05 PMRAM isn't my problem, it's not my CPU, because I only use up 30% with 50% to spare (running other programs too) and I still lag, I'm thinking it might be my graphics card or my processor.Quote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 03:58:05 PMI can run both minecraft's (beta and classic) plus amplitude 3 (guitar amp sim) at the same time with no problems what so ever with 4GB of ram, and thats not counting things i always have open like itunes and steam.
But what if you have other applications in the background. When i have minecraft running with other things I use 6-7gb of RAM.
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Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 05:17:05 PMQuote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 03:58:05 PMI can run both minecraft's (beta and classic) plus amplitude 3 (guitar amp sim) at the same time with no problems what so ever with 4GB of ram, and thats not counting things i always have open like itunes and steam.
But what if you have other applications in the background. When i have minecraft running with other things I use 6-7gb of RAM.
Well i have Xcode, spottily, iTunes, Finder Mail, SysPref, Safari, App store running so that why i need more. The worts thing is antivirus software. i have 8gb but i want 16gb. This wold be for hosting servers. Its the video RAM that lets me down, 1/2 a gb
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Quote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 05:37:59 PMWith all of my programs running i have about 70% memory usage. So there is no way you are using that much ram for those small programs. Then again im not sure about macs.Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 05:17:05 PMQuote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 03:58:05 PMI can run both minecraft's (beta and classic) plus amplitude 3 (guitar amp sim) at the same time with no problems what so ever with 4GB of ram, and thats not counting things i always have open like itunes and steam.
But what if you have other applications in the background. When i have minecraft running with other things I use 6-7gb of RAM.
Well i have Xcode, spottily, iTunes, Finder Mail, SysPref, Safari, App store running so that why i need more. The worts thing is antivirus software. i have 8gb but i want 16gb. This wold be for hosting servers. Its the video RAM that lets me down, 1/2 a gb
And video ram has a very small role in how fast or powerful your video card is, more video ram =/= a faster card. 512mb of video ram should be fine as long as you aren't using a monitor bigger than 22 inches.
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Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 06:36:34 PMQuote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 05:37:59 PMWith all of my programs running i have about 70% memory usage. So there is no way you are using that much ram for those small programs. Then again im not sure about macs.Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 05:17:05 PMQuote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 03:58:05 PMI can run both minecraft's (beta and classic) plus amplitude 3 (guitar amp sim) at the same time with no problems what so ever with 4GB of ram, and thats not counting things i always have open like itunes and steam.
But what if you have other applications in the background. When i have minecraft running with other things I use 6-7gb of RAM.
Well i have Xcode, spottily, iTunes, Finder Mail, SysPref, Safari, App store running so that why i need more. The worts thing is antivirus software. i have 8gb but i want 16gb. This wold be for hosting servers. Its the video RAM that lets me down, 1/2 a gb
And video ram has a very small role in how fast or powerful your video card is, more video ram =/= a faster card. 512mb of video ram should be fine as long as you aren't using a monitor bigger than 22 inches.
I mean with the 2 minecrafts in the background. Also Xcode is pretty RAM intensive, as far as i know.
And i am using a 21.5 inch LED backlit with 1920x1080 pixels.
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Quote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 06:43:27 PMMy apology, for some reason i completely forgot that 22inch monitors can be 1080. Anyway, ya if you are running at 1080 it is good to have 1gb video ram.Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 06:36:34 PMQuote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 05:37:59 PMWith all of my programs running i have about 70% memory usage. So there is no way you are using that much ram for those small programs. Then again im not sure about macs.Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 05:17:05 PMQuote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 03:58:05 PMI can run both minecraft's (beta and classic) plus amplitude 3 (guitar amp sim) at the same time with no problems what so ever with 4GB of ram, and thats not counting things i always have open like itunes and steam.
But what if you have other applications in the background. When i have minecraft running with other things I use 6-7gb of RAM.
Well i have Xcode, spottily, iTunes, Finder Mail, SysPref, Safari, App store running so that why i need more. The worts thing is antivirus software. i have 8gb but i want 16gb. This wold be for hosting servers. Its the video RAM that lets me down, 1/2 a gb
And video ram has a very small role in how fast or powerful your video card is, more video ram =/= a faster card. 512mb of video ram should be fine as long as you aren't using a monitor bigger than 22 inches.
I mean with the 2 minecrafts in the background. Also Xcode is pretty RAM intensive, as far as i know.
And i am using a 21.5 inch LED backlit with 1920x1080 pixels.
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I think im probably going to go with 7. I already got the copy, just need to install it now.
And of course im updating to Windows 8 when it comes out!
And of course im updating to Windows 8 when it comes out!
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Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 06:57:38 PMQuote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 06:43:27 PMMy apology, for some reason i completely forgot that 22inch monitors can be 1080. Anyway, ya if you are running at 1080 it is good to have 1gb video ram.Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 06:36:34 PMQuote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 05:37:59 PMWith all of my programs running i have about 70% memory usage. So there is no way you are using that much ram for those small programs. Then again im not sure about macs.Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 05:17:05 PMQuote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 03:58:05 PMI can run both minecraft's (beta and classic) plus amplitude 3 (guitar amp sim) at the same time with no problems what so ever with 4GB of ram, and thats not counting things i always have open like itunes and steam.
But what if you have other applications in the background. When i have minecraft running with other things I use 6-7gb of RAM.
Well i have Xcode, spottily, iTunes, Finder Mail, SysPref, Safari, App store running so that why i need more. The worts thing is antivirus software. i have 8gb but i want 16gb. This wold be for hosting servers. Its the video RAM that lets me down, 1/2 a gb
And video ram has a very small role in how fast or powerful your video card is, more video ram =/= a faster card. 512mb of video ram should be fine as long as you aren't using a monitor bigger than 22 inches.
I mean with the 2 minecrafts in the background. Also Xcode is pretty RAM intensive, as far as i know.
And i am using a 21.5 inch LED backlit with 1920x1080 pixels.
There's not much I can do about the graphics, unless I use a different resolution in SysPref which I don't wanna do
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Quote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 07:55:42 PMOh ya you have a mac lol. I could just replace it.Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 06:57:38 PMQuote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 06:43:27 PMMy apology, for some reason i completely forgot that 22inch monitors can be 1080. Anyway, ya if you are running at 1080 it is good to have 1gb video ram.Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 06:36:34 PMQuote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 05:37:59 PMWith all of my programs running i have about 70% memory usage. So there is no way you are using that much ram for those small programs. Then again im not sure about macs.Quote from: Nick3306 on September 25, 2011, 05:17:05 PMQuote from: Exox615 on September 25, 2011, 03:58:05 PMI can run both minecraft's (beta and classic) plus amplitude 3 (guitar amp sim) at the same time with no problems what so ever with 4GB of ram, and thats not counting things i always have open like itunes and steam.
But what if you have other applications in the background. When i have minecraft running with other things I use 6-7gb of RAM.
Well i have Xcode, spottily, iTunes, Finder Mail, SysPref, Safari, App store running so that why i need more. The worts thing is antivirus software. i have 8gb but i want 16gb. This wold be for hosting servers. Its the video RAM that lets me down, 1/2 a gb
And video ram has a very small role in how fast or powerful your video card is, more video ram =/= a faster card. 512mb of video ram should be fine as long as you aren't using a monitor bigger than 22 inches.
I mean with the 2 minecrafts in the background. Also Xcode is pretty RAM intensive, as far as i know.
And i am using a 21.5 inch LED backlit with 1920x1080 pixels.
There's not much I can do about the graphics, unless I use a different resolution in SysPref which I don't wanna do
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I have a mac but i havent started apple development yet.
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Everyone makes a big deal about speedboost on the i5-i7s but it's kind of pointless imo. All it does is temporarily raise the clock multiplier by one on a single core.
And while it's true that games aren't particularly CPU heavy, there are still big performance gains to get from overlocking. And the i7 is soooo easy to overclock, it's a massive waste of potential to leave it running as-is. I went from 2.8 to 3.8 ghz with only the slightest increase of voltages... and even on true 100% load running linx (linx, not linux) my temps never exceeded 65c.
As for RAM, more is always better. Assuming it's triple channel and actually configured to run at a decent speed. You'd be surprised how many people spend big bucks on 1600mhz overclocker memory just to run it at 800mhz because they assumed their computer would auto-configure it lol.
And while it's true that games aren't particularly CPU heavy, there are still big performance gains to get from overlocking. And the i7 is soooo easy to overclock, it's a massive waste of potential to leave it running as-is. I went from 2.8 to 3.8 ghz with only the slightest increase of voltages... and even on true 100% load running linx (linx, not linux) my temps never exceeded 65c.
As for RAM, more is always better. Assuming it's triple channel and actually configured to run at a decent speed. You'd be surprised how many people spend big bucks on 1600mhz overclocker memory just to run it at 800mhz because they assumed their computer would auto-configure it lol.
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Finally, NIck did you decide what you will do with that monster of RAM and leopard of CPU?
Everyone went out of topic..
Could you return to see your choice?
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Everyone went out of topic..
Could you return to see your choice?
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Dude that computer is serious overkill...
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is it yours now? if it is just sell it on ebay.
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Quote from: davioo on September 25, 2011, 09:12:22 PMEhh i dont like selling on ebay. I always get way less than what i want. If I sold it, i'd sell it locally.
is it yours now? if it is just sell it on ebay.