RAM: How much do you have of it?

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:20 am

gangstaj8 wrote:Does that mean that if I get a video card with built-in memory, that the integrated chip will just be wasting that 64MB? I suppose I could just disable the hardware though.

Yes, if you add a standalone videocard, assuming your motherboard has an available slot, unless you disable the built-in video, it will still use 64MB. If you do leave it enabled, combined with the new videocard you can do multiple monitors, although most videocards nowadays support 2 monitors unless they are the basement variety.

Deathscythe_Animated · Post by **Deathscythe_Animated** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:39 am

Man, you want to take about fast everything. I just went with an FX-60 with 4GB of Corsair XMS ram. On a Fatal!ty board I have no problems with editing what so ever. At least as far as issues with speed. Dual-core is the way to go, encode and edit at the same time! *Sigh*, now it will just take me half a year to pay it off...

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:34 am

well...I finally got 2 512 sticks, but have run into another problem.
I can only install 1...the other slot is under the keyboard (I think)
I say I think, because the manual sucks, and I only took the bottom half of my laptop apart (can't get at it from the top)
off to the Geek Squad for me!

my new setup should be nice.
Amd 64 x2 3800+
Asus A8N sli-delux
1 GB corsiar value select pc3200
(get to put the system together after I get back home tomorrow. Huzzah for spring break)

sigmatron · Post by **sigmatron** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:58 pm

windows only 2GB of ram. win x64 can take 16GB of ram.

if your not ran 3d programs or 10 video editer they any thing over a 1GB is over kill!!!

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:03 pm

sigmatron wrote:if your not ran 3d programs or 10 video editer they any thing over a 1GB is over kill!!!

One video editor and perhaps after effects, a busy timeline, and a bunch of avisynth scripts running at once is plenty to justify 2 gigs. And then there is your encoding, the browser in the background perhaps for an online totorial or to BS on the forums, an IM client, and whatever else you may wish to have open at the same time.

milatchi · Post by **milatchi** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:22 am

1.5 GB of RAM. The maximum my Logicboard will take.

Ancalyme · Post by **Ancalyme** » Tue May 02, 2006 10:37 am

256 MB ... true, I only made one video, but MovieMaker worked pretty fine even with this little.

Joe88 · Post by **Joe88** » Tue May 02, 2006 2:36 pm

512MB - upgradedable to 2GB
Pentinum 4 @ 2.60ghz

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Tue May 02, 2006 4:00 pm

2 gigs in the desktop where I rip/filter (Athon 64 3500+, max 4 gigs)

2 gigs in the laptop where I edit (G4 1.5GHz Powerbook, max 2 gigs)

The laptop used to have 512MB, and long or complex projects in FCP made it cry. 2 GB has made it a lot happier.

amvwizard · Post by **amvwizard** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:19 am

I got a 256mb and a 512mb I'm working towards getting a 1 gig for the 512