RAM: How much do you have of it?

AquaSky · Post by **AquaSky** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:28 pm

1 GB, but I was getting by with 128 MB until about a year ago.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:06 pm

In my laptop...uhh...512MB (but my task manager says I have a gig...any ideas? could it be that its SODIMM? or is the rest my virtual memory?)

for my new built-from-parts-i-found-on-ebay computer I'm getting 1gig (2x512) Corsair Value Select pc3200 dual-channel ddr (a review I found said the timings were 2.5-3-3-8)

as it is, my laptop has a little (just a little) bit of a fit running vdubmod and premiere pro1.5

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:13 pm

256 megs. I probably won't get more RAM until I build a completely new system myself. I got this computer as a hand-me-down from my grandfather. It typically only causes problems when I try to use HuffYV12 or Lagarith in Premiere 6.5. Using bait-and-switch is murder on it, though. If I tried, I'd probably have to allot 5GB to virtual memory, if not more.

Melanchthon · Post by **Melanchthon** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:02 pm

Had 256MB of RAM until today and never had any problems (I use Magix Edit Pro 2004, which for me is a very well-behaved program). I've now got 768MB RAM, and I'm debating whether I should pick up another 512MB while I can still get it hassle-free for £39.

Pyle · Post by **Pyle** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:29 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:512mb and a 80gb HD

I want a new computer... and I just might be able to afford one soon

EMACHINE ALERT

lilgumba · Post by **lilgumba** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:41 pm

I got 512. If I continue doing this after getting into grad school I will need a serious upgrade. If not then I don't care.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:35 pm

Pyle wrote:
JaddziaDax wrote:512mb and a 80gb HD

I want a new computer... and I just might be able to afford one soon
EMACHINE ALERT

Its a HP... haha...

O.o

Infinity Squared · Post by **Infinity Squared** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:41 pm

Yeay for the laptop user!

256 and I'm dying here... damn being poor... it's no wonder my last major project took me 4 months... well, I've developed a tolerance for it now, but I know I've reached the limits of what can be achieved (low on virtual memory errors ftw!)

mexicanjunior · Post by **mexicanjunior** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:51 pm

1gb on my desktop, 256mb on my laptop...

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:55 pm

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trythil@lothlann ~ $ free -mt
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          1002        913         89          0         39        566
-/+ buffers/cache:        307        694
Swap:         2706          0       2705
Total:        3708        913       2795

trythil@Yggdrasil ~ $ free -mt
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          2009       1994         15          0         15       1911
-/+ buffers/cache:         67       1942
Swap:         5836          0       5835
Total:        7845       1995       5850

I list both because I offload work from one to the other fairly often. Quantities are given in megabytes.