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post #21 of 26
6/22/05 at 1:30pm
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Originally Posted by imdashep
well i would get 2 1 gb chips it hink. might as well get um
2GB ram on a 6000 is overkill. I do gaming (limited by x300), video editing with multiple apps open, etc and never get above 60-70% RAM utilization with 1GB. If you're looking to the far distant future I'd consider it, but by that time RAM will be even cheaper.
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post #22 of 26
6/22/05 at 2:17pm
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hmm, what bout with the ferrari 4000?
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post #23 of 26
6/23/05 at 12:59am
I'd only get 1Gb. Yeoman's right that 2Gb of RAM on a 6000d is overkill. You won't see enough extra performance (if any) to justify the cost. You really only gain bragging rights.
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post #24 of 26
6/23/05 at 1:32am
For some applications, you can make use of 2GB. I write code for a living and use VMware test environments running on my 6000D, each of which likes having at least 512MB of RAM to call it's own. On top of that, I run a medium-sized database which also is hungry for RAM. The 2GB makes a world of difference over just 1GB for me.

I do agree that it's a very situational thing, though. The vast majority of users would have no need for more than 1GB of RAM right now, and wouldn't see much additional performance from it.
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post #25 of 26
6/23/05 at 2:20am
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use VMware test environments running on my 6000D, each of which likes having at least 512MB of RAM to call it's own. On top of that, I run a medium-sized database which also is hungry for RAM. The 2GB makes a world of difference over just 1GB for me.
Yes, forgot to say that if you use Virtual PCs a lot 2Gb would be good.

Although, I can run Windows 98SE VPC (128Mb RAM), Windows 2000 VPC (300Mb RAM), Firefox and a few Windows Explorer windows on my XP Pro machine on 1Gb without any slowdown.
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post #26 of 26
6/23/05 at 10:23am
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hmm, perhaps id upgrade ram later then. the most id do would be playing a game while running norton and aim or something
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