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[quote]Why
the
heck
would
anyone
need
16
GB
ram?[/quote].
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[quote]Why
the
heck
would
anyone
need
16
GB
ram?[/quote]
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I recently upgraded to 16 GB of memory after I found myself maxing out 8 GB on a regular basis. I do a lot of photography and video editing in my spare time, and Photoshop + Premier + 30 Chrome tabs would push me over the limit. The videos I am editing are high quality 1080p files that come off my DSLR at around 300 MB/minute.
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I recently upgraded to 16 GB of memory after I found myself maxing out 8 GB on a regular basis. I do a lot of photography and video editing in my spare time, and Photoshop + Premier + 30 Chrome tabs would push me over the limit. The videos I am editing are high quality 1080p files that come off my DSLR at around 300 MB/minute.
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Back in my university days I did a lot of complex finite element analysis and model rendering, and I could max out our shop's double quad core computer in terms of both CPU and memory, and it has 16 GB as well.
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Back in my university days I did a lot of complex finite element analysis and model rendering, and I could max out our shop's double quad core computer in terms of both CPU and memory, and it has 16 GB as well.
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Anyways, on to my specs:
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Anyways, on to my specs:
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Intel i5 2500k OC'd to 4.0 Ghz (used to be 4.5 Ghz, but it has become increasingly unstable. I will probably have to replace soon.)
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Intel i5 2500k OC'd to 4.0 Ghz (used to be 4.5 Ghz, but it has become increasingly unstable. I will probably have to replace soon.)
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GTX 580
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GTX 580
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16 GB 1333 MHz memeory.
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16 GB 1333 MHz memeory.
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256 GB SSD system drive (OS + some key programs + whatever video I am editing).
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256 GB SSD system drive (OS + some key programs + whatever video I am editing).
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1 TB 7200 RPM HDD for Photo + Video storage.
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1 TB 7200 RPM HDD for Photo + Video storage.
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1 TB 7200 RPM HDD for my programs (Steam library alone is about 500 GB).
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1 TB 7200 RPM HDD for my programs (Steam library alone is about 500 GB).
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ZK on Ultra settings will run at ~240 FPS at the beginning of a game, and a huge mega game might slow down to as low as 20 FPS.
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ZK on Ultra settings will run at ~240 FPS at the beginning of a game, and a huge mega game might slow down to as low as 20 FPS.
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My previous computer:
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My previous computer:
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Dell Latitude D820.
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Dell Latitude D820.
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2.16 Ghz Core Duo CPU.
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2.16 Ghz Core Duo CPU.
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4 Ghz ram (unknown speed).
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4 Ghz ram (unknown speed).
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Nvidia Quadro NVS120 (basically a GeForce Go 7400 mobile).
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Nvidia Quadro NVS120 (basically a GeForce Go 7400 mobile).
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200 GB 7200 RPM HDD.
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200 GB 7200 RPM HDD.
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It ran ZK on low settings at around 40 FPS at game start, dipping to as low as 1 FPS during mega games. There were only a handful of times that it was not able to keep up with Simulation, but when it happened I would begin to fall behind the rest of the players.
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It ran ZK on low settings at around 40 FPS at game start, dipping to as low as 1 FPS during mega games. There were only a handful of times that it was not able to keep up with Simulation, but when it happened I would begin to fall behind the rest of the players.
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It actually ran surprisingly well on such an old computer (it was 6 years old last time I played on it). The key to running games that I should not be able to run:
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It actually ran surprisingly well on such an old computer (it was 6 years old last time I played on it). The key to running games that I should not be able to run:
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Super clean system. I keep my system [b]sterile[/b] with as little running in the background as possible.
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Super clean system. I keep my system [b]sterile[/b] with as little running in the background as possible.
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Lower resolution than native monitor. I frequently played games at 1440x900 instead of 1920x1200.
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Lower resolution than native monitor. I frequently played games at 1440x900 instead of 1920x1200.
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Low settings.
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Low settings.
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OC'd the video card by about 20%. 3D mark showed an improvement of about 20% when I did this.
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OC'd the video card by about 20%. 3D mark showed an improvement of about 20% when I did this.
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