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++The great PC RAM swindle++
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:06 pm
by steff
Moin @ all;
for everybody who think about to buy a new "Top Of The Line" gaming-machine:
dunno this is interesting for you..
by the way: i'm not an Apple-Reseller! ^^
very best regards; steff'
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08 ... indle.html
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:10 am
by }TCP{Snowbird
That is interesting. Thx Steff. It is time to get a new system.
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:03 pm
by Marwin
.......and how much is it?
Marwin
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:31 pm
by }TCP{Snowbird
It would be under 800 Euros (about 1000 Dollars). I want a good system, and I know what to look for, so I will most likely build one myself. I do not like Vista, and a Mac is too unfamiliar to me. I have also tried Unix 9, and it was just too difficult to jump from Windows to Linux. Soooo, I guess I will stick with my XP for the time being, and buy something around a 3 gig processor, and 2 gig ram. The Grafics card, will have to be strong, and I am comfortable with the ATI Radeon Series, but I have not been up-to-date with anything this past year, so b-4 I buy, I will deffinatly ask here for all of your advices.
Frank
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:43 pm
by }TCP{Cee
No normal person would ever buy an Alienware or Dell PC :p
And what do I do with my extra Ram on my Mac, which has even less games available than a 20 yr old Amiga ? :p
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:14 am
by steff
moin;
this could be true (..by the way, i use bootcamp for ut3 on vista - native boot on my Mac), but in this case, ONLY;
gaming is "secondary" for me! ut is enough @ the moment.^^
first: i use an dual-quadcore for my work/private work, like movie composing in apple finalcut studio - here "i need" from my 10Gigs of RAM almost 10 Gigs (more isn't usefull for my doings..) screenshot when i updated my new FCP-suite.. new upgrade. looking forward to know how it use the new nehalem architecture
sec.: i use one of my machines to archive (copy) my (LEGAL) private movie archive to my/our apple TV; streaming etc. - see screenshots below.
MacPro Model 2006/2007
maybe interesting, for you, too
oki doke, i must sleep now.. hopefully see you all, soon! ^^
"midnight regards"; steff'
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:52 am
by Hyper
The only thing I can say about this thread is: "We have 64-bit operating systems for a reason."
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:56 pm
by }TCP{Coco
Hi Gollum!
Really nice system, but isn't this a dual-dualcore (not a dual-quadcore)?
Coco.
P.S.: Handbrake is a genious freeware tool! I use it for re-encoding my videos for the iPod touch.
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:07 pm
by steff
--> heya coco
) :
the screenshot shows 2 dualcores (2 "units" and both with 2 3ghz cores)
--> a dual quadcore is simply: 2 "units" and both with 4 x.ghz cores
p.s.: i hope i understand your question, (sorry)? ^^
when i finished the configuration of my new nehalem "dual-quad-core", i'll show/post the screenshots of the cpu and ram behavior (maybe with handbrake, again ^^)
--> handbrake= simply the best freeware-converting-tool, ported from linux. i use it from version 0.8x on the mac osx plattform.
+++windows users should be delighted, too that this GREAT tool is ported since version 0.9.x to windozz!+++
greetings; steff'
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:33 pm
by }TCP{Coco
Hi!
Sorry, I still don't get it. Does your system have 4 or 8 CPU cores now?
Coco.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:37 pm
by steff
Ser's Coco;
It has 4 CPUs.. like the screenshot No. 1
;o)
Regards; Steff