Upgraded RAM Rating stayed the same

[Colin Barnhorst]

The manager at my bank told me one day that they were debating not upgrading
from a 10mb to a 20mb hard drive because of the cost. After all, all they
ever ran on it was Lotus 1-2-3.

 

[John Barnes]

I think you need to plug the user into alternate slots and run dual channel.
What are the top ratings, obviously I get a 5.9 for graphics (only 4.7
for games) on my old video card, so it goes over 5. Wonder what a new card
would run? What is the top rating for a given item.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I have not seen what the top rating might be. In the chat on the subject
over in TechBeta months ago the answer was that it was still in development.

 

[Cyberbear]

Aaaaaagh! I remember paying $500 for 16 Megs of RAM. Back then
16 Megs was a lot. Maybe it was 64? I think I still have it
somewhere in a box.

2 GB is not a lot of RAM.

I paid about $600 for 16meg at Fry's way back when . I couldn't
wait to load it up so I could run the WinNT 3.1 beta!

 

[Mario Rosario]

Fry's, you must be in the SF Bay Area. So am I.

 

[Mario Rosario]

I remember flipping switches on a Z80. I beleive the Z80 predates the Intel
4040.

My first home computer had 8k (not mb) of ram.

 

[Zapper]

Sunnyvale Frys Baby!!!!!

4 GB of DDR 400 Ram is about $350!!! oh yeah!!!!

 

[Mario Rosario]

Correction it does not predate the 4040, it's compatable with the 8080.

 

[Mario Rosario]

Do you ever use up 4 gb of ram?

Sunnyvale Frys Baby!!!!!

4 GB of DDR 400 Ram is about $350!!! oh yeah!!!!

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Those were the days. I remember the endless poring through magazines trying
to find something to run on those machines. At the time the NorthStar
seemed like it was going to be the system to have. I never did.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I have running virtual machines, but never come close with anything else.

 

[Mario Rosario]

Nah Colin, I am not the least bit sorry that I'm using Vista.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaa.

 

[Zapper]

Running 4GB($350) on an AMD 64 3800+($150) machine under Vista x64.

Have I "used" all 4 gigs? Have no idea, but since I am using it to tape the
World Cup games, while I watch taped shows on the same machine, have office
open, WIndows Mail, Deer Park Alpha 2, IE 32(for flash and ESPNSoccernet)
it makes it MUCH smoother than when I was doing that with 2GB. A lot less
hard drive thrashing. I often am doing something with photos or video, so
RAM is GOOOOOOD.

 

[Mario Rosario]

I think you need that 500Ghz IBM super computer that somebody mentioned on
here.

 

[HDRDTD]

2.5GB DDR400 ram on a stock 2.8Ghz system comes in at a 4.2 rating for the
memory.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I would imagine that the bus speed is also a factor in the memory rating.

 

[vernon]

With CPM or UNIX.
OR
Hard code.

Correction it does not predate the 4040, it's compatable with the 8080.

 

[Stephan Schaem]

Mine is a measly 1. I think they factored in the user.

Have you even taken an IRQ test ?

Stephan

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I'm sure you know what a bitblt is, but

Q: Do you know what a spltblt is?

A: The uneaten half of a sandwich.