Do some reasearch on the IC2 Extreme and C2D's because Ive talked to some people and they have been talking about price drops on these intel processors. If there really are going to be price drops...you could save yourself some cash...unless you can afford to spend that kind of money without thinking twice about it. Also, G. Skill ram is a good price, but its known to have its issues (can be a little touchy). Also, like the above said, get another cathode light because a.) one would just look funny and b.) 2 will light up the case more.habitat

did you watch the interview dude? Where did it say that the consoles are equal? Man you are gonna get like a 700 on your SATspinalremains1

Download Fraps and run it while gaming.ch5richards

Just had a little discussion with a friend of mine, and we were talking about RAM in computers. Will the amount of RAM continue to double every couple of years like it has been for a while now? 1-2 GB is the standard right now, and 512mb was the standard like two years ago. By standard, I mean for the average home user, and not hardcore gamers (the amount of ram preinstalled in computers from the manufacturer).

At this rate, will we see 4GB of ram in 2008, 8GB in 2010, 16GB in 2012, etc.? Seems like a huge overkill to me, that we might have 16GB of ram installed in standard computers sold in 2012.

I mean, 512 to 1GB is only a 512 increase. 1GB to 2GB is a 1GB increase, 2GB to 4GB is a 2GB increase, etc. We're exponentially increasing here, and it was in my opinion that we just won't be seeing this trend continue. At this rate, we'll have 64GB ram computers in 2016, a mere 10 years from now. If you compare computers from 1996 to 2006, you're probably looking at 128mb vs. 1gb ram. That's only 10 times as much. While if we compare 2006 to 2016, that's nearly 32x as much.

Insight please?


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I think my point is: will we start to see smaller increments, like 2GB to 3GB? Something that has never happened before (pre-installed in computers).
RuutuTootoo

Wel, anyword from nVIDIA about this issue? and i have a WAY off topic question concerning power supplies. i was going to get a Thermaltake Tough Power 850w PSu, but i may only go with a single 8800gtx so the 850w psu would be alittle overkill, but i may go SLi in the near future. should i just go with the 850w for future expansion. or just upgrade to it when it comes the time when i go SLI?

EDIT: i would also like to know what 35353 said...

Motokid6

[QUOTE="Wesker776"][QUOTE="Andrew0987"]have fun finding drivers and apps for the 64bit version.
Motokid6

why the hell would u need 4 gigs of ram?