Post your computer's Specs, and discuss improvements.

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Post your computer's Specs, and discuss improvements.
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flag TheShad
Posted: Nov 7, 2010 at 15:51 Quote
amando96 wrote:
TheShad, were you using that PC for gaming before the print screen? things are looking warm, get win 7 x64 so you use all the RAM...
Nope, don't do games on the pc. I've got it running slightly warm with fan controls, I find that AMD chips tend to run a little bit faster that way. I put Win7 32 on it as I got a great deal on it (my mate owns a computer shop) and I've run it along side a similar set-up running 64 and there was no real difference. I just keep the hard drive clean and de-fragged, and run 3 hard drives with Win7 on one, the second is my frequently used files and the third is for storage.
flag Charge262
Posted: Nov 7, 2010 at 16:01 Quote
TheShad wrote:
amando96 wrote:
TheShad, were you using that PC for gaming before the print screen? things are looking warm, get win 7 x64 so you use all the RAM...
Nope, don't do games on the pc. I've got it running slightly warm with fan controls, I find that AMD chips tend to run a little bit faster that way. I put Win7 32 on it as I got a great deal on it (my mate owns a computer shop) and I've run it along side a similar set-up running 64 and there was no real difference. I just keep the hard drive clean and de-fragged, and run 3 hard drives with Win7 on one, the second is my frequently used files and the third is for storage.

Ive found this too. My Phenom x4 9950 at 2.8 ghz, after warming up, runs quicker then it does at 3.2ghz running cold. AMD chips run warmer than Intel chips anyway, the core voltage tends to be higher.

I could post my specs but im just about to upgrade.
flag TheShad
Posted: Nov 7, 2010 at 17:23 Quote
Charge262 wrote:
TheShad wrote:
amando96 wrote:
TheShad, were you using that PC for gaming before the print screen? things are looking warm, get win 7 x64 so you use all the RAM...
Nope, don't do games on the pc. I've got it running slightly warm with fan controls, I find that AMD chips tend to run a little bit faster that way. I put Win7 32 on it as I got a great deal on it (my mate owns a computer shop) and I've run it along side a similar set-up running 64 and there was no real difference. I just keep the hard drive clean and de-fragged, and run 3 hard drives with Win7 on one, the second is my frequently used files and the third is for storage.

Ive found this too. My Phenom x4 9950 at 2.8 ghz, after warming up, runs quicker then it does at 3.2ghz running cold. AMD chips run warmer than Intel chips anyway, the core voltage tends to be higher.

I could post my specs but im just about to upgrade.

I always seem to be upgrading lol
flag Charge262
Posted: Nov 7, 2010 at 17:25 Quote
well sort out the graphics card then! lol
flag rattbones
Posted: Nov 7, 2010 at 20:57 Quote
If you really want to test out your system, GO HERE, and download the free version of 3Dmark. Run it, and post it up. This is the best system test anywhere online. It's accurate, free, and even helpful in letting you know exactly what you should upgrade that will match your system.

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flag bbakus
Posted: Nov 9, 2010 at 12:23 Quote
Ehh.. Am I the only one with OSX? I've got MacBookPRO 15".

About my pc.. core quad 2.4 ghz, Radeon 4870x2, 8gb of ram 1066mhz. If really needed I can attach my screen later.
flag beneli
Posted: Nov 9, 2010 at 12:50 Quote
bbakus wrote:
Ehh.. Am I the only one with OSX? I've got MacBookPRO 15".

About my pc.. core quad 2.4 ghz, Radeon 4870x2, 8gb of ram 1066mhz. If really needed I can attach my screen later.

What do you use your pc for? Did you ever used that much ram? I would like to know how would Illustrator do on your pc(if it could be possible), cos on my AMD athlon II x4 3000 ghz and 4 GB ram its hell to run more sophisticated illustrations.
flag pbuser102331
Posted: Nov 9, 2010 at 12:52 Quote
Mine has 3.67gb of usable ram,is that any good or not i know it's quicker than my pc was.
flag beneli
Posted: Nov 9, 2010 at 12:54 Quote
Mine can use just about 3,2 GB of ram and aplications that uses more than 2,1 GB are near the collaps. Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit can use 192 GB of ram, Hha thats a little difference. Too bad that much of software that I use does not support the 64 bit systems.
flag pbuser102331
Posted: Nov 9, 2010 at 13:15 Quote
beneli wrote:
Mine can use just about 3,2 GB of ram and aplications that uses more than 2,1 GB are near the collaps. Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit can use 192 GB of ram, Hha thats a little difference. Too bad that much of software that I use does not support the 64 bit systems.

Eek mine is windows 7 home premium 64 bit.
flag brodoyouevenbike
Posted: Nov 9, 2010 at 14:01 Quote
beneli wrote:
Mine can use just about 3,2 GB of ram and aplications that uses more than 2,1 GB are near the collaps. Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit can use 192 GB of ram, Hha thats a little difference. Too bad that much of software that I use does not support the 64 bit systems.

x64 can use 16EB of RAM That's right, exa bytes! Smile

x86:

2^32 = 4294967296 Bytes = 4194304 KB = 4096 MB = 4 GB

So 32bit does in fact detect 4GM of ram, BUT it reserves about 1GB for all the machine's hardware registers.

x64:
2^64 = 18446744073709551616 Bytes = 18014398509481984 KB = 17592186044416 MB = 17179869184 GB = 16777216 TB = 16384 PB = 16 EB

Advice: get 64-bit OS even if you don't have 4GB of ram, as long as you have > 2GB it's fine, it also makes the processor be less loaded, say you have a huge number to process, with a 32bit system you would have to break that number in two or more parts and process each part separately, with a 64-bit system it would process it all together, saving time(this all happens microseconds, but say you have 1 million big numbers add all the microseconds and you get a bit more...), thus making everything run faster Smile

 


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