return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe RAM shortage is coming for everything you care aboutwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square348fedilinkarrow-up1868arrow-down116
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minus-squareqwerty@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·2 months agoWhat do you need all that ram for?
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·2 months agoSince you asked: some games or if running heavy processors for simulated projects Not everyone just uses their box for writing emails and surfing TikTok.
minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoOr for things like video editing. Video editors tend to be quite RAM heavy.
minus-squaretehfishman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoSOMEONE has to render boobies with 30k polygons in 8K, it’s an important foundation of the Internet
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoTo get rid of swap and mount /tmp entirely in RAM. Right now I only have 32 gigs and a 64 gig swap file to compensate.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAnyone remember RAMdisks?
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoremember that ram drive that gigabyte made like 20+ years ago? That worked by putting sticks of ram in it, with… i think AA batteries? to maintain the data during power downs?
minus-squaredandylion@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agofr. huge war is going on and people worry about playing the latest games on their pcs lol
What do you need all that ram for?
Since you asked: some games or if running heavy processors for simulated projects
Not everyone just uses their box for writing emails and surfing TikTok.
Or for things like video editing. Video editors tend to be quite RAM heavy.
Absurd stuff in Blender
SOMEONE has to render boobies with 30k polygons in 8K, it’s an important foundation of the Internet
To get rid of swap and mount /tmp entirely in RAM. Right now I only have 32 gigs and a 64 gig swap file to compensate.
Anyone remember RAMdisks?
remember that ram drive that gigabyte made like 20+ years ago?
That worked by putting sticks of ram in it, with… i think AA batteries? to maintain the data during power downs?
fr. huge war is going on and people worry about playing the latest games on their pcs lol
DCS