Why Do You Need More Than 6GB of Memory?

[Osiris]

Why Do You Need More Than 6GB of Memory?

Kyle has started a discussion today about the benefits of running more than 6GB of memory. Currently Kyle is running Windows 7 and one of the points he made in this thread is how having more than 6GB of memory makes it possible to run upwards of 15 applications at a time, even when performing memory intensive tasks like encoding a Premiere Pro movie sequence. Who needs the Quick Launch bar in Windows 7 when you are running 12GB of RAM? Have an opinion? Let's hear it! Those of you that thought 12GB was overkill are welcome to chime in as well.

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[fallenapples]

It's pretty redundant unless you're going to run photoshop cs4, ai, CAD and all those other high graphics oriented software simultaneously.

 

[Hefemeister]

^^ How about running multiple VMs?

 

[Yami]

I think the best statement would be, for the average user/gamer, 6GB is more than plenty. More specialist usage of a PC tends to require more RAM.

 

[LFCJohnSmith]

how many cores does that cpu have?

 

[Hefemeister]

It is an i7. 4 cores with hyperthreading. Hence 8 virtual cores.

 

[Lexluethar]

Until I started my new job I always thought anything over 6 was overkill, but now with how many applications I run on my desktop at the same time I can definately see how people need more ram.

 

[NightSurge]

And since I do a lot of CS4 at the same time as other things, the extra RAM would benefit me. In a year or so when I update my entire machine it will likely be an i7 (or whatever is new) with likely 12GB of RAM.

 

[Kharn]

I have 8gb of RAM in my system and I run 3 virtual machines and 2 / 3 other programs at any one time and currently I am fine an dandy, but in 6 months maybe a year I will be doubling it and my processing power because well I want more VM's active on my workstation but for now for most users (95% of non technical users) 4gb is fine.

 

[pro2a]

Why Do You Need More Than 6GB of Memory?

Kyle has started a discussion today about the benefits of running more than 6GB of memory. Currently Kyle is running Windows 7 and one of the points he made in this thread is how having more than 6GB of memory makes it possible to run upwards of 15 applications at a time, even when performing memory intensive tasks like encoding a Premiere Pro movie sequence. Who needs the Quick Launch bar in Windows 7 when you are running 12GB of RAM? Have an opinion? Let's hear it! Those of you that thought 12GB was overkill are welcome to chime in as well.

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Probably the same reason Bill Gates thought no one would ever need more then a 6MB hard drive :laughing: