How Much Maximum RAM you Use?

Hey Folks.

Thought I would ask how much RAM most people would use/like to use wit
their 64Bit Ultimate.

One of the main reasons I bought ultimate x64 was for the amount of RA
supported. Right now I am at 4GB Mushkin Ram and plan to add another 4G
next month.
I do alot of video and multimedia work so i do use most of my RAM. S
what are your thoughts?.

Can Ultimate x64 Really support 128GB's??

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neonjuice

"neonjuice" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hey Folks.
>
> Thought I would ask how much RAM most people would use/like to use with
> their 64Bit Ultimate.
>
> One of the main reasons I bought ultimate x64 was for the amount of RAM
> supported. Right now I am at 4GB Mushkin Ram and plan to add another 4GB
> next month.
> I do alot of video and multimedia work so i do use most of my RAM. So
> what are your thoughts?.
>
> Can Ultimate x64 Really support 128GB's??.
>
>
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> neonjuice

Well, it will certainly support more than most motherboards built today
will.

I run 4gb in mine right now, and like you will probably add another 4gb here
in the near future.
Don't know that I personally would gain that much from another 4gb, as I
don't really do a lot of intensive multimedia work, but my philosophy is
always better to have too much than not enough anyways!

But for me today, the 4gb I have seems to be doing really well with my Vista
Ultimate 64 bit.



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Don

100% agree that 4GB works great with x64 ultimate. I 100% love vista and
hate the bashers that I meet on a daily basis.

My MOBO only supports 8GB, but my next build will be Quad Core with a
16GB RAM total.


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neonjuice

On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 16:04:44 -0500, neonjuice <>
wrote:

>
>Hey Folks.
>
>Thought I would ask how much RAM most people would use/like to use with
>their 64Bit Ultimate.
>
>One of the main reasons I bought ultimate x64 was for the amount of RAM
>supported. Right now I am at 4GB Mushkin Ram and plan to add another 4GB
>next month.
>I do alot of video and multimedia work so i do use most of my RAM. So
>what are your thoughts?.
>
>Can Ultimate x64 Really support 128GB's??.

What video editing software are you using?

I doubt you will benefit from adding more RAM regardless what software
you use for video editing. While video editing puts a heavy demand on
the CPU because of all the calculations IF you are making real time
changes from the source files and seeing said results on screen,
adding more RAM isn't going to get past the CPU and front side bus
bottlenecks. So you would be probably better off investing in a higher
performance CPU and/or motherboard or just overclocking what you got.
That will pay in benefits you will see and also in reducing rendering
time, the last step in making a video after you're done editing.

One way to test this is do a test comparing frames per minute
processed under different system configurations. Most higher end video
editors like Vegas show how many frames per minute (or second) it is
processing. If you can't overclock your MB to make the CPU work harder
perhaps you can run comparative tests with someone else using the same
test source file. I use to do that a lot.

You can also borrow someone's extra RAM and see if it makes any real
difference before investing in it. I've been down this road years ago
and already can tell more RAM after a certain sweet spot which depends
on your software and configuration won't help and is just wasted RAM
and therefore wasted money especially if you're thinking about maxing
out your MB with RAM. Even doing professional level video editing with
professional software like I do 2-4 GB of RAM is plenty. Beyond that
probably overkill and foolish.

Hope you'll wait for Nehalem - due in a few months.
Michael

"neonjuice" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> 100% agree that 4GB works great with x64 ultimate. I 100% love vista and
> hate the bashers that I meet on a daily basis.
>
> My MOBO only supports 8GB, but my next build will be Quad Core with a
> 16GB RAM total.
>
>
> --
> neonjuice

I took RAM from my other computers and had my system right up to over
6GB's RAM and seen no difference really with rendering. I am building a
new machine anyway in december/January which will be Quad Core. So I am
sure i will see a huge difference.

I use several video editing programs. Main one I use is Vegas pro 8 and
I also have Adobe After Effects CS3. I prefer the Vegas. But do plan to
switch to Mac for Final cut 2.


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neonjuice