▲ 826 ▼ The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about (www.theverge.com) submitted 8 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 334 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 8 months ago (9 children) What do you need all that ram for? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [+] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago SOMEONE has to render boobies with 30k polygons in 8K, it's an important foundation of the Internet permalink fedilink source parent [–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago Or for things like video editing. Video editors tend to be quite RAM heavy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago* (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Anyone remember RAMdisks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago 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? permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandylion@lemmy.zip 1 point 8 months ago fr. huge war is going on and people worry about playing the latest games on their pcs lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] CovertGogurt@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago DCS permalink fedilink source parent
[+] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago SOMEONE has to render boobies with 30k polygons in 8K, it's an important foundation of the Internet permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tehfishman@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago SOMEONE has to render boobies with 30k polygons in 8K, it's an important foundation of the Internet permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago Or for things like video editing. Video editors tend to be quite RAM heavy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] T156@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago Or for things like video editing. Video editors tend to be quite RAM heavy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago* (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Anyone remember RAMdisks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Anyone remember RAMdisks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dandylion@lemmy.zip 1 point 8 months ago fr. huge war is going on and people worry about playing the latest games on their pcs lol permalink fedilink source parent