How fast is your computer?

[Dethadow]

Post in the ram, internet speed from speedtest.net, disk size and any other additional info.
I want to compare them to mines coz i think my comp is a little sucky
I've got internet speed of 1200 kb/s
Ram of 1.49
And total disk size of 80gb and i think it sucks

 

[Squiggy]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/f487/your-current-computer-specifications-96322/

 

[Pyritie]

What the heck is a kp/s?

 

[Steel_Stallion]

Kbs I think he means.

What the fuck, 1200 kbs is bad? How spoiled are you

 

[The_wand_mirror]

From zero to hundred in 3 seconds.

But only when im angry with it...

 

[DarkAngelAzazel]

1.49 gb ram is not bad.. (not good either...)
Also depends much on the ram version (DDR 1, DDR 2 or DDR 3...)

80 GB drive is just crap... but a 500 gb extern harddrive costs ~70 euro...

Internet speed 1200 is not good... It's enough for wc3 or just surfing... but you can normaly only do one thing at the same time.

Important thing is also the grafic card...

 

[Gilles]

1.49 gb ram is not bad.. (not good either...)
Also depends much on the ram version (DDR 1, DDR 2 or DDR 3...)

80 GB drive is just crap... but a 500 gb extern harddrive costs ~70 euro...

80gb is fine for me. I don't keep things (take a look at my desktop in the desktop thread), and I don't download very much to start with. The speed is going to be slow, but I could care less about those few extra seconds.

Important thing is also the grafic card...

And processor.

 

[Vercas]

WTF 500gb is NOT enough for me and for you 80gb is enough!
HOLY CRAP!
My father will soon buy me a new PC with a lot more disk space!
I think even Unlimited hard drive space isn't enough for me =3

 

[Aeroblyctos]

How fast is your computer?

Very fast.

 

[Vercas]

Mine is like a worm...
Very good but very old...

 

[Zombie]

RAM: 512 MB
Space: ~250 GBs (multiple hard drives)
Netz: 120Mb/s

 

[-Berz-]

Ram: dunno 256-512 (it just dies sometimes)
Net: 100mbps
Disc: 60Gb
Geeforce 4 (some old crap)

The best game it ever worked on this PC was Quake 4

Its enough for my needs.

 

[TheDivineBoss]

2,2 Ghz
511 RAM (someone stole the last 1 RAM :<)
Nvidia GeForce 7300 GS, I think.
250 gigs of space, although my computer is (or more wás since dad's Nero is crap now) the DVD burner in the house so I had to sacrifice 150 :<

And some other stuff.

 

[Kuhneghetz]

My desktop computer is fast enough to play games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Bioshock.

 

[Squiggy]

3,4 Ghz Dual core and 2,3TB HDD D:
Need I say more?

 

[Vercas]

HOLY CRAP so much HDD!!!
I think you don't have a Personal Computer... Is it for job/school?

 

[X.e.r.e.X]

4,00 GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
466 GB hard disk
4 processors

 

[redscores]

Dual Core 2,2ghz Intel
2 gig ram
7950XT GeForce
100 gig byte.

 

[DarkAngelAzazel]

Intel Pentium 4, 3 ghz
1.5 gb ram (no one every mentions wether ddr 1 or ddr 2.. .and thats really important..)
sadly I only have ddr1
160 gb intern hard drive
500 gb extern

Radeon 9600 - 256 mb


But if you want to play the NEW games then you need at LEAST:
2x 2.4 ghz processor
grafic >= 512 gb
ram >= 2 gb...

New games are: Bioshock, Crysis, the new (coming i think) Battlefield...

 

[skrab]

4,00 GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
466 GB hard disk
4 processors

that's so hardcore man :/

grafic >= 512 gb

maybe in 10 years xD

i have
AMD sempron 2600+ (1.6GHz)
1GB DDR1 ram
ATI X1550 512MB (AGP)
80GB HDD space
Internet speed: http://www.speedtest.net/result/359466293.png

its enough for me to play some new gen games

 

[Samuraid]

What the heck is a kp/s?

Kilo-Pyritie per second?

Connection: 3Mbps (downstream)
RAM: 10GB (between my 2 machines), soon to be 12GB
HDD space: about 1.3TB, soon to increase by another TB or so

 

[Squiggy]

3,4 Ghz Dual core and 2,3TB HDD D:
Need I say more?

Nope it's just for me D:

 

[redsew]

My computer is slow for the first 20 mins of logging on and then its very fast.
REASON: Virus/ Anti-spyware. I so want to sue that ANTI-SPYWARE Crap!

 

[Martin Barbov]

Here's my crap house:
proc: Athlon 2000+ 1.8 gh
ram: 512 mb
vc: radeon 9550 128 ram
hdd: 160 gb(it's constantly full)
internet: up to 512 kbps.

It's very fast. Can load the OS in less than an hour.

 

[Malf]

I play Crysis on ultra high. That's all the info needed.

 

[Dr Super Good]

HDD size and ram has nothing to do with speed.
Speed is based on clock or transfer frequencies of the components.

Eg, you can have a 500 MB HDD that is faster than a 1TB HDD if it is able to write more MB/sec.
Equally type affects it as a quad core processor with lower clock is faster than a single core processor with higher clock.

 

[Evan1993]

HDD size and ram has nothing to do with speed.

As far as I know, the reason RAM doesn't have anything to do with speed is because its faster then your processor anyway.

If you have too little RAM your comp will run slow though.

 

[Vercas]

well RAM is like hard disk space... it stores a kind of data...
and, of course, hdd has absolutely NOTHING to do with speed!

And you need RAM to run programs!
Even windows needs RAM, warcraft 3 needs RAM, every application needs RAM!

 

[Evan1993]

well RAM is like hard disk space... it stores a kind of data...
and, of course, hdd has absolutely NOTHING to do with speed!

And you need RAM to run programs!
Even windows needs RAM, warcraft 3 needs RAM, every application needs RAM!

If your RAM was slower then your CPU you would really notice it being slow. Just like if you have a slow HD files and anything else thats on the HD will take longer to load.

 

[Technomancer]

Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (One Processor, Two Cores, to clarify)
Memory: 3 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
About 300/320 (not sure, spread across partitions) GB Disk Space
Internet Speed(s) within New Zealand:

Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600 (XT?), 256 MB

 

[DarkAngelAzazel]

I play Crysis on ultra high. That's all the info needed.

WTF.. you pc owns everything then... Gl hf with it...

well RAM is like hard disk space... it stores a kind of data...
and, of course, hdd has absolutely NOTHING to do with speed!

And you need RAM to run programs!
Even windows needs RAM, warcraft 3 needs RAM, every application needs RAM!

Not absolutly right...

Ram stores the most important files for executed programs, so if you start them again later they will start much quicker.

If you have not enough ram this will not work...
So it has to do with the speed in a certaint way..

 

[Samuraid]

This topic is making me cry.

Let's get a few things straight.

The speed and amount of RAM you have do affect the speed at which your computer performs.

The faster your RAM is (in terms of higher clock speed and lower latency), the more quickly it can provide and store data from the CPU and other peripherals in the computer.

The more RAM you have, the more data your operating system (Windows, Linux, etc...) can keep more quickly accessible. If you have only a smaller amount of RAM, your operating system must constantly swap data between the hard drive and RAM which slows down the operation of the computer.

Finally, RAM is not faster than your processor. The whole reason processors have a multi-level cache is because RAM is slower.

 

[Kuhneghetz]

Samuraid speaks the truth.

 

[brad.dude03]

1.6 TB HD

4 GB RAM

2.4 GHZ Core 2 Duo

ATi Hd2600 XT 512 MB of RAM

7 Mbit high speed cable connection.

 

[Evan1993]

The speed and amount of RAM you have do affect the speed at which your computer performs.

Finally, RAM is not faster than your processor. The whole reason processors have a multi-level cache is because RAM is slower.

You win. I knew RAM made your comp faster, wasn't aware CPU was faster.

Why do they keep making faster and faster CPU's if the RAM can't keep up though? How does it make it your comp any faster if it just keeps waiting and waiting?


Be very happy if you can enlighten me.

 

[redscores]

They don't really try to make RAM faster, they want to make RAM transporting MORE data at the same time, so you got more data in less time, it is a workaround.

 

[Super-Sheep]

How fast is your computer?

Not enough. This is just a slow laptop, but im gonna buy a new computer soon + GTA IV.

They don't really try to make RAM faster, they want to make RAM transporting MORE data at the same time, so you got more data in less time, it is a workaround.

Transporting more data in a same time equals faster.

 

[Samuraid]

You win. I knew RAM made your comp faster, wasn't aware CPU was faster.

Why do they keep making faster and faster CPU's if the RAM can't keep up though? How does it make it your comp any faster if it just keeps waiting and waiting?


Be very happy if you can enlighten me.

The technology for RAM (DRAM) has not kept up with the trend of processors. To make DRAM operate closer to the speeds of a CPU would require it to consume significantly more power and generate a lot more heat. This is an oversimplified answer though, there's really a lot more to consider.

 

[Dethadow]

Comparing my comp to most of your comps my comp sucked. I hate the disk size. Near satisfy with the ram and i dont know about my graphic card, but i play wow at fastest 12 fps. Extremely sucking card lol

 

[The_wand_mirror]

Windows Vista.
600 Watt power supply
Dual Core 3,0 Ghz
Ati Radeon HD 4850
4 GB RAM
633 GB Free HDD Space

Yap the new pc has arrived........

Btw, my internet connection sucks like hell XD

 

[brad.dude03]

Lol, 600 Watt PSU might crap out on that barge soon enough. Don't be surprised. These days 600W is relatively low, especially with 4 GB's of RAM and a massive Ati GPU.

 

[Samuraid]

I don't mean to trod on toes, but a good quality 600W PSU with a single 12V rail can run some SLI/crossfire configurations and an overclocked quad core (plus everything else) with no trouble.

This is a worthwhile read on the subject:
AnandTech: Debunking Power Supply Myths

You can technically run a fast Core2 Duo, 4GB of RAM and something like a Radeon 4850 on a good 350W PSU. Over-specing the power supply unit actually wastes power. PSUs generally get highest efficiency in the middle of their utilization range (30% - 70% load) and lower efficiencies above or below that.

 

[brad.dude03]

Huh. Well I'll be damned.

I've always been taught that GPU's were big power suckers, especially because ATi recommends a 650 Watt supply for my card, I figured it would get beefed up again for his, which is quite a few models up.

Thanks for the enlightenment!

 

[Samuraid]

No problem. Part of the big requirements that the video card manufacturers state is to cover the cheaper/junky power supplies, the ones with big wattage ratings that are not actually that powerful. So by stating 650W as the requirement, they are covered even if the user unknowingly purchases a cheaper PSU that isn't that great.

Many of the good name-brand PSUs though, they can put out serious juice.

 

[Ghan_04]

Processor: 2.33 Ghz (Overclocked - it's unbelievable) AMD Athlon 64
Memory: 2 GB RAM (I'm not sure what kind or the speed.)
Hard Drive: 1 80 GB HD and 1 40 GB HD
Video Card: 2 x nVidia GeForce 6800 GS
Internet: 3 Mpbs Downstream, 384 Kbps Upstream

Otherwise known as a medium-sized fail with some fail on the side.

Extending on the discussion of speed and so on, Intel has recently released a new processor line called the Core i7, which, among the fact that all have quad cores, boasts a dynamic cache, meaning that its cache is accessible by any and all cores at the same time instead of being separated out by each core, and can be modified to allow more of the cache for a specific processor should the need arise.
The Core i7 also has new 45 nanometer technology. This means that each transistor is only 45 nanometers long - that's so small, you could fit several hundred on a red blood cell and several hundred million on the end of a pin. Smaller transistors mean more processing power.
Each transistor can be switched on and off in the space it takes light to travel 1/10 of an inch.

Food for thought.

 

[Pyritie]

Extending on the discussion of speed and so on, Intel has recently released a new processor line called the Core i7, which, among the fact that all have quad cores, boasts a dynamic cache, meaning that its cache is accessible by any and all cores at the same time instead of being separated out by each core, and can be modified to allow more of the cache for a specific processor should the need arise.
The Core i7 also has new 45 nanometer technology. This means that each transistor is only 45 nanometers long - that's so small, you could fit several hundred on a red blood cell and several hundred million on the end of a pin. Smaller transistors mean more processing power.
Each transistor can be switched on and off in the space it takes light to travel 1/10 of an inch.

/drool

 

[brad.dude03]

Yeah, I saw the latest via Engadget. Very drool-worthy. The other nice thing is that it will drive the price of Core 2 Quads down

 

[Dethadow]

I couldn't believe that i have started a thread that became so HOT!

 

[Dethadow]

bad typo i meant kbps

 

[Reaper2008]

I have 2048 MB RAM,
about 18500 kbps download speed,
about 1200 kbps upload,
465 GB HD,
Intel Core 2 Q6600.