How fast is your computer?

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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:thumbs_down:
I've got internet speed of 1200 kb/s
Ram of 1.49
And total disk size of 80gb and i think it sucks
 
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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...
 
DarkAngelAzazel said:
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...
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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...
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And processor.
 
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.
 
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...
 
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.
 
vercas said:
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!
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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.
 
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:
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:P
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600 (XT?), 256 MB
 
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Malf said:
I play Crysis on ultra high. That's all the info needed.
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WTF.. you pc owns everything then... Gl hf with it...

vercas said:
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!
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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..
 
This topic is making me cry. :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.
 
Samuraid said:
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.
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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? :ugly:


Be very happy if you can enlighten me. :cool:
 
Dethadow said:
How fast is your computer?
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Not enough. This is just a slow laptop, but im gonna buy a new computer soon + GTA IV. :)

redscores said:
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.
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Transporting more data in a same time equals faster.
 
Evan1993 said:
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? :ugly:


Be very happy if you can enlighten me. :cool:
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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.
 
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.
 
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. :cool:
 
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.
 
Ghan_04 said:
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.
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/drool
 
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