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thank you very much,i had no idea of this,i just figured 2gigs would
be more then enough for quite awhile.i will take your advice to
heart,thank you
somebody@some.domain wrote in message news:<hk0d7095auhhppcivb0dbbqrmkegimbt1d@4ax.com>...
> On 9 Apr 2004 01:57:18 -0700, datrooper@hotmail.com (sam unwise)
> wrote:
>
> >hi,im geting ready to put together my first pc,but im kind of stuck on
> >the motherboard.can anyone recommend a good pick?im looking for
> >something with integrated usb2,firewire,and audio.also i want to put
> >in a intel p4 3+ghz 800mhz fbs with hyper threading and 4 184pin ddr
> >dimm slots which i want to add in 4 512mb ddr sdram strips into.
> >
> >thanks for any help
>
> Asus P4P800 deluxe.
> (mind you, if you do linux&raid, seems(?) no raid drivers available)
>
> I would urge you to brake at 1Gig ram though. P4 performance drops
> with more than 2 slots populated (on Intel 865, 875, but I doubt SiS
> and VIA are better). I also think it's dubious value to have more than
> 1GB ram on a 32-bit desktop system.
> In my own experience, my workapp crashes out at 1.3-1.7 GB. The reason
> is of course that the 32-bit virtual memory map is fragmented.
> And by that time, I've not been really pained by swapping. My problem
> is not swapping, but the limitations of 32-bit technology.
>
> If your ram requirements comes from multitasking, it's of course a
> different story.
> But start with just two 512 modules. Then try to get a feel for how
> much ram you use, and how much swapping bothers you, before going 2
> GB. In my own case, my app computes for anything like 10 minutes to
> hours, but it's mostly 100% cpu. Swapping accounts for only a small
> part of the time.
>
> What we heavy memory users really need, is not 2GB unregistered ram on
> a 32-bit platform..
> What we really need is a 64-bit application and a 64-bit system (and
> maybe even registered ECC ram).
>
> ancra