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Do you think you're smarter than most people on this sight?

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Michael-5 on 20 April 2013
Captain_Tom said:
walsufnir said:
Captain_Tom said:

Actually I am just gonna come out and say that most of the incredibly stupid things I see are from ignorance.  Too many people on this site think they know computer tech when really, they need to spend a lot of time educating themselves before they say something silly like "RAM doesn't affect performance."

But some are overdoing it with RAM: It doesn't affect fps, for example. But generally yes, most keep parotting what they read here or at GAF.


I went from 3 to 4GB of ram in my netbook and framerates increased by 50%.  RAM is important.

I doubled the RAM in my tower and saw no noticable increase in performance. :P RAM is important, but not influential like a good GPU/CPU.



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JoeTheBro on 20 April 2013
KHlover said:
AnarchyWest said:

Does anyone else think after reading all the posts in this thread they might be too dumb for this site? Doesn't only 2% of the world population have an IQ above 130?

That's true...and I was really surprised how many people on this site even trash that. I thought my IQ of 130 was good, and then came the guys with an IQ of 140 and higher...

Yeah 140 is weak sauce. My IQ is over 9,000.

But IQ is not designed to be super accurate. Being 10 points below someone when you are already so far from 100 really isn't that significant of a difference. Plus in my opinion standardized tests such as the ACT or SAT are much better ways to compare individuals.



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Captain_Tom on 20 April 2013
bananaking21 said:
Captain_Tom said:
bananaking21 said:
Captain_Tom said:
walsufnir said:
Captain_Tom said:

Actually I am just gonna come out and say that most of the incredibly stupid things I see are from ignorance.  Too many people on this site think they know computer tech when really, they need to spend a lot of time educating themselves before they say something silly like "RAM doesn't affect performance."

But some are overdoing it with RAM: It doesn't affect fps, for example. But generally yes, most keep parotting what they read here or at GAF.


I went from 3 to 4GB of ram in my netbook and framerates increased by 50%.  RAM is important.


how did you increase RAM in a netbook? the only way i can think of is if you had 32bit windows and installed a 64bit windows?

I bought a good product.  The HP line of 11.6 netbooks with AMD APU's and 64-bit FULL windows 7 are unrivaled.  It opens as more easily than my desktop.  

 

This is my point.  You didn't even know good netbooks exist and can be upgrade, and yet you are going comment on their specs?!  IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS!

i cant possibly know everything now can i? i just asked a simple question and did not act like i knew everything in the world i can never learn if i dont ask

That isn't directed at you so much as every person who does stuff like that.  So no you can't know everything, but if you don't, then don't act like you do...

 

P.S. Again no offense to you...



Captain_Tom on 21 April 2013
Michael-5 said:
Captain_Tom said:
walsufnir said:
Captain_Tom said:

Actually I am just gonna come out and say that most of the incredibly stupid things I see are from ignorance.  Too many people on this site think they know computer tech when really, they need to spend a lot of time educating themselves before they say something silly like "RAM doesn't affect performance."

But some are overdoing it with RAM: It doesn't affect fps, for example. But generally yes, most keep parotting what they read here or at GAF.


I went from 3 to 4GB of ram in my netbook and framerates increased by 50%.  RAM is important.

I doubled the RAM in my tower and saw no noticable increase in performance. :P RAM is important, but not influential like a good GPU/CPU.


No, RAM is important but it doesn't scale linearly.  Either a game needs a certain speed or amount, or it doesn't.  If you use extra (Speed or Amount), then it doesn't really change much unlike a GPU (Much like how an i7-39xxX isn't any better than an i3-3220 in 90% of the games out there).

See this is my point.  Since it will be utilized effectively, it will give a massive boost...



danasider on 21 April 2013
badgenome said:
Yes, because I know that you should have written, "Are you smarter than I?"


I was taught to write/say "Are you smarter than me?"  Don't know if you were trying to be funny and troll the OP by correcting his grammar like so many people do on internet forums in order to feel smart, but just had to point out your grammar is incorrect as far as I know.  If it was just a joke, bravo.

When a person is an object of the sentence and stated as so in the first person, "me" is used.  In a case where that person is the subject, then "I" is used.  For example to the latter, "Are you smarter than I think I am?"  Here, "I" is the subject of its fragment.  You wouldn't hear someone say "Are you smarter than me think I am."

OT, no.  I couldn't answer the question reasonably because I don't believe there is a definitive answer.  Just too many intelligences to consider.  But if we're talking about IQ or academics or related topics which so many attribute to intelligence, I am just slightly above average...but reading from the posts, I think the people on this site are higher than average too, so any advantages for me become moot.



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bananaking21 on 21 April 2013
Captain_Tom said:

That isn't directed at you so much as every person who does stuff like that.  So no you can't know everything, but if you don't, then don't act like you do...

 

P.S. Again no offense to you...

dont worry about it



Player2 on 21 April 2013
danasider said:
badgenome said:
Yes, because I know that you should have written, "Are you smarter than I?"


I was taught to write/say "Are you smarter than me?"  Don't know if you were trying to be funny and troll the OP by correcting his grammar like so many people do on internet forums in order to feel smart, but just had to point out your grammar is incorrect as far as I know.  If it was just a joke, bravo.

When a person is an object of the sentence and stated as so in the first person, "me" is used.  In a case where that person is the subject, then "I" is used.  For example to the latter, "Are you smarter than I think I am?"  Here, "I" is the subject of its fragment.  You wouldn't hear someone say "Are you smarter than me think I am."

OT, no.  I couldn't answer the question reasonably because I don't believe there is a definitive answer.  Just too many intelligences to consider.  But if we're talking about IQ or academics or related topics which so many attribute to intelligence, I am just slightly above average...but reading from the posts, I think the people on this site are higher than average too, so any advantages for me become moot.

*checks username*

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Michael-5 on 23 April 2013
Captain_Tom said:
Michael-5 said:
Captain_Tom said:

I went from 3 to 4GB of ram in my netbook and framerates increased by 50%.  RAM is important.

I doubled the RAM in my tower and saw no noticable increase in performance. :P RAM is important, but not influential like a good GPU/CPU.


No, RAM is important but it doesn't scale linearly.  Either a game needs a certain speed or amount, or it doesn't.  If you use extra (Speed or Amount), then it doesn't really change much unlike a GPU (Much like how an i7-39xxX isn't any better than an i3-3220 in 90% of the games out there).

See this is my point.  Since it will be utilized effectively, it will give a massive boost...

I 100% agree with this, and I believe RAM was a weakpoint of the PS3, but so was the CPU, was it not? a 16x RAM increase is nice, but excessive, most will not be used (at least not by non exclusives, RAM will allow more objects on screen, so you will see more MAC type exclusive games).

All in all, too much RAM for PS4 is better then too little, but it won't make PS4 10-15x more powerful then the PS3 when the GPU is only 9x more powerful, and the CPU is 5x.

9-10X, okay I won't argue it even though I think it's more like 8-9x, but really, up to 15x more powerful?



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scottie on 24 April 2013

I voted yes. School marks put me in the top 95% of the country, went to a top 20 university and graduated with 2nd class honours.

There are a lot of people smarter than me, I met many of them at university. But I am certainly smarter than the average.



walsufnir on 24 April 2013
scottie said:
I voted yes. School marks put me in the top 95% of the country, went to a top 20 university and graduated with 2nd class honours.

There are a lot of people smarter than me, I met many of them at university. But I am certainly smarter than the average.

top 95% of your country? impressive ;)