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o_O.Q on 24 February 2013
Chark said:
JayWood2010 said:


It takes a lot of memory to run an OS,  And the unkown is GPU?  I thought I said that.

Let me say it this way.  Say you have 8 skittles.  Your friend OS wants 2 skittles so you  give him 2 skittles.  Then your friend GPU wants 2 more skittles so you give it to him.  Then you want the rest of the skittles so you keep them to yourself.

 Does that make sense?


No because I don't have anything to do with the hardware function? Seriously what would the hardware be using a spare 2-4GBs for? Not running the OS, not running games, you aren't talking the CPU are you? That's what the OS RAM is for.

There is a slim chance the OS will use 2GB. 2GB is like full blown Windows 8 isn't it? Or is that 3GB? Even if it does use 2GB, optimization will reduce it over time.


lol what do you expect?

 

he's trying to rationalise from a performance perspective why having more RAM isn't a big deal lol



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arcane_chaos on 24 February 2013

as a person who knows very little about anything of the world of specs won't affect me one bit



Jaywood2010 on 24 February 2013
Chark said:
JayWood2010 said:


It takes a lot of memory to run an OS,  And the unkown is GPU?  I thought I said that.

Let me say it this way.  Say you have 8 skittles.  Your friend OS wants 2 skittles so you  give him 2 skittles.  Then your friend GPU wants 2 more skittles so you give it to him.  Then you want the rest of the skittles so you keep them to yourself.

 Does that make sense?


No because I don't have anything to do with the hardware function? Seriously what would the hardware be using a spare 2-4GBs for? Not running the OS, not running games, you aren't talking the CPU are you? That's what the OS RAM is for.

There is a slim chance the OS will use 2GB. 2GB is like full blown Windows 8 isn't it? Or is that 3GB? Even if it does use 2GB, optimization will reduce it over time.


I'm not sure how much memory the OS will need to run.  2GB is reserved for the OS, I'm almost positive of this, but if you want to wait for confirmation on that you can, but that will likely be the number.  The 2-4 left over will be to run the games if i didnt explain that.  Dont look at this as a bad thing as the OS is very important and it is a good thing that they invested in a good OS because we all know MSFT might be heading towards a W8 like OS.




       

Chark on 24 February 2013
o_O.Q said:


lol what do you expect?

 

he's trying to rationalise from a performance perspective why having more RAM isn't a big deal lol


Regardless of where he is going with this. If games end up only using 2-4GBs the rest of the RAM will be ready and available for anything else, and can be sharred for other tasks. Games could evenutally take advantage of it. It is unified and therefore available.



Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

Chark on 24 February 2013
JayWood2010 said:


I'm not sure how much memory the OS will need to run.  2GB is reserved for the OS, I'm almost positive of this, but if you want to wait for confirmation on that you can, but that will likely be the number.  The 2-4 left over will be to run the games if i didnt explain that.  Dont look at this as a bad thing as the OS is very important and it is a good thing that they invested in a good OS because we all know MSFT might be heading towards a W8 like OS.


I'm confused again? 2+2-4 = 4-6



Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

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Jaywood2010 on 24 February 2013
Chark said:
JayWood2010 said:


I'm not sure how much memory the OS will need to run.  2GB is reserved for the OS, I'm almost positive of this, but if you want to wait for confirmation on that you can, but that will likely be the number.  The 2-4 left over will be to run the games if i didnt explain that.  Dont look at this as a bad thing as the OS is very important and it is a good thing that they invested in a good OS because we all know MSFT might be heading towards a W8 like OS.


I'm confused again? 2+2-4 = 4-6


2GB - OS
2GB - GPU
4GB - Dedicated Memory




       

o_O.Q on 24 February 2013
Chark said:
o_O.Q said:


lol what do you expect?

 

he's trying to rationalise from a performance perspective why having more RAM isn't a big deal lol


Regardless of where he is going with this. If games end up only using 2-4GBs the rest of the RAM will be ready and available for anything else, and can be sharred for other tasks. Games could evenutally take advantage of it. It is unified and therefore available.

yeah i agree



Chark on 24 February 2013
JayWood2010 said:
Chark said:
JayWood2010 said:


I'm not sure how much memory the OS will need to run.  2GB is reserved for the OS, I'm almost positive of this, but if you want to wait for confirmation on that you can, but that will likely be the number.  The 2-4 left over will be to run the games if i didnt explain that.  Dont look at this as a bad thing as the OS is very important and it is a good thing that they invested in a good OS because we all know MSFT might be heading towards a W8 like OS.


I'm confused again? 2+2-4 = 4-6


2GB - OS
2GB - GPU
4GB - Dedicated Memory

Okay. Fair enough. Still used for games though and is flexible.



Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

Jaywood2010 on 24 February 2013
o_O.Q said:
Chark said:
o_O.Q said:


lol what do you expect?

 

he's trying to rationalise from a performance perspective why having more RAM isn't a big deal lol


Regardless of where he is going with this. If games end up only using 2-4GBs the rest of the RAM will be ready and available for anything else, and can be sharred for other tasks. Games could evenutally take advantage of it. It is unified and therefore available.

yeah i agree


Where did you guys think i was going with this?  I am just explaining what Shared Memory means, nothing else.




       

Jaywood2010 on 24 February 2013
Chark said:
JayWood2010 said:
Chark said:
JayWood2010 said:


I'm not sure how much memory the OS will need to run.  2GB is reserved for the OS, I'm almost positive of this, but if you want to wait for confirmation on that you can, but that will likely be the number.  The 2-4 left over will be to run the games if i didnt explain that.  Dont look at this as a bad thing as the OS is very important and it is a good thing that they invested in a good OS because we all know MSFT might be heading towards a W8 like OS.


I'm confused again? 2+2-4 = 4-6


2GB - OS
2GB - GPU
4GB - Dedicated Memory

Okay. Fair enough. Still used for games though and is flexible.

Yes exactly :)