return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoThe RAM shortage is coming for everything you care aboutwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square249fedilinkarrow-up1662
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minus-squareqwerty@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoWhat do you need all that ram for?
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 hours agoSince you asked: some games or if running heavy processors for simulated projects Not everyone just uses their box for writing emails and surfing TikTok.
minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·48 minutes agoOr for things like video editing. Video editors tend to be quite RAM heavy.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoTo get rid of swap and mount /tmp entirely in RAM. Right now I only have 32 gigs and a 64 gig swap file to compensate.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoAnyone remember RAMdisks?
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 minutes agoremember that ram drive that gigabyte made like 20+ years ago? That worked by putting sticks of ram in it, with… i think AA batteries? to maintain the data during power downs?
What do you need all that ram for?
Since you asked: some games or if running heavy processors for simulated projects
Not everyone just uses their box for writing emails and surfing TikTok.
Or for things like video editing. Video editors tend to be quite RAM heavy.
Absurd stuff in Blender
To get rid of swap and mount /tmp entirely in RAM. Right now I only have 32 gigs and a 64 gig swap file to compensate.
Anyone remember RAMdisks?
remember that ram drive that gigabyte made like 20+ years ago?
That worked by putting sticks of ram in it, with… i think AA batteries? to maintain the data during power downs?