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    What is the most amount of RAM someone has put into a 64-bit Vista computer?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Bart Simpson, May 24, 2008.

  1. Bart Simpson

    Bart Simpson Notebook Consultant

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    Has anyone tried maxing out the 128 Gb ram limit in vista by trying to build a mini supercomputer?
     
    Bart Simpson, May 24, 2008
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Never tried, you would need a Tyan server motherboard with 32 or more memory slots to get 128gb of memory.
    I have a Tyan Server, but its a ddr based socket amd system. Their are only 16 memory slots, so it has 16Gb of ecc pc3200 memory.
    It runs Server 2003 great. I have not tried vista, cause I do not like Vista. I am an XP fanboy.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, May 24, 2008
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  3. surfasb

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    For Vista, I've only seen 8GB, since the P35 only supports 8 GB.

    I've seen 32GB for Server 2003 though.
     
    surfasb, May 24, 2008
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  4. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Let us push it! Go for it!
     
    powerpack, May 24, 2008
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  5. John Kotches

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    Windows doesn't run on my Sparc based machines with that much memory. They do run Solaris beautifully however ;-)
     
    John Kotches, May 24, 2008
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    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    i belivethat the average high amount that people have is about 8gb, why do u need 128 gb of ram anyways.
     
    wywern209, May 24, 2008
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    Hint : SERVER ... :)
     
    eleron911, May 24, 2008
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    K-TRON, May 25, 2008
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    Well yeah, lots of money for those ram sticks too.
     
    Han Bao Quan, May 25, 2008
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    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    Could you game with that thing?
     
    X2P, May 25, 2008
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    Of course, you just have to get a good pci graphics card.

    Tyan actually makes some boards which have a 16x pcie port on them. Now that thing would own in gaming. 128Gb of memory, and dual xeons/opterons :D

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, May 25, 2008
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    Or if you want to open a 100gpixels astronomic picture ^^.
     
    Ayle, May 25, 2008
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    Databases!!!!! More numbers plz!!!
     
    surfasb, May 25, 2008
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    More porn.
     
    Bart Simpson, May 25, 2008
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    Well in that case, HDD is much more important than say, for example RAM. What you wanna do is get a super big HDD. whether internal, external or eSATA all will work fine. A TB of porn? Have you thought of getting help? I mean I only have maybe 20GB's, tops!
     
    powerpack, May 25, 2008
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    Maybe he wants to watch four or five videos at once? Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions, pp!!!!
     
    surfasb, May 26, 2008
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    That's a nice 5 gigapixels at 24bit per pixel pictures...
     
    Ayle, May 26, 2008
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    maybe a P45 with 4x4GB DDR3 will do
     
    skygunner, May 26, 2008
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    Roco, is that you? :D
     
    eleron911, May 26, 2008
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    128gb is the limit? I didnt know that, because the 64bit architecture allows for several TB of ram address space if I am not mistaken.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, May 26, 2008
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