How much RAM do you have installed?

[Tesselator]

We've been doing stuff like this for almost 20 years..It won't do anything until you run out of memory. If you run out it will crash like a MoFo.

Isn't that kinda what I said?

Yes, but I'd still recommend it if you've enough RAM. Which was kinda my point.

But this is NOT true. I have tested this thoroughly!!! When it runs near to "out of memory" it writes to a VM file. When it's near to "out of memory" and the OS loads an app or a few thousand icons into cache RAM it overwrites the older stuff - but it doesn't write the old stuff to disk first like it normally would. This makes for hugely improved low memory performance as well!

In all the situations I've tested and I have tested many, it's never crashed in an out of memory condition with the dynamic pager turned off.

 

[jasonvp]

But this is NOT true. I have tested this thoroughly!!!

I'm willing to eat crow on this and give it a go. My Pro is already rebooted w/it disabled, I just haven't had a chance to run it through the wringer yet.

 

[Tesselator]

Cool! Give it a go and let us know.

 

[Prince134]

where did you get it so cheap??

ebay

 

[RoastingPig]

I got the stock 6gb

 

[willgreene99]

I am planning on a full set - 128GB of ram even though the current OS only suport 96GB. I need to run several vm's and need all the v-cpu's and memory I can thrown at those virtual machines. (OWC's price is ~$1400)

I am also hoping that the 5,1 Pro will be able to run Mavericks and bypass the 96GB limit.

 

[barmann]

I'm willing to eat crow on this and give it a go. My Pro is already rebooted w/it disabled, I just haven't had a chance to run it through the wringer yet.

So, what happened ?
I justed upgraded to 24GB Ram, but use rather large Photoshop files in image editing .

 

[cledet]

Just upgraded to 26GB.

 

[scottrichardson]

32GB 1366MHz OWC RAM in my 2009 Mac Pro (operating at 1066MHz speeds).

 

[ChrisFerri]

I could only vote once, but all four of my Machines fit in the same category.

 

[Tutor]

In WolfPackPrime0 and WolfPackPrime1 (32 core systems - one w/GTX690&480 and the other w/Dual GTX580 Classified)), I have just a measly 2 gigs per thread or 4 gigs per physical core. 2 gigs x 64 threads = 4 gigs x 32 physical cores = 128 gigs. But I still have 16 empty slots per machine because I used 8 gig chips for the 16 slots that are filled. The next memory upgrade will probably be to add 16 gig chips in the empty slots, when the price of those pieces fall a little more. Then, I can increase the size of my ram disk to have 128 gigs of read and write speeds in excess of 3000 mb/s and have a respectable 4 gigs/thread.

In WolfPackAlphaCanisLupus (12 core 8xTitan system), I have 72 gigs. In WolfPacks1 and 2 (12 core 4xGTX580 Classified and 4xGTX680 systems), I have 48 gigs each. The Mac Pro 2009->2010->2012 (now a 12 core) has 32 gigs. WolfCubs1 to 8 (7x6 core systems and 1x4 core system, mainly ATI video based systems, except for WolfCub1 w/3xGTX480s and WolfCub2 w/3GTX295s) and my three 2007 Mac Pros (8 core systems, but no HT) have 16 gigs each.

 

[Tesselator]

I could only vote once, but all four of my Machines fit in the same category.

Cool!

In WolfPackPrime0 and WolfPackPrime1... In WolfPackAlphaCanisLupus...

The question is "In the machine you use the most... how much RAM do you have installed?"

 

[seveej]

8 GB (4*2) here in my venerable 3,1 octo.

I could get myself more - the price is not peanuts, but not prohibitive either. The thing is, I've yet to fill it up using my primary operating system (10.6) under normal conditions.

RGDS,

 

[Tutor]

Obviously, I am not clear about how U're defining the phrase "use the most."

Cool!



The question is "In the machine you use the most... how much RAM do you have installed?"

(1) Current snapshot view, discounting for longevity, ignoring remote control factor and accounting for particular use and unattended operation: All of my systems with Nvidia cards are used the most, but equally since they are all a part of my CUDA 3d render farm, usually running and rendering 24/7, tho each system has a different age. So I have used the oldest machine longer and thus more than I've used the latest one, altho now equally.
(2) Current facetime view, attended operation and ignoring remote control factor: I do most of my design on my ATI-OpenCL render farm and audio on those same systems, but they aren't being used the most taking no. 1 into account, although I sit in front of them longer than I sit in front of my CUDA systems.
(3) Current facetime view exclusive: In fact, the system that I would guess that I sit in front of the most, doing a great variety of different things, is my MacBook Pro (6 gigs Ram), including remotely controlling the other systems, initial visual/audio design and now conversing with you.
(4) And that leads me to this question: Is "used the most" suppose to take into account length of ownership and over what time period, how long the system is doing something useful/directed (albeit unattended), or simply how long I am enslaved by its display and keyboard, and should I (and how should I, if applicable) account for it's being engaged in controlling other systems?

 

[Zwhaler]

24GB at 1333MHz. Works great for everything I need to do! I have maxed it out occasionally in Final Cut Pro and its super easy to max when RAM previewing in After Effects. Luckily it's enough for me right now as I'm getting more into audio production here.

 

[tuxon86]

All my home machines have 16gig in them.

 

[knowhate]

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[Tesselator]

1. Current snapshot view, discounting for longevity, ignoring remote control factor and accounting for particular use and unattended operation: All of my systems with Nvidia cards are used the most, but equally since they are all a part of my CUDA 3d render farm, usually running and rendering 24/7, tho each system has a different age. So I have used the oldest machine longer and thus more than I've used the latest one, altho now equally.
2. Current facetime view, attended operation and ignoring remote control factor: I do most of my design on my ATI-OpenCL render farm and audio on those same systems, but they aren't being used the most taking no. 1 into account, although I sit in front of them longer than I sit in front of my CUDA systems.
3. Current facetime view exclusive: In fact, the system that I would guess that I sit in front of the most, doing a great variety of different things, is my MacBook Pro (6 gigs Ram), including remotely controlling the other systems, initial visual/audio design and now conversing with you.
4. And that leads me to this question: Is "used the most" suppose to take into account length of ownership and over what time period, how long the system is doing something useful/directed (albeit unattended), or simply how long I am enslaved by its display and keyboard, and should I (and how should I, if applicable) account for it's being engaged in controlling other systems?

4.

Yeah, with beowulf style configurations the question certainly gets more complicated. But I didn't mean "over the years" or anything like that. I suppose your description of "enslaved by its display and keyboard" fits my meaning the best.​

 

[knowhate]

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