Comments on: How Important is Fast Memory? http://www.breakitdownblog.com/how-important-is-fast-memory/ A technical, gaming and current-events news site Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:49:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Riyad Kalla http://www.breakitdownblog.com/how-important-is-fast-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-5429 Riyad Kalla Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:48:28 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/08/29/how-important-is-fast-memory/#comment-5429 You are absolutely right Neil. While there are hard-and-fast numbers to justify the crazy video cards (most of the time atleast) the benefit for the crazy ram with flashy lights, and even motherboards just isn't there. Brute-force power (CPU/Video Card) still rules all. You are absolutely right Neil. While there are hard-and-fast numbers to justify the crazy video cards (most of the time atleast) the benefit for the crazy ram with flashy lights, and even motherboards just isn’t there.

Brute-force power (CPU/Video Card) still rules all.

]]> By: Neil Bartlett http://www.breakitdownblog.com/how-important-is-fast-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-5428 Neil Bartlett Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:41:07 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2007/08/29/how-important-is-fast-memory/#comment-5428 It sounds to me like some gamers are becoming like those crazy audiophiles who spend $10,000 on a the power cord for their amp, and they swear they can hear a difference. If a game doesn't run on standard commodity hardware then the game developers haven't done their jobs properly. What's the point spending a fortune on special memory when it'll be obsolete in 2 years anyway? It sounds to me like some gamers are becoming like those crazy audiophiles who spend $10,000 on a the power cord for their amp, and they swear they can hear a difference.

If a game doesn’t run on standard commodity hardware then the game developers haven’t done their jobs properly. What’s the point spending a fortune on special memory when it’ll be obsolete in 2 years anyway?

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