RAMDisks: morally ok?

[K404]

Heres my opinion: they can be bought in shops, the next gen stuff has ES samples available to ppl same as the rest of the latest gear... if someone has the money and thinks its worthwhile they should be allowed to use it?

Do you guys feel the same, or see it as an unfair advantage?

-> please post opinions...I need them ASAP!

Thanks,

Kenny

 

[Highland3r]

It's not as if they're hard to get hold of, or have to be saught (*sp) out illegally.. Don't really see any problem, its the same as any other tweak - available to all

 

[Thickbrit]

Hehe,Mav and i were only discussing this yesterday.It's a perfectly legit piece of benching hardware in my eyes,but it is still frowned upon by many in our community.I'm kinda hoping they don't become the norm,because that will be just another expense,purely to bench with.This can only lead to less people getting into benching and overclocking,as the cost of benching rigs goes ever skyward.

 

[K404]

Sorry...although this opinion is kinda OT..in a lot of ways i`d rather have a RAMDisk than SLI/CF. I`d notice a RAMDisk in everyday apps a lot more than a 2nd GPU, and easily more useful than PhysX or AI PUs. As a windows/Page File and swapdisk, a RAMdrive is...brilliant. I guess, like with so many other things it depends on what the user does with their computer.

I`m more into everyday performance..a GPU is just a tool to play a game. CPU, disks and RAM are used for everything.

Anyway..enough about what I think!

 

[stocky]

How big can these Ramdisks be, and at what cost?

Just wondering if I could run an O/S with all my apps on one??

 

[Thickbrit]

Of course you're probably right K.In my case,these days,i only surf and bench.

 

[sacha35]

I think it will be the norm i a few years, we can by Flash drives and make them bootable, and this is what the industry is already starting to use for laptops to save on power, we should see a few new ram drives next year and the new bread of ram-hardisk, so my answer would be if it is available then you should be able to buy like anyone else and use it for whatever you want, like all the other hardware out there.

 

[fatty]

I think as soon as one person starts using them and topping all the benchmarks then other will do the same thing and they will just become another peice of kit we will all own

 

[Master_G]

Certainly a better bit of kit than dual GPUs that need their own PSUs etc, would certainly notice it more, price and functionality isn't quite there for me now but this is obviously the way that storage is heading, they are getting there with the lifetime of flash so hybrid drives arent far off.

Not an unfair advantage, it's available to everyone if they have the cash, and if you dont you can just look at benchies that dont use them.

With top-end benching becoming more expensive at every step (you need the latest stuff = top dollar, dual/quad GPU, PSU to match, LN2/cascade etc) i think people are more and more looking at "leagues" of benching, so that a few people with the budget can go for number 1 overall (like the top premiership teams), and then various divisions based on what you want to look at, whether that be by cooling, CPU type, HDD setup, single/multi GPU.

I like this type of outlook, as it means it is about doing what you can with what you have, you focus more on and are happy with what you have and how far you have got it rather than the expensive eternal chase. Seems a bit more fulfilling to me.

Apologies for the long-winded post :$

G

 

[maverik-sg1]

I agree with Thickie (as this was the result of a debate we had just days before this thread was started).

What we see now is a foundation for the replacement for the hard disk, like DVD and Blu-ray and all other ground breaking products, these things cost money when they are first released - for now you can buy yourself a no1 spot, but it's only a matter of time before the technology becomes more afffordable and logical for the masses to buy and then the financially strapped but 'pure' overclockers will open up a can of whoop-ass on em

@ K404 for multi GPU - I think many hardcore gamers that use SLI and HiRes would disagree with you - I think its all down to the monitoro you have on whether or not you would benefit from 2 GPU's, personally I love gaming at 1900x1200 with full eye candy on .