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On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:22:36 +0100 Rob Beard wrote: > Tom Potts wrote: > > > I must confess I haven't actually looked at prices on this - and > > if I switch my brain on and think I can hear Nelson Bunce off to > > one side. However as a pathetic excuse I could argue that if I have > > a motherboard that can only take 2G ram then a couple of gig SSD > > would help if you do silly simulations like me from time to time or > > even 3d animations. I guess that wouldn't count for 64 bit > > motherboards tho.... Tom te tom te tom > > Just a thought, it would probably work out cheaper to upgrade the PC > and pack in a whole wodge of memory. You're looking at under £100 > for 4GB (2 x 2GB kit) of DDR2 memory and decent motherboards have at > least 4 slots these days (decent - around at least about £50 not > cheap £30 motherboards). Couple that with a quad core CPU and I bet > simulations would run nice and quick. > > Then there's running code on the GPU as well, maybe that if it's > possible would speed things up. > > Rob Running code on the GPU reminded me... http://hedera.linuxnews.pl/_news/2002/09/03/_long/1445.html Using a GFX card's RAM as an MTD device, so it can have a filesystem (or swap) put on it. Info's a little outdated, but it shouldn't take too much to rig it to work. :) Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html