Comment on RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously!
Balldowern@lemmy.world 2 days ago
DDr3 works well with Linux (and older Windows OS) for many applications. Just don’t play games, and don’t use AI for a while - you’ll be smooth sailing for a few years before prices fall. Use other devices instead - phones/tablets.
sobchak@programming.dev 1 day ago
I’ve got a PC with an i7-4770k, 32GB of RAM, and RTX 3090 that plays games just fine (and does runs local LLMs just fine too).
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Forget the RAM, don’t you get CPU limited?
sobchak@programming.dev 1 day ago
Every game I’ve tried works fine. Including resource hungry games like Cyberpunk 2077. It’s my understanding that games are typically light on the CPU because they typically also try to target consoles which don’t have very good CPUs. It is noticeably slower at some (highly parallelize-able) tasks, but is fine for any game I’ve tried. The CPU is probably roughly equivalent to the CPU in a Steam Deck.