Published: Thursday 7th August, 2008 | Author: Parm Mann
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email to a friendOCZ, the Sunnyvale California-based memory specialist, has today announced the launch of its P45 Special DDR2 memory kits for high-performance PCs.
The memory offers a module density optimised specifically for Intel's P45 chipset, and is being marketed as the ideal upgrade for Windows Vista users.
Vista, Microsoft's flagship operating system, is commonly known to require a fair amount of system memory, and two of the OCZ solutions on offer are the 8GB (2x4GB) and 16GB (4x4GB) Vista Upgrade kits.
Although far in excess of Microsoft's listed minimum system requirements, 64-bit users can take advantage of large amounts of memory and OCZ claims its solutions to be ideal for "Graphic designers, CAD engineers, and music and video editing professionals."
Dr. Michael Schuette, vice president of technology development at OCZ, said:
64-bit operating systems are becoming more mainstream and finally enable user memory to shed the 2GB limitation of 32-bit OS. Moreover, the latest multi-core systems are capable of simultaneous execution of highly complex workloads, each commanding its own virtual memory space. In that scenario, the only way of avoiding data collision without writing back to the hard disk is the migration toward super-high memory densities.
In addition to the Vista Upgrade kits, OCZ is also offering special-edition low-latency Platinum and Gold 8GB kits for the gaming market. There's no word on pricing just yet, but if you're looking for an ample bump in system memory, take a look at the official product pages:
OCZ PC2-6400 Platinum 8GB (2x4GB) Kit CL5-4-4-15 @ 1.8V
OCZ PC2-6400 Gold 8GB (2x4GB) Kit CL5-5-5-15 @ 1.8V
OCZ PC2-6400 Vista Upgrade 8GB (2x4GB) Kit CL5-6-6-18 @ 1.8V
OCZ PC2-6400 Vista Upgrade 16GB (4x4GB) Quad Kit CL5-6-6-18 @ 1.8V
Official press release: OCZ Technology Introduces the first P45 Special 8GB and 16GB memory kits optimized for high performance PCs
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Whoever says 8GB is overkill has obviously never used VMs
Not outside uni, I didn't. :mrgreen: Can't think of a reason why I should be using one at home.Quote
64-bit operating systems are becoming more mainstream and finally enable user memory to shed the 2GB limitation of 32-bit OS.
Is he on about process limit versus OS? Hope so.Quote
... Can't think of a reason why I should be using one [a VM] at home.
well, at home you could use them for running old OS's to play your favorite old games. Also, if a program won't let you open up more than one instance, and you absolutely *need* to open another instance of it, you can run it in a VM. I've done this with diablo 2, and it's much safer than downloading a crackQuote
Whoever says 8GB is overkill has obviously never used VMs
Or Norton System Works.Quote
Is he on about process limit versus OS? Hope so.
I'd say that's why he said "user memory" - he's talking about the user space/kernel space limits.Quote
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