Creating a benchmark for Multiboxing Systems.

[Nitro]

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- 6GB DDR3 (minimum!)
- HD 4870 1GB (although at the current price, the GTX 280 is also looking very nice.. and I like the GTX 285 as well)

Some users on this site are mentioning 6GB isn't enough for the busier areas (Dalaran, Wintergrasp). If you're going to spend the money somewhere, do you think it would be better to get the extra RAM (12GB) and the lesser video card (GTX 260)?

Otherwise you basically mentioned my computer :thumbsup:

I'm running vista 64 with 8gb of ram and in Dalaran it is not uncommon to see my 5 clients go over 7gb of ram used.

I run two monitors at 1600x1200, the main client is 1600x1200 and the 4 alts are 800x600

If I was to build a new system anytime soon I would go with nothing less than 12gb of ram.

[Sina]

Benchmarking has been done, i will be posting the results soon.

[Yo-Yo Freak]

Benchmarking has been done, i will be posting the results soon.

Sweet! can't w8 to see them!! ^_^ this will probably go a long way to what i chose when i build a new system

~YYF

[Moorea]

Benchmarking has been done, i will be posting the results soon.

... Post it ?

[Clanked]

If I was to build a new system anytime soon I would go with nothing less than 12gb of ram.

Isn't that often the maximum amount of ram on a desktop board?

That is a firmware limitation only.
The x58 chipset can support higher than that, but the motherboard makers themselves are not at the present time.

In fact, with the first batch of i7 motherboards to hit the market, they required a firmware update just to support 12GB, even though they were labled 24GB capable.

[Noids99]

Not to mention the lack of non ECC 4GB DDR3 RAM modules available.