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Indeed, serious people now use gamer computer parts because it's just faster!
by 1996 6y ago
Indeed, serious people now use gamer computer parts because it's just faster!
- greggyb 6y agoIt's not "just faster". No one's using "gamer NICs" for high speed networking. Top of the line "gaming" networking is 802.11ax or 10GbE. 2x200Gb/s NICs are available now. Gaming parts are strictly single socket - software that can take advantage of >64 cores will need server hardware - either one of the giant Ampere ARM CPUs or a 2+ socket system. If something must run in RAM and needs TB of RAM, well then it's not even a question of faster or slower. The capability only exists on server platforms. Some workloads will benefit from the performance characteristics of consumer hardware.
- mgerdts 6y agoThe desktop used in TFA supports 1 TB of RAM. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/thinkstation-p620 https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/thinkstation-p620
- greggyb 6y agoWorkstations and desktops are distinct market segments. The machine in the article uses a workstation platform. And the workstation processors available in that Lenovo machine clock slower than something like a 5950X mainstream processor. The RDIMMS you need to get to 1TB in the machine run much slower than the UDIMMS I linked above.