May 22, 20197 yr If 32GB is considered to be the top end of the RAM pile in home PCs (possibly a conservative estimate), then think about how much memory was in PCs way back in 1989. I suspect it was about 1MB. That is an increase of over 30,000 times! If the same increase happens between now and 2049, then we will have Skynet with 1000TB of RAM!! Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
May 22, 20197 yr Moderator 11 minutes ago, simbol said: Actually I use in memory databases at work where everything is loaded into RAM for high speed access. Our test database uses 1Tb to hold just test data while the production servers are using now near 5Tb of RAM. Regards Simbol But is that related to flight sim? I suspect not. What is the most memory demanding airport currently available for P3D v4? It would be interesting to know. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
May 22, 20197 yr Commercial Member 4 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said: But is that related to flight sim? I suspect not. What is the most memory demanding airport currently available for P3D v4? It would be interesting to know. You said by a single 64bits program.. The ram software is 64bits and it is only limited by your hardware physical RAM. S. Oficial Website: https://www.FSReborn.com Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/XC82TqvKQ3
May 22, 20197 yr Moderator 8 minutes ago, simbol said: You said by a single 64bits program.. The ram software is 64bits and it is only limited by your hardware physical RAM. S. I understand that. I’m hoping someone answers my question as it will be interesting to know how far away from needing a 128-bit OS and P3D we are. Not in my lifetime I suspect. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
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May 22, 20197 yr Commercial Member 2 hours ago, Christopher Low said: think about how much memory was in PCs way back in 1989. I suspect it was about 1MB. My first "PC" (before they were called that -- it was coined by IBM and they came in late) had 8kb! It was the first Commodore Pet. And I established my software business on a word processor written for it. That was the version with a calculator-style keyboard and a front mounted cassette drive. About a year later a 32kb version with a proper keyboard appeared. That was when things really took off. I left employment (with ICL) when the income from my Word Processor ("WordCraft") exceeded that from ICL. That would be in 1979. Other companies soon joined in the PC market, with IBM actually quite a latecomer. I can't remember, though, when we started talking in Megabytes! Pete Win10: 22H2 19045.2728 CPU: 9900KS at 5.5GHz Memory: 32Gb at 3800 MHz. GPU: RTX 24Gb Titan 2 x 2160p projectors at 25Hz onto 200 FOV curved screen
May 22, 20197 yr You took the words right out of my mouth, Pete. We had that conversation back when 512k was a lot of memory and we were pondering what life would be like when we got to MB. i9-10850K, ASUS TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI), 32GB G.SKILL DDR4-3603 / PC4-28800, GIGABYTE RTX5080 16GB WF OC 3 FAN running 3440x1440
May 22, 20197 yr Moderator I feel a “four Yorkshireman” sketch brewing here. “Eight kilobytes??? Luxury!!! We used to dream of eight kilobytes!!!” 😁 For the benefit of those who haven’t a clue what I’m talking about... Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
May 22, 20197 yr 8 hours ago, Christopher Low said: If 32GB is considered to be the top end of the RAM pile in home PCs (possibly a conservative estimate), then think about how much memory was in PCs way back in 1989. I suspect it was about 1MB. That is an increase of over 30,000 times! If the same increase happens between now and 2049, then we will have Skynet with 1000TB of RAM!! My 1991 386SX/20 had 256K. 1MB was a dream. My Apple //e circa 1984 had I think, 32k of ram. I can't quite remember. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
May 22, 20197 yr My 1988 Commodore Amiga 500 had 512k RAM, so I suspect that something, somewhere had 1MB in 1989. My first PC (a 386SX25) had 1MB RAM in January 1992, but I was at the low end of the power curve at that time. Edited May 22, 20197 yr by Christopher Low Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
May 22, 20197 yr XP like Night lighting FSX water. Backward compatible as much as possible... 🙂 Manny Edited May 22, 20197 yr by Manny Manny Beta tester for SIMStarter
May 22, 20197 yr No wonder my 386 took so long to load things. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
May 22, 20197 yr I remember when I was at school (we were the first school year to do Computer Studies) in the early 80's, I had a BBC model B with 32 kb of RAM (the model A had 16kb), the Maths teacher who was the only teacher that could program and therefore teach Computer Studies was so jealous of me because at first we only had a Commadore Pet computer like Pete had, while my computer had "modern graphics" etc. This is when I was introduced to the world of flight simulation with the BBC program Aviator. http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/21325/Aviator (disk)/ AMD 9800X3D, NZXT X73 RGB AIO COOLER, Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WIFI7, 64GB 6000MHZ RAM, 4TB Samsung Pro NVME, 4 TB Crucial P3+ NVME, 4TB Crucial SSD, Gigabyte Gaming OC Geforce RTX5090, Antec C8 ARGB Case, X55 JOYSTICK/THROTTLES, LG 4K C4 42" TV/Monitor 120 Hz, 2 Dell 1080 monitors. Honeycomb Alpha Yoke, Bravo Throttle. Thrustmaster TPR Pedals. Moza AB6 FFB Joystick, Pimax Crystal Light VR, Tobii Eye tracker, Steelseries Arctis 7+ Wireless Headphones.
May 22, 20197 yr On 5/20/2019 at 11:49 AM, B777ER said: TrueSky https://simul.co/truesky/ This TrueSky. It was in the Dovetail FSW Simulator correct? It's too bad that FSW got canceled. I was really looking forward to the completion but sadly it fell through. Still have it installed in my PC, don't know why......I don't touch it anymore.......Wondering if FSW can still be salvage by another developer?..No? Edited May 22, 20197 yr by egguzman
May 23, 20197 yr 7 hours ago, Mace said: My Apple //e circa 1984 had I think, 32k of ram. I can't quite remember. I remember getting the 512k ram expansion card for my Apple IIGS so I could load programs onto a ram disk instead of accessing them off of the floppies. That was also the first computer I used a flight simulator on, unless you count River Raid on the Atari 2600. 😉 Ryzen 7 7800X3D/B650 X AX | 5090 | 32gig | Win10 | Pimax Crystal Light
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