8GB DDR3 So-dimm module available when?

[sgogeta4]

ETA July, meaning August maybe...

[__-_-_-__]

I use ramdisks. there isn't such a thing as "not needed" in technology. There's always demand for more.
it reminds me bill gates... "640kb will be enough for ever" or something.
same with 8gb ram modules.

[Mr.Mischief]

Who care's about 8 gig dimm's, I want da 16GB dimm's.

[H.A.L. 9000]

Samsung is supposed to source them to Dell for the Precision line first, then general availability will follow soon after. They should be available to Dell before the end of the year. The price of said upgrade would probably send normal people into shock though.

[Pirx]

Samsung is supposed to source them to Dell for the Precision line first, then general availability will follow soon after. They should be available to Dell before the end of the year. The price of said upgrade would probably send normal people into shock though.

Dell has been shipping them for a couple of weeks. A Dell representative over in the Dell Precision forums has said they have shipped Precision 6500s with 32GB memory to a number of customers.

P.S.: The upgrade to 32GB of RAM is roughly $10,000 for those machines.

[H.A.L. 9000]

Dell has been shipping them for a couple of weeks. A Dell representative over in the Dell Precision forums has said they have shipped Precision 6500s with 32GB memory to a number of customers.

P.S.: The upgrade to 32GB of RAM is roughly $10,000 for those machines.

Nice! And OUCH! $10K for RAM... Not for mua!

[laserbullet]

I use ramdisks. there isn't such a thing as "not needed" in technology. There's always demand for more.
it reminds me bill gates... "640kb will be enough for ever" or something.
same with 8gb ram modules.

While I agree with your point, Bill Gates denies saying that, and nobody has ever been able to give a time or place for when he said it. Even more importantly the context on the conversation is uncertain, if it even existed.

I look forward to 8GB modules coming down in price, I don't think I'll be harvesting my organs to afford them at their debut.

[devilcm3]

why people need that kind of RAM

you're not running a server on a laptop don't you?

[tilleroftheearth]

Don't need to run a server to use that kind of RAM.

When I'm creating panorama's and using (only) my 8GB RAM instead of the RAM + the (slow) scratch disk, the creation time is sped up by a factor of 8 or more times.

How do I control how much RAM/Scratch disk I use? By carefully controlling the number of RAW images I use to make those panoramas.

So, if I was doing landscapes exclusively - I would be a prime candidate for the 32GB Dell Precision systems right now. And the $10,000 premium would be paid for in less than a 3 months with my anticipated (full time) use of such a machine.

[sean473]

Nice! And OUCH! $10K for RAM... Not for mua!

ouch.. i could buy a few servers for that price..