Apple insists 8GB unified memory equals 16GB regular RAM

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[–]Myocarditis-Man[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Let's load up a 10 or 12GB scene in Blender and see what happens. This here ain't much different than claiming that a 48 inch TV has as much screen area as a 72 inch TV.

Faster memory with lower latency will not save the day when it is exhausted. And no, thrashing the solid state drive to death with a swap file is not an acceptable solution.

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Here here.

Said perfectly.

[–]notafed 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

you didn't quite finish the thought:

This here ain't much different than claiming that a 48 inch TV has as much screen area as a 72 inch TV... because you're sitting so much closer to the screen.