S sam7 New Member Messages 1 Location Texas Jan 25, 2012 #1 will windows 8 Require more then 2gig ram? My Computer System One OS Windows 7 64 Bits
Brink Administrator Administrator mvp Messages 25,263 Jan 25, 2012 #2 Hello Sam, and welcome to Eight Forums. So far: Windows Metro Style Apps Developer Downloads System Requirements The Windows 8 Developer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows Vista and Windows 7: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch To run Metro style Apps, you need a screen resolution of 1024 X 768 or greater My Computer System One OS 64-bit Windows 10 Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Custom self built CPU Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz Motherboard ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390 Memory 64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR) Graphics Card(s) ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING Sound Card Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF) Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27" Screen Resolution 2560x1440 Hard Drives 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Thermaltake Core P3 Cooling Corsair Hydro H115i Keyboard Logitech wireless K800 Mouse Logitech MX Master 3 Internet Speed 1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload Browser Internet Explorer 11 Antivirus Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium Other Info Logitech Z625 speaker system, Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn, APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI, Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Hello Sam, and welcome to Eight Forums. So far: Windows Metro Style Apps Developer Downloads System Requirements The Windows 8 Developer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows Vista and Windows 7: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch To run Metro style Apps, you need a screen resolution of 1024 X 768 or greater
vrosa Tech Addict VIP Member Pro User Messages 4,370 Location Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil Jan 25, 2012 #3 And it will manage your 2GB of RAM better than Win7 My Computer System One OS Windows 10.0.10122 Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model My Build - Vorttex Ultimate CPU Core i7 @ 4500 MHz Motherboard ASUS Z87-Plus Memory 32GB DDR3 @ 1822 MHz (OC) Graphics Card(s) Radeon R9 280X 3GB @ 1180 / 6800 MHz Sound Card 7.1 HDA Monitor(s) Displays LCD LG 22" + CRT LG 17" Screen Resolution 1760 x 1320 / 1280 x 960 Hard Drives 1 x 240 GB SSD (System) 3 x 500 GB HDD (Data/Media) 1 x 2000 GB e-HDD (Backup) PSU ThermalTake 1000W PSU Case Corsair Carbide R300 Cooling Corsair H60 (Push-Pull) Keyboard Microsoft Wireless Keyboard Mouse Microsoft Wireless Mouse Internet Speed 60 Mbps (Down) 5 Mbps (Up) Browser IE, FF, Chrome Antivirus AVG Internet Security 2015 Other Info Some wired stuff
Coke Robot New Member Pro User Gold Member Messages 5,707 Jan 25, 2012 #4 Not only will it manage RAM better, it'll only suck 300 MEGABYTES of RAM. That, is impressive! My Computer System One OS Windows 8.1 Pro Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model ASUS CPU AMD FX 8320 Motherboard Crosshair V Formula-Z Memory 16 gig DDR3 Graphics Card(s) ASUS R9 270 Screen Resolution 1440x900 Hard Drives 1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate) x2 3 TB Toshibas Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB PSU OCZ 500 watt Case A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic. Cooling Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes Keyboard Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard Mouse Microsoft Touch Mouse Browser Internet Explorer 11 Antivirus Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014