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Title: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: Getback on February 11, 2010, 07:32:19 AM
I believe there is. However I always think of RAM as those cards we use to expand our system memory.

Probably unbelievable to many of you is this question could be asked on the CPA exam. Just ran across it in one of my manuals. BTW I got it right through elimination. In another question they referred to it as primary memory.
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on February 11, 2010, 09:00:10 AM
I believe there is. However I always think of RAM as those cards we use to expand our system memory.

Probably unbelievable to many of you is this question could be asked on the CPA exam. Just ran across it in one of my manuals. BTW I got it right through elimination. In another question they referred to it as primary memory.

That was pretty confusing but if you refer to the two levels of on-die cache memory found in modern cpu's... then yes.
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: gyrene81 on February 11, 2010, 09:21:26 AM
Understanding the definition of Random Access Memory versus Read Only Memory would have had the answer to you before you posed the question....  :D  :neener:  :bolt:






Oh and:
There
Their
They're

Big difference in meanings...  :D
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: Ruler2 on February 11, 2010, 04:01:02 PM



Oh and:
There
Their
They're

Big difference in meanings...  :D

Are you shore?  :rofl
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: Tigger29 on February 11, 2010, 08:32:55 PM
Im going two best buy to by too of there awesome MONSTER hdmi cabuls maybe ill pick up some of they're ram to unless their sold out
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: Ruler2 on February 11, 2010, 08:35:07 PM
Tigger, get an HDMI cable online, they are WAY cheaper.
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: 1701E on February 11, 2010, 09:14:32 PM
Tigger, get an HDMI cable online, they are WAY cheaper.


Someone missed the joke.

"Im going two best buy to by too of there awesome MONSTER hdmi cabuls maybe ill pick up some of they're ram to unless their sold out"
^I'm       ^to                  ^buy two  ^their                                   ^cables      ^I'll                    ^their       ^too        ^they're

All goes all along with Gyrene's "joke" (except maybe I'll/I'm/cables), heck he even referenced the "DVI vrs VGA" thread. :P
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: Estes on February 12, 2010, 06:06:05 PM
Slight hijack here, but since you guys mentioned hdmi cables I have a question.

Ive got an hd tv hooked up to an hd dvr, connected via a really short plain jane hdmi cable. Would I get any noticeable picture quality increase if I use a high end cable, such as monster?

I have limited knowledge here, but from what I understand I would only see a difference if it was a longer cable. Any truth to this?
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: gyrene81 on February 12, 2010, 06:14:17 PM
Depending on the distance there would only be a nominal difference in fidelity thus creating a nominal difference in quality...if you're running 1080p on a 47in+ screen you would notice it more than someone running 780p on a 32in screen.
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: Masherbrum on February 12, 2010, 06:35:19 PM
Slight hijack here, but since you guys mentioned hdmi cables I have a question.

Ive got an hd tv hooked up to an hd dvr, connected via a really short plain jane hdmi cable. Would I get any noticeable picture quality increase if I use a high end cable, such as monster?

I have limited knowledge here, but from what I understand I would only see a difference if it was a longer cable. Any truth to this?

No.
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: Estes on February 12, 2010, 06:37:46 PM
Thanks for the reply. The tv in question is running 1080p, and its a 70 inch. The cable is really short, just long enough to reach each other without stretching.

Think I will see if I have a buddy with a top end cable to see if there is really any noticable difference, before I buy one.
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: curry1 on February 12, 2010, 06:40:47 PM
So is HDMI better then VGI or VGA?

Sorry is this is considered a hijack/
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: gyrene81 on February 12, 2010, 06:59:11 PM
Depends on what type of application you're talking about curry.

For hidef video it's better than RCA, coax or composite...for computer applications I guess it's a wash.
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: Ruler2 on February 15, 2010, 11:32:18 AM
So is HDMI better then VGI or VGA?

Sorry is this is considered a hijack/

Yes, but it is no better than DVI from what I understand, IF you use the right type of DVI cable.
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: Masherbrum on February 15, 2010, 01:46:32 PM
Yes, but it is no better than DVI from what I understand, IF you use the right type of DVI cable.

HDMI has no better picture quality than DVI.   The only difference is HDMI has audio, which is rarely used in Home Theater. 
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: gyrene81 on February 15, 2010, 01:48:39 PM
The only difference is HDMI has audio, which is rarely used in Home Theater. 
Audio is rarely used in Home Theater?  :headscratch: So I have speakers hooked up for no reason?  :headscratch:  I think we quit watching silent movies back in the late 1930s.
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: Tigger29 on February 15, 2010, 07:02:29 PM
HDMI and DVI transfer the exact same information... with the exception of audio, which DVI won't handle.  Oh yeah.. and the connector is different.

I spent $40 at monoprice.com a few months ago and got two 6 foot HDMI to HDMI cables, two 6 foot DVI to HDMI cables, a charging base for my WII controllers, a component cable for my WII, and three LCD screen cleaning kits.

My HD TV only has one HDMI input.. but it has two DVI inputs, two component inputs, one VGA input, and one composite input (all with their own separate audio inputs).  I use one of the DVI adapter cables for my blueray player to use one of the TV's DVI inputs.  It works great!

I also recently obtained a sweet computer monitor (24" HP Hdmi in one of those $8 random grab bag deals).. but my video card doesn't have an HDMI output... luckily that extra DVI adapter cable worked perfect for that as well!
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: Tigger29 on February 15, 2010, 07:04:46 PM
HDMI and DVI transfer the exact same information... with the exception of audio, which DVI won't handle.  Oh yeah.. and the connector is different.

I spent $40 at monoprice.com a few months ago and got two 6 foot HDMI to HDMI cables, two 6 foot DVI to HDMI cables, a charging base for my WII controllers, a component cable for my WII, and three LCD screen cleaning kits.

My HD TV only has one HDMI input.. but it has two DVI inputs, two component inputs, one VGA input, and one composite input (all with their own separate audio inputs).  I use one of the DVI adapter cables for my blueray player to use one of the TV's DVI inputs.  It works great!

I also recently obtained a sweet computer monitor (24" HP Hdmi in one of those $8 random grab bag deals).. but my video card doesn't have an HDMI output... luckily that extra DVI adapter cable worked perfect for that as well!
Title: Re: Is their RAM in the CPU?
Post by: Ghastly on February 16, 2010, 10:29:43 AM
Audio is rarely used in Home Theater?  :headscratch: So I have speakers hooked up for no reason?  :headscratch:  I think we quit watching silent movies back in the late 1930s.

What he means is "Audio is rarely played by the wide screen TV itself in a home theatre setting".  (Audio is usually sent to a different device, like a 5/1 reciever, etc., so it's of little importance whether the cable carrying video information can or cannot carry audio, too.)

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