I read online that the Octane workstations (at least some later revisions) were able to support up to 8GB of RAM, which is pretty impressive for a computer released in 1997. That being said, how much futureproofing would 8GB have provided? Technology moved a lot faster back then, and I would assume other components would be rendered obsolete long before the RAM. But I'm just a stupid zoomer.
8GB RAM became standard for most PCs around 2015. That's almost 20 years ahead of the curve.
>>108536779The CPU would be the limiting factor here. You have no idea how quickly they were improving back then. Try using a Core 2 Duo with 8GB and whatever the latest bingbongwahoo CPU with 8GB you'll get roughly the same idea.
>>108536876For expensive workstations? 8GB in 2015?Rich kids would have gayming computer with more, years before 2015.
>>108536779I played Half-life 1 at 800x600 with a 266mhz AMD processor, 64MB of RAM, and 8MB of VRAM.
Imagine gutting one of these bad boys to build a sick gaming rig.
>>108536779>>108537253Forget the actual hardware and future proofing. Some chink needs to export an Alibaba storefront to Amazon that uses this case design with the logo removed.
>>108537272>with the logo removed.Do not want.
>>108537253found the redditard
>>108536779you don't buy workstations for "future proofing", you buy them to get shit done right now, because you are actively running a business that requires the capabilities of said system
