Why do consoles have so little ram?

Part of the reason was because they used cartridges, which are essentially extended memory for storing the game. It is faster to copy assets from the cartridge than it would have been for a PC to load them from hard drive.

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2023-07-16 08:42:35

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Is 3600mhz ram good for ryzen 9 5900x?
It should work fine but some kits especially 32gb kits may cause issues (I run mine at 2666 MHz and don't even get me started on those Kingstons that I removed from my PC)...
2024-02-18 20:52:20

Can all wii consoles play gamecube games?
If the Model No. starts with RVL, the Wii system IS compatible with Nintendo GameCube software and accessories. If the Model No. starts with RVK, the Wii system IS NOT compatible with Nintendo GameCube software and accessories.
2024-01-09 18:27:46

How much ram does game boy color have?
The Game Boy Color also has three times as much memory as the original (32 kilobytes system RAM, 16 kilobytes video RAM). The screen resolution was the same as the original Game Boy, which is 160×144 pixels.
2023-11-13 12:03:17

Can minecraft run smoothly on 4gb ram?
Yes, this is by far enough ram to run Minecraft. I spent about 4 years on a machine with 4gb RAM, and I can assure you that the only issue with that amount of RAM is trying to do more things at the same time (chrome + game for example), but even then the main issue with Minecraft is the graphics.
2023-02-07 13:15:20

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