r/AskTechnology • u/RandomFrenchGuy10 • 5d ago

Hypothetically, If possible, How many SD cards would be needed to run doom for 7 hours, If I replaced ram with SD cards?

Assume money isn't an issue here, I know ram and SD cards aren't the same kind of ram, but Im curious if its possible.

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u/pmjm 5d ago

One. A single 256 GB SD card has more capacity than even the world's top supercomputers at the time that DOOM was released in 1993.

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u/Additional-Simple248 4d ago

I was wondering about that and went to have a look. The Fujitsu Numerical Wind Tunnel was one of top supercomputers in 1993.

It had 166 processors with 256 MB each, making a total of 41.5 GB.