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Jeff
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 05 Nov 2001
Posts: 33
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As of know I have 256 megs of ram. I was wondering if I would see any difference in game performance if I got another 256? I know I would probably see better performance by getting a tbird, but ram is cheaper and money is an issue at this time.
WindowsXP
Duron 1gig
Geforce 2 Ultra 64
256 pc133
Sound Blaster Live Value
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statikcat
Village Dweller
Joined: 21 Jan 2002
Posts: 22
Location: indiana |
RAM is a key to speed. people seem to think the processor is everyhing. well its shit without suffecient ram. specially games. i would get a stick of 512. ddr ram if you can afford it. |
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Sat Feb 02, 2002 7:20 am |
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Xabora
Village Dweller
Joined: 27 Jan 2002
Posts: 8
Location: Dark Elf Lands |
I have 512 megs, and load screens and getting out are a breeze and the hard driver rarely scrolls in game  512 is the way to go, any more and your godlike.
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Sat Feb 02, 2002 7:26 am |
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quote:
On 2002-02-02 01:20, statikcat wrote:
RAM is a key to speed. people seem to think the processor is everyhing. well its shit without suffecient ram. specially games. i would get a stick of 512. ddr ram if you can afford it.
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Sat Feb 02, 2002 8:30 am |
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quote:
On 2002-02-02 01:20, statikcat wrote:
RAM is a key to speed. people seem to think the processor is everyhing. well its shit without suffecient ram. specially games. i would get a stick of 512. ddr ram if you can afford it.
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Sat Feb 02, 2002 8:31 am |
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Danicek
The Old One
Joined: 15 Dec 2001
Posts: 5922
Location: Czech Republic |
quote:
On 2002-02-02 01:20, statikcat wrote:
RAM is a key to speed. people seem to think the processor is everyhing. well its shit without suffecient ram. specially games. i would get a stick of 512. ddr ram if you can afford it.
I see that someone like your post and quote it twice
But i think it is better to say "enough RAM is very important for gamespeed."
Several months ago was 256 MB enough and if you upgraded to 512 you noticed little emprovement (in games). But today I think, 512 is enough. If you upgrade from 256 to 512 you will notice improvement. If you upgrade from 512 to 768, you will notice nothing (or nearly nothing). |
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Sat Feb 02, 2002 8:34 am |
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so 196 really isnīt enough?
it hicups likea maniac - i had to disable speech sound for it to run ok
but ... 256 is enough for it not to hicup? what about 320?
anyone?
one more question: virtual memory how much is necessary for the same effect? 200megas, 300? 800?! more? |
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Thu Jun 20, 2002 5:10 am |
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Gorath
Mostly Harmless
Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
My experience is that you need is that you need at least a P3-800, 256 MB RAM and a GeForce2 (not MX) to play smoothly. If one or more components are weaker Gothic will stutter.
256MB are only enough if you optimized your memory system and have ~170 MB free RAM. 384MB should be enough.
I donīt know about the swap file. If your harddisc is big enough set Min=Max=1GB and forget about it.
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Thu Jun 20, 2002 5:50 am |
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sauron38
Rara Avis
Joined: 14 Jan 2002
Posts: 4396
Location: Winnipeg's Sanctum Sanctorum |
Swap files should be double your real ram's size. E.g. 128mb of ram = 256mb Swap file
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