Runs much better.

[TwistedAdonis]

I've upgraded to 3GB of RAM from 1 and it's made the game much more playable.

Maybe a solution for some.

Twister

PS Beard Growth. Anyone able to mod it?

[AVGWarhawk]

Hey, you only need 2 GB to run it. Can I have one of your sticks????;)

[FAdmiral]

Thats because the game needs more than 1 gig to run and it has to use
your HD for virtual memory slowing everything down. As for the 3 gigs,
you may not need them now but in 6 months with newer games hitting
the market, new ball game !!

JIM

[Hartmann]

Also it depends of the background programs but the most limitating factor in sh4 is the graphic card

with one gig and a good card the game runs decently well , but a poor card and three gigs can´t make the game playable.

[U-Bones]

Also it depends of the background programs but the most limitating factor in sh4 is the graphic card

with one gig and a good card the game runs decently well , but a poor card and three gigs can´t make the game playable.
one gig will swap to disk.
xp pro footprint is ~1.2G
anything over 1.5G SH4 will not need or use.

[Chock]

You might find that even though SH4 likes 2 gigs of RAM, that spare memory will help you in multiplayer, so it's all good.

Incidentally, one of the nice features of the Vista OS (yes, there are a few) is the 'powerboost' where you can plug a flash drive into your PC which Vista will use as spare RAM, so if anyone is using Vista and struggling, try that one.