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Nice one Albrecht...I am fortunate enough to have such an equally valued XO by my side and as you now know... 2Gb :rock:

@raduz
Hasn't anyone told you that such careless talk can cost lives/wives :oops:
The galley is further aft, reort to cookie :arrgh!:

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Originally Posted by _Seth_

I have already maxed out my RAM at the motherboard. Since i dont have PCI express, i can only use 2 gigs of ram at max....I definitely have to change motherboard...:nope: Cool chic, BTW!

two weeks ago I bought a new PC, I got now a core2Duo E6600 with 2 GB of RAM, 2xHDD 250 GB RAID, MB 5PB DELUXE and a brand new GTX8800... guys, I installed the SH3 and the GWX at 1600*1200 full details and it is working like dream, even in harbours with heavy traffic and with 16 km visual range. only lag I have seen was when I traveled at 1028TC near coast or harbours... but I tell you what : it is an amazing game if your hardware allows you to turn on all the features:rock::rock:before, I played it on a notebook, and it cannot be compared!

:o Do i dare ask you what you paid...ME LIKE, ME WANT!!!!:up:

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@raduz
Hasn't anyone told you that such careless talk can cost lives/wives :oops:
The galley is further aft, reort to cookie :arrgh!:

you are totally right. I can only write so carelessly cause my good lady doesnt speak english:cool:

Actually, I would sat 2GB ram is the recommended amount of ram. I have played it with 512mb, 1GB and 1,5GB, before getting two equal 1GB sticks. Oh, the joy.

If anyone is considering upgrading or starting new, it would definitely be a wise decision to start with 2g.

A top end system can load a career in a 1-1/2 mins. :up:

RAM is your friend.. :up: Its like girls; you just cant have enough of it..!!

I have a pentium 4 processor running at 2 ghz and 1 gb of ram.....How do I find out if my system will handle the extra Ram......

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Originally Posted by _Seth_

I have already maxed out my RAM at the motherboard. Since i dont have PCI express, i can only use 2 gigs of ram at max....I definitely have to change motherboard...:nope: Cool chic, BTW!

:o Do i dare ask you what you paid...ME LIKE, ME WANT!!!!:up:

Seth... dont even want to know :dead::o I made real my dream I had since I was 15... and I am afraid that was the last time...

:o Well, i hope the hardware is up to date for a while. IMO, after a year, all the hardware is old, and you need to upgrade....Really gets the money going..:nope:

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I have a pentium 4 processor running at 2 ghz and 1 gb of ram.....How do I find out if my system will handle the extra Ram......

If you have a manual for your motherboard it should be listed in that somewhere.

But according to the processor you have i guess you have a quite new motherboard so i think you can whitout any problem increase it to 2 gig.

You can take a look at your motherboard and look for the slots where the RAM is installed.
Then you can se how many free slots you have left.

Nearly all motherboards have 4 slots. Most of the motherboard support up to 3 gig of ram.

But its real important if you plan to buy more ram that you get identical brand like the one you allready have. I use to say that the RAM should work in pair.

So its either 2x1024 ram to get 2 gig
Or 4x512 ram to get 2 gig.

It doesnt work so well to use 2x 512 and 1x1024

Another issue is also of your motherboard support dual channel ram.
If it does then it is a must that you have 2 identical memory sticks. From same brand and prefer, same batch.

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:o Well, i hope the hardware is up to date for a while. IMO, after a year, all the hardware is old, and you need to upgrade....Really gets the money going..:nope:

I know. I use to upgrade my comp to the latest stuff once in a year. And a computer use to last for about 3 years. Then its time to upgrade the motherboard and when that happend you are about to upgrade to a hole new computer.

right now iam about to buy a new screen. Its gona be a flat one in zise of 22 or 24. But they are darn expensive.
Next on my list is to buy a new graphic card and after that a new HD.
The one i have now, a raptor have only 76 gig. But i need a bigger one. Gona get a western digital raptor 150 gig instead. The raptor HD is the fastest there is on the market.

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:o Well, i hope the hardware is up to date for a while. IMO, after a year, all the hardware is old, and you need to upgrade....Really gets the money going..:nope:

thats correct. you know I didnt want to make my money going so I was waiting... but if you want to buy a really good PC for a reasonable price, you would be waiting forever...

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Originally Posted by Albrecht Von Hesse

OK, now I've known for a while that running with only 512MB RAM was the absolute low end for running SHIII, let alone GWX -- which clearly suggests in the manual that you meet the recommended system configuration requirements of SHIII (and not the minimum requirements). Especially if you're gonna use the 16km atmosphere mod, in which case they suggest exceeding the recommended requirements.

But 512MB was what I had, and had to work with, alas.

So . . .

My XO has been politely asking for a while (I'd say pestering, but . . . :p ) that we get a wireless router, so she can use her laptop anywhere in the house instead of being stuck at her desk (or borrowing our neighbors' wireless connection; with their permission, I'll add). So I surprised her this Saturday with a trip to Comp USA, to look at wireless routers. We picked out a nice one, but before we left I checked out RAM prices. Ick!

I'd started to walk away when she asked why I didn't pick out RAM. I told her why: around $260 for two 1GB sticks.

Her reply: "Would it help your game (meaning SHIII; she knows that's my 'game' :D ) run better?"

I shrugged and said something like, "A lot better, actually, yes." (Keep in mind she's occassionally seen how long it takes to pause the game to bring up Windows, or to bring the game back up from being minimized).

She grabbed my hand, dragged me back to the case and said, "Well, get them silly!"

:D :D

So now I'm running on 2GB RAM and WHOO!! Boy howdy! What a difference! No stuttering, no taking minutes to shift back and forth from Windows to SHIII. It still takes time to load up GWX, yes, but that's expected. But once up and running, there's no comparison between before and now.

Have I got a great XO, or what? :yep: :D

Obviously your wife is the Kaleun as she had to give the OK for RAM. But that is OK because as long as your the first mate, that is all that matters! I run into the same thing:D Now you have the recommended 2 Gig for SH4:up:. BTW, do not ask for a transfer as your Kaleun is the best!

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@raduz
Hasn't anyone told you that such careless talk can cost lives/wives :oops:
The galley is further aft, reort to cookie :arrgh!:

you are totally right. I can only write so carelessly cause my good lady doesnt speak english:cool:

I sometimes wish mine didn't :rotfl:

Good info to know, as even with my new E6400 dual core and 1gig of dual channel, it takes about 1.5 minutes to load a GWX mission. I've been wanting to add another 1gig stick or 2 as it is.

Would be nice if SHIV was built to utilize a dual core cpu.. anyone know if that is in the works?

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