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Scotty · 03-07-09, 01:48 PM

get more ram!!! it helps a lot..
I have sh3 on 3 systems.. 2 old AMD BArton cores XP3200 with 1 gig ram, and the 4th a newer system Core 2 duo E7200 oc at 3.4 ghz..with 4 gigs of ram, and SATA drives..
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My 12 yr old likes to play sh3 too, I ordered 2 gigs of ram for my old barton XP3200, and the jump from 1 gi to 2 gigs was VERY impressive in SH3 1.4b GWX3..
Load times decreased nore important is my time compression increased.

on the new system with faster CPU, SATA drive, 4 gb faster ram it still loads slightly faster, and time compression is much better..
I'l post bck game load times and capmaign load times on the 1, 2 and 4 ig systems.

OK results all 1.4b GWX3

load times

(1) on the Xp3200 system with 1 gig ram -WinXP Sp1
load game time is 55 seconds
load career time 4:30 min

(2) on the XP3200 system with 2 gig ram-WinXP Sp1
load game time in 55 seconds
load career time in 4:10 min

(3) on the E7200 system with 4 gig ram-WinXP Sp2
load game time is 35 seconds
load career time is 2:20 seconds

time compression FPS (most important, as choppiness is hard to deal with)

(1) xp3200 1 gig ram
2048x = 10 fps avg
4096x = 3 fps avg
8192x = 1 fps
(2) xp3200 2 gig ram
2048x = 40 fps avg
4096x = 8 fps avg
8192x 2 fps
(3) E7200 4 gig ram
2040x = 60 fps
4096x = 30 fps
8192x = 5 fps avg

FPS are avg out in bare ocean on F5 map, sometimes they lower to less than 1/2, seldome go higher.

Load times are not so dependent on ram as I thought..1 gig of ram 4:30 time vs 2 gig ram 4:10 time isn't much... all with same mods.
The faster load time of the E7200 system with 4 gig ram may not be to the ram, but the newer faster SATA2 HD, and faster CPU.

Time compression FPS seemed to be ram related.

I hope this info helps so you don't go out and buy something you don't need.

scotty

03-07-09, 01:48 PM	#9
Scotty Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 24 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	get more ram!!! it helps a lot.. I have sh3 on 3 systems.. 2 old AMD BArton cores XP3200 with 1 gig ram, and the 4th a newer system Core 2 duo E7200 oc at 3.4 ghz..with 4 gigs of ram, and SATA drives.. the My 12 yr old likes to play sh3 too, I ordered 2 gigs of ram for my old barton XP3200, and the jump from 1 gi to 2 gigs was VERY impressive in SH3 1.4b GWX3.. Load times decreased nore important is my time compression increased. on the new system with faster CPU, SATA drive, 4 gb faster ram it still loads slightly faster, and time compression is much better.. I'l post bck game load times and capmaign load times on the 1, 2 and 4 ig systems. OK results all 1.4b GWX3 load times (1) on the Xp3200 system with 1 gig ram -WinXP Sp1 load game time is 55 seconds load career time 4:30 min (2) on the XP3200 system with 2 gig ram-WinXP Sp1 load game time in 55 seconds load career time in 4:10 min (3) on the E7200 system with 4 gig ram-WinXP Sp2 load game time is 35 seconds load career time is 2:20 seconds time compression FPS (most important, as choppiness is hard to deal with) (1) xp3200 1 gig ram 2048x = 10 fps avg 4096x = 3 fps avg 8192x = 1 fps (2) xp3200 2 gig ram 2048x = 40 fps avg 4096x = 8 fps avg 8192x 2 fps (3) E7200 4 gig ram 2040x = 60 fps 4096x = 30 fps 8192x = 5 fps avg FPS are avg out in bare ocean on F5 map, sometimes they lower to less than 1/2, seldome go higher. Load times are not so dependent on ram as I thought..1 gig of ram 4:30 time vs 2 gig ram 4:10 time isn't much... all with same mods. The faster load time of the E7200 system with 4 gig ram may not be to the ram, but the newer faster SATA2 HD, and faster CPU. Time compression FPS seemed to be ram related. I hope this info helps so you don't go out and buy something you don't need. scotty Last edited by Scotty; 03-07-09 at 03:22 PM.