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Originally Posted by flag4
what is the 4gb patch thingy anyway and do i need it with Windows7?
thanks
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It's a patch for the Sh3.exe file which will allow the game to use up to a maximum of 4GB of RAM, if that much is available. Without the patch the game is hardcoded to use only 2 gigs max no matter how much is available.
If you have 64-bit Windows and enough RAM to make the patch worthwhile, there's no reason not to use it. If you have less than 3 gigs total for your system, it's doubtful that you would ever have more than 2 gigs free for the game anyway, but it still can't hurt to put the patch on there and see what happens.
If you have 32-bit Windows and 3-4 gigs of RAM on board, you can try it, but you will need to use the 3GB switch for Windows as well. From what I understand the 32-bit OS limits the amount of RAM available to non-system programs to 2 gigs unless you use the switch to up the limit to 3 gigs instead. So you have to get Windows to let the game use more RAM, plus patch the game so it will take advantage of that. I never had any luck with the 3GB switch on my 32-bit system, I think due to hardware conflicts of some kind, but other people here will know more about it.
There are several versions of the 4GB patch around, Privateer did one that's here in the Downloads section and it's also included as an option in h.sie's realism & gameplay patches.