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Originally Posted by aboyce
My system has a 3.2 pentium, 1gb memory, nvidia 6800 gt video card and a audiogy 2 sound blaster card. I notice some significant performance drops when the graphic settings are maxed out (the mouse moves like it is in molassas). will increasing the memory to 2 gigs make much of a difference?
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I have an identical setup to yours except with 2 gb of memory and SH4 plays well enough....and for my tastes looks pretty darn sharp on it....BUT...I have graphics set on medium. I turned eveything up and the sim slowed way down. On medium I get 60 fps and that rate is pretty stable even in high traffic.
I'm not a computer expert and don't even pretend to be one on the net...
...but I expect an extra gb of memory will speed up your loading times and may improve your gameplay a bit. However, from seeing my system run it with 2 gb, I suspect you shouldn't expect big miracles if you opt to add another gb. Probably the money would be better spent towards a dual core machine running 2 cards sli....unless you are stuck with using that system long term....then my advice would have to be...add the extra gb.
That is what I am planning for. I am waiting for the prices for dual cores to come down which ,I suspect they will, in the not too distant future. At least I hope so. I just know ,from a long history of jumping in and buying the "latest" computer technology...that as soon as I buy a dual core...they will come out with a quad core running 4 graphics cards...
...and then I'll need a backyard nuclear power plant to provide the necessary wattage and a 1,000 gallon tank of liguid nitrogen to cool it.
But hey...thats computer life.