will increasing memory improve performance?

[stabiz]

I did a test a few weeks ago, and I think SH4 uses about 800MB ram (if it can), so going to two gigs is always good, so XP is free to do whatever it does in the background.

But I have to say, buying the C2D 2,4ghz is the smartest thing I ever did. (Not that I notice that in SH4, but almost everywhere else)

[DirtyHarry3033]

Originally Posted by stabiz

I did a test a few weeks ago, and I think SH4 uses about 800MB ram (if it can), so going to two gigs is always good, so XP is free to do whatever it does in the background.

But I have to say, buying the C2D 2,4ghz is the smartest thing I ever did. (Not that I notice that in SH4, but almost everywhere else)

You sure about that??? I checked with MemStatus 2.50 tonight after killing all unnecessary stuff with EndItAll (running XP Pro SP2 on a system with 2gb system memory) and the peak system memory usage was 1975 MB!!! I think no matter how much ram you have, SH4 will eat nearly all of it. I mean, I was using 96% of 2GB, I bet if I dumped in another 2GB I'd still be at 96%. Not even FSX eats ram the way SH4 does!

[Rilex]

Unless you're using Perf Mon and checking the Committed Bytes counter for the process, you're not going to get an accurate number.

[Jeffg]

I have a 3.2 P4 with 2 gigs ram and a ATI 1600 with 512 ram on the audio card and I am getting just 7-8 fps with enviro off.
Jeff

[Condor96]

Im running a 2gig P4 with 1.5 gig mem and 256 meg ATI Radeon 9550 and I was getting about 8-9 FPS on medium. I reduced my AGP apeture from 256 to 64 and gained about 3 FPS , small diff but it helps, mouse moves alittle faster anyways.

[lyceum]

I have an Athlon 64 3400 (2.4ghz) with 1GB DDR400 RAM and GeForce 6800GT.

I have everything on max except for post rendering filter thingy is off.

It runs smoothly on the whole except when in heavy weather and fog.

Think I will get another gig of RAM.

I have an AGP motherboard, what card can I get that is an improvement on my current one but is NOT PCI-Express?

[Zantham]

Originally Posted by lyceum

I have an Athlon 64 3400 (2.4ghz) with 1GB DDR400 RAM and GeForce 6800GT.

I have everything on max except for post rendering filter thingy is off.

It runs smoothly on the whole except when in heavy weather and fog.

Think I will get another gig of RAM.

I have an AGP motherboard, what card can I get that is an improvement on my current one but is NOT PCI-Express?

For ATI card looks like there are X1950Pro 512MB cards that are AGP, for $300US and under

For GeForce card I think the 7900GS is about as high as you can go there, if you can find one, else a 7600GT 256MB.

Not being as familiar with ATI, I'd say the 1950 is the superior card to the 7900....make sure your power supply can handle it.