Hi there. UbiSoft - Fkk'd or What?

[krashkart]

Welcome aboard cyborg3k.

If SH5 isn't your thing anymore I'd go with SH3 and put a supermod like LSH, NYGM or GWX on it. A lot of people also like SH4; that one puts you in the Pacific to command a US sub.


Speaking of SH4, does anyone know if it would run reasonably well with 1GB of memory? I'd like to give it a try someday.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by krashkart

Speaking of SH4, does anyone know if it would run reasonably well with 1GB of memory? I'd like to give it a try someday.

I'm guessing it would. SH4 uses DDS files instead of targa. They are much smaller then targa files, therego should be using less memory. Campaign wise, it only loads the data it needs to . Where as Sh3 loads the entire thing for the entire war each time you start a game. So loading times are much faster in Sh4.

Ram i suspect won't be the issue so much as CPU or GPU performance.

[Sailor Steve]

I'm using 4GB of RAM currently, but now I'm told XP can only use two, so I seem to have wasted my money.

But Ducimus is right - getting a 1GB video card (ATI 4650) made all the difference between running SH4 with everything turned off and running it with everything turned on.

Funny thing is it didn't help SH3 very much, probably for the reasons mentioned.

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I'm using 4GB of RAM currently, but now I'm told XP can only use two, so I seem to have wasted my money

Not really,

if you have Windows XP 32bit it would be using like 3.25Gb ram of the 4 you have. However Windows XP 32bit can support the full 4GB if you enable the PAE switch.

read more about that here: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...AE/PAEdrv.mspx

Windows XP 64Bit supports up to 128Gb

HunterICX

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard cyborg3k


@HunterICX...is there any known limit for W7?

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

@HunterICX...is there any known limit for W7?

Win7 32Bit - 4 Gb
Win7 64Bit - 192 Gb*

(*Home Basic 8 Gb - Home Premium 16 Gb)

HunterICX

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Welcome aboard cyborg3k


@HunterICX...is there any known limit for W7?

Ditto the welcome

And 64-bit W7 Home basic is 8 GB, anything above that is 192 GB. Which, I think would cost quite a bit

[Jimbuna]

Rgr that

Win7 64Bit Home Premium with 8Gb DDR3 RAM fitted so I'm okay I guess.

[Carotio]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

if you have Windows XP 32bit it would be using like 3.25Gb ram of the 4 you have. However Windows XP 32bit can support the full 4GB if you enable the PEA switch.
read more about that here: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...AE/PAEdrv.mspx
HunterICX

interesting. I have heard about the no-go for more RAM before, but the option with a PEA switch is new to me. I consider upgrading then, since I work with Photoshop a lot. Thanks for the info and link.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

Not really,

if you have Windows XP 32bit it would be using like 3.25Gb ram of the 4 you have. However Windows XP 32bit can support the full 4GB if you enable the PAE switch.

read more about that here: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...AE/PAEdrv.mspx

Thanks for the advice, but please understand I'm totally lost with these things. I'll try to follow the instructions (it took me forever just to find them in all that explanation), but I'm worried I'll only succeed in making it not work at all.

[frau kaleun]

I can't remember if I gave this a try before or not... will certainly look into it when I get the chance.

[Sailor Steve]

Okay, I'm in trouble. Well, not really, as I haven't even started yet. I've looked everywhere, but I can't find boot.ini