will increasing memory improve performance?

GoldenEagle8 · 04-02-07, 05:54 PM

I've been looking for the answer to the same question for a while, I have a AMD 1.8Ghz prossessor, 1Gig of RAM, and an ATI 200m Graphics card, will a second gig at least add 10FPS?

Rilex · 04-02-07, 06:02 PM

I had a P4 3.2, 4GB (3.5 effective) and a 6800GT ... still had serious performance problems.

Upgraded on Friday to a C2D 2.4, 4GB RAM again (and 4GB effective thanks to running a 64bit OS), and a 8800GTS (320MB RAM). Night and day of course.

stabiz · 04-02-07, 06:32 PM

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 · 04-02-07, 07:49 PM

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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 · 04-02-07, 08:17 PM

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 · 04-02-07, 09:34 PM

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 · 04-03-07, 12:07 AM

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.

04-02-07, 05:54 PM	#1
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04-02-07, 06:32 PM	#3
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	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) __________________

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Condor96 Watch Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 26 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	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. Last edited by Condor96; 04-03-07 at 03:00 AM.

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Rilex Sailor man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 43 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I had a P4 3.2, 4GB (3.5 effective) and a 6800GT ... still had serious performance problems. Upgraded on Friday to a C2D 2.4, 4GB RAM again (and 4GB effective thanks to running a 64bit OS), and a 8800GTS (320MB RAM). Night and day of course.

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Rilex Sailor man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 43 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Unless you're using Perf Mon and checking the Committed Bytes counter for the process, you're not going to get an accurate number.

04-02-07, 09:34 PM	#6
Jeffg Exec Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ponte vedra beach,fl Posts: 250 Downloads: 1662 Uploads: 0	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