Memory Update - a first mini review

Grayson02sept1980 · 03-19-08, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

What graphics are you using :hmm:

It's really hardly suprising when you consider what a notebook was designed to do.

1,8GHz P4 Mobile
X300 Radeon Mobilit 64MB (not shared!)
7200rpm HDD

so the Notebook has quite some power and SH3 runs well except the thing with the blurring perriscope - which honestly I did not expect to get better with more phys memory

But I also use some progs for work that eat upü memory like nothing ... Corel Draw etc... CAD progs we shall use soon...
Simulation of Chemical properties of certain structures etc...
So the update was not a waste of money but making my work easier... the nice sideeffect is that SH3 loads fast (as well as windows

) and some lag problems have disappeared

PeteSnook · 03-19-08, 10:18 AM

I was having the same problems running SH3 on a notebook. I've recently found a program called 'Alacrity' (which you can get here alacritypc.com), which has made a huge difference.
Basically, you setup a profile for the game, and the idea is that it shuts everything down that's not needed (including the desktop etc), runs the game, then restarts everything automatically when you exit the game. Seems to work really well so far, and it's completely configurable.
The game doesn't look anywhere near as good on my notebook as some of the videos I've seen on YouTube (my notebook uses shared graphics), but it least it loads quicker, and runs a lot faster. Might be worth a try.

Jimbuna · 03-19-08, 01:44 PM

The graphics is obviously the weak link in the chain.....Are notebooks upgradeable :hmm:

Grayson02sept1980 · 03-19-08, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

The graphics is obviously the weak link in the chain.....Are notebooks upgradeable :hmm:

for me... I don'T think so... except if I change the complite mainboard which "is" the Notebook... too expensive simply spoken

Jimbuna · 03-19-08, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grayson02sept1980

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

The graphics is obviously the weak link in the chain.....Are notebooks upgradeable :hmm:

for me... I don'T think so... except if I change the complite mainboard which "is" the Notebook... too expensive simply spoken

Yeah I undertsand.....that's probably the only downside to laptops

03-19-08, 01:44 PM	#3
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03-19-08, 10:18 AM	#2
PeteSnook Watch Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 15 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I was having the same problems running SH3 on a notebook. I've recently found a program called 'Alacrity' (which you can get here alacritypc.com), which has made a huge difference. Basically, you setup a profile for the game, and the idea is that it shuts everything down that's not needed (including the desktop etc), runs the game, then restarts everything automatically when you exit the game. Seems to work really well so far, and it's completely configurable. The game doesn't look anywhere near as good on my notebook as some of the videos I've seen on YouTube (my notebook uses shared graphics), but it least it loads quicker, and runs a lot faster. Might be worth a try.