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rANCOR hUNTER · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 9:20 am Post subject: RAM

I recently bought Star Wars Galaxies and the minimum RAM requirement is 1024 MB. I thought it was overexaggerating. I need more RAM. I currently have 512 MB PC2700 184-pin. Since I already have 1 stick of PC2700 should I go ahead and buy another stick of PC2700? What brand?
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Tickles · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:03 am Post subject:

1024mb of ram? I have SWG and the min reqs it says on this box is 512mb.. I run it perfect on 768mb of ram.

Bright Red Nipples · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:34 am Post subject:

If you decide to buy a faster RAM, pc3200, then it will only run as fast as your slowest chip. So if you have 2700 in there now the 3200 will only run as fast as the 2700. If you buy the faster RAM and remove the older RAM then it will work fine at the faster rate.
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Mike · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:45 am Post subject:

I heard they screwed up that game with the latest patch anawy.
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[HALO]MasterChief · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 3:23 pm Post subject:

i'm so glad that i stopped playing that game.
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rANCOR hUNTER · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:42 pm Post subject:

Yea I'm running like 20 FPS on low on an XP 3200+, 6600 GT and 512 RAM
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Bright Red Nipples · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 8:12 pm Post subject:

Wow, I don't run that low on anything I play and I have a 9800pro.

If you are only running 512MB RAM then adding more is definately needed. I can't say if it will help your fps but it will help everything else run a hell of a lot smoother and quicker

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Kahlan Amnell · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 8:24 pm Post subject:

if you have xp you def need a gig of ram to do anything lol. big difference.
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Bull · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 8:00 am Post subject:

rANCOR hUNTER · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 1:27 pm Post subject:

Hmmmm... When I try to open my game configs after signing in. And the error logs tells me nothing. And yes I'm back to stock 6600GT.

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Bull · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 3:58 pm Post subject:

Lordy!

After booting up your system, let the pc settle down and then CTRL-ALT-DEL, bring up the task manager, and see how much memory you have available. write it down. Click on Processes, write down how many are running. Are there any Apps running at this time?

Next, I would suggest closing down all the memory-resident programs
you can (instant msgr, etc) before running any games. Have you
run ad-aware and Syybot search & Destroy? If not, do it. Are you running
any antivirus pgms? disable it for now.

Now chk your memory usage and write it down again.

You also need to test your internet conn speed.

Try this link:

http://www.dslreports.com/stest

Follow the instructions and let me know the results.

Next, run the tweak test, and follow the instructions..

Disclaimer! - As with any changes, BACK UP YOUR SYSTEM FIRST!

http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks

It may make some suggestions on 'tweaking' your connection,
and I suggest following them, as they made a world
of difference for me.

Just curious, who is your ISP?

-Sarge

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rANCOR hUNTER · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 5:16 pm Post subject:

I have Charter. It says I have a good connection with ~250 up and ~3 down. I closed a lot of stuff in the back. ie IM and Antispyware. and it seemed to speed up a bit. It may just be lag or just my relative lack of RAM for an MMORPG. It may have also been Fraps. I was using Fraps ( www.Fraps.com ) to see my FPS and it may have been using up a bit of RAM. I'm still going to upgrade to more RAM anyways.
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Bull · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:51 am Post subject:

What is your FPS running the video stress test in Counter Strike - Source?
If you haven't done this, bring up Steam, then Counter Strike - Source,
then click on video stress test.

I'm running 1024x768,32bit, and I average about 71-72 fps with the 6600GT.

Under 'normal' WinXP usage, I have about 55 processes running in the background, but when I boot in game-mode, it is down to 20. big difference..

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rANCOR hUNTER · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:37 pm Post subject:

Hmm with everything on default settings (except for water on high and that one thing on 4x) it averages 56 FPS. Res. 1280x1024x32. That's with stock 6600GT 500MHz core 900 MHz Memory.

Strange I found was that the 6600 GT box says 1000 MHz memory but in reality is only 900 MHz. Hmmmmmmm.
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Bull · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:09 pm Post subject:

Try dropping your res to 1024x768 and run the stress test again.

Let me know..

Sarge
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