RAM matters a LOT!

Demio · Post by **Demio** » 2007-02-14 19:42

Just a quick heads-up. If you are having performance problems with PR, buy more RAM.

I had 1GB and I couldn't play Al Basrah AT ALL. Now I have 2GB and it plays smoothly on the same settings...

P.S.: It will also help if you turn off the swap file

Post by **bosco_** » 2007-02-14 19:48

Yeah, 2 GB Ram make you love Basrah loooong time...

Post by **Dunehunter** » 2007-02-14 19:48

I've had the same thing with different games (I got 2 gb of ram before I got PR), like Medieval II. With 1 gb, sieges were hell to play, going at only a couple of fps, but they ran smoothly with 2 gb. It's not that expensive to get more either, and you might just be able to scavenge pcs you had in the past for it

It's easy to disconnect and plug in, even though it's best to have ram of the same speed 'n stuff, it works fine for me.

RAM akhbar!

[T]Terranova7 · Post by **[T]Terranova7** » 2007-02-14 19:51

I run with 1GB of RAM, and all the maps run smoothly for me. Then again, I'm also running with 2 Processors (4.7GHz) and a 256MB 7600GS video Card. Not sure if any of that makes up for the lack of RAM I have

Jonathan_Archer_nx01 · Post by **Jonathan_Archer_nx01** » 2007-02-14 19:52

I have dual 512 MB and yes it sux. I'm gonna bye 2x 1GB but what to do with these 512s? I'm likely going to throw them into waste bin.

BigBoss20th · Post by **BigBoss20th** » 2007-02-14 19:55

wtf you talking about
i have 512mb RAm i play basrah just fine(low that is).

Demio · Post by **Demio** » 2007-02-14 20:05

Probably the Video memory and maybe SATA HDDs. My HDDs are ATA 133

(to Terranova)

[uBp]Irish · Post by **[uBp]Irish** » 2007-02-14 20:13

i have 768MB ram and i can play basrah now. maybe it's the servers.

luizinhuu · Post by **luizinhuu** » 2007-02-14 20:29

i had 512mb, swapping all around
bought 1gb, now with 1,5gb it all runs smooooooooooooooooth

Animalmother · Post by **Animalmother** » 2007-02-14 20:30

Please elaborate on the "swapping" I only got a gig

Lothrian · Post by **Lothrian** » 2007-02-14 20:32

Its a mix of RAM and how undefragged one's computer is.

EDIT: that was @ Irish, not you Animal

SiN|ScarFace · Post by **SiN|ScarFace** » 2007-02-14 20:39

Ram will always provide the biggest performance increase for gaming.

Swapping is when you don't have enough ram and the system has to use the page file (hard drive) as ram which is slow as fuck and if your HDD light is always blinking when you are getting lag that is what is causing it and more ram will fix this issue.

Mekstizzle · Post by **Mekstizzle** » 2007-02-14 20:44

Or lowering settings like:

Terrain*
Geometry
Lighting*
Texture*
View Distance

*Lowering these is recommended, as you're not as disadvantaged if you lower these. Lowering the rest isn't recommended as you can't see as far and therefore will be very disadvantaged.

Wasteland · Post by **Wasteland** » 2007-02-14 20:44

I have a hosed Gateway laptop that I think has 512 mB RAM in it. Is there any chance I can rip that out and slam it into my current rig?

Demio · Post by **Demio** » 2007-02-14 20:56

Laptop RAM != PC RAM. Sorry.

Vicktor Vauhn · Post by **Vicktor Vauhn** » 2007-02-14 21:27

With out thread jacking too much I was wondering if I could ask anyone for help with some performance problems I'm having...

I can play fine, but every one I talk to says I should be able to run higher settings and can't explain my poor preformance.

I currently run on med with all dynamic stuff on low, and it just barely gives me a decent frame rate.

2.5Ghz P4 with 2 gig ram and an AGP 7800GS

If someone knowledgeable had the time to PM me about it Id really appreciate it.

(stuff like reformatting/defragging hasn't helped.)

[T]Terranova7 · Post by **[T]Terranova7** » 2007-02-14 21:34

I'm no expert, though I would recommend taking a look at Tweakguides for some helpful stuff.

http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2_1.html

mattcrwi · Post by **mattcrwi** » 2007-02-14 21:35

Vicktor Vauhn wrote:With out thread jacking too much I was wondering if I could ask anyone for help with some performance problems I'm having...

I can play fine, but every one I talk to says I should be able to run higher settings and can't explain my poor preformance.

I currently run on med with all dynamic stuff on low, and it just barely gives me a decent frame rate.

2.5Ghz P4 with 2 gig ram and an AGP 7800GS

If someone knowledgeable had the time to PM me about it Id really appreciate it.

(stuff like reformatting/defragging hasn't helped.)

if I had to guess I would say you are bottle necking at you 2.5 P4... not much you can do about that.

MadTommy · Post by **MadTommy** » 2007-02-14 21:42

'[R-PUB wrote:Demio']P.S.: It will also help if you turn off the swap file

Demio please elaborate.. are you saying, you see a performance increase if you turn OFF the windows page file / swap file???

I run 2GB RAM... so you are saying the RAM requirements never exceeds this? For if it does its crash time.

Thanks for any feedback.

Demio · Post by **Demio** » 2007-02-14 21:57

When you have 2GB of RAM it's safe to turn off the swap file