Sanok Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 I don't know much about computers. What effect does adding RAM have on playing CM? My computer has only 64 mb and can upgrade to a maximum of 256. I have all three CM games and have installed a lot of low-res mods. I can only play games under 2000 points. Even at that level, which is still high, I get lag and skips during the action phase. Obviously, smaller games do better. Is it worth the time and money to add RAM to the 256 mb maximum my computer can have? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJK Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 You don't mention if you're PC or Mac (I'm guessing older Mac with the 256mb limitation), but in either case, adding RAM is the cheapest and best "bang for the buck" thing that you can add to your computer. Absolutely upgrade it if it is in your budget while getting a new computer is not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 CMBB grows to about 140 MB in a 1250 points attack/defense, as reported by the Windows monitor. Now, that monitor is far less useful that similar tools on other platforms which also mention resident versus nonresident memory, but it should give you a good idea. With 128 you will still see a speed increase when you upgrade further. Upgrading above what the OS and the application needs will only lead to further speedup on disk activity. Just make sure you kill all that useless background junk in newer Windows variants, not to mention spyware and virusses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanok Posted September 19, 2004 Author Share Posted September 19, 2004 I have an eMachines PC, 730 processor. I replaced the i810 chipset with a GeForce 5200 128 mb graphics card. Upgrading to 256 mb of RAM will causes the gtaphics to load faster? I'll get less lag and skips during the action phase? When I play the turns, I disconnect from the net and turn off everything I can. I then reconnect to send my turns. How do I know if there is spyware on my computer and how do I eliminate it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 Originally posted by Sanok: How do I know if there is spyware on my computer and how do I eliminate it? Install Linux or FreeBSD Much more RAM wil bring down the "loading 3D graphics" phase of the game but only if you have a lot of it, you probably need a gigabyte to see improvements in that area. Graphics moving in a jerkey way, after the game comes up, will be fixed by providing enough RAM for your application, and see no further improvement from that point on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sgt. Emren Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 You should download ad-aware or similar to get rid of spyware. Find it here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
togi Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Hi, Sanok, I have changed my Ram from 128 Mb to the 512 Mb..The game performance has been increased too much..I recommend that to you..I have also changed my OS system from win 98 to the Xp Professional..The game locked up usually before but till one month, I haven't seen any problem.. My System is: Celeron 2.0 Ghz 512 Mb Ram 32 mb Geforce 2 Video Card Regards.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Why will more RAM speed up "loading 3D graphics", separately from whether the frame rate is slow/jerky? Either the game is paging for graphics or its not, right? If it is, then loading has to go to the page file, and so does display... both would be slowed, right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 If you have much more RAM than the game needs, then the filesystem buffer cache will hold parts of the textures the first time you load them. If you then start the game again (e.g. next PBEM more) it will load the textures faster. Again, it is really easy to figure out how much RAM the game needs: open the system monitor (control-alt-del and the some, and go to the RAM monitor), set the scale so that you can see 30 minutes worth of usage, play the size games you want for 30 minutes and inspect the maximum size the game grew to. Then buy that amount of RAM. Anything more will only help minimally, e.g. with texture caching as above, and is mostly a waste of money. The only problem is that the WIndows system onitor gives to apprerivated info on RAM usage, maybe there is a better tool somewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Cacheman is the better tool. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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