Can I play smoothly on 256MB DDR,or at least with 20FPS?
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paparazzo79
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Can I play smoothly on 256MB DDR,or at least with 20FPS?
well guys my config is athlon xp 2000+ and 256MB of DDR RAM with fx 5200 128MB DDR display adapter.Any ideas of running game smoothly on 256MB DDR.I know the minimum is 384MB of RAM.I'm also havin problems with loadin each new scene it takes a long sometimes even 5 minutes.Although the game is excellent it can't compare with Half Life 2 in graphic textures of the characters and I played HL2 smoothly on medium details.What do ya suppose?I'm playin on 800x600,I have turned off the bump mapping,but the game still slows down,much more at the beginning of each stage and in some parts in city.If u could help to improve some performance on 256MB of RAM I would appreciate,coz I love the game but when my pc slows the game often with maybe 10FPS I would easily unistall it and then lost my nerves.Thx for help!!
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Blu3)Marine(
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sry dude, but i dont think u`ll play this at all, nor smoothly
in the start its ok, but when new town places become available, u`ll see MUCH bigger drain on ram, i currently have 640 ram(had 768 512+2x128) but one of them is broken now, from 756 to 640 ram i see HUGE change, it is hard to play like this, with 256 ram you`ll only be listening to sound of your HDD as it changes information with ram all the time, as i see you have good PC configuration, go to shop, buy 1GB ram and you`re set
in the start its ok, but when new town places become available, u`ll see MUCH bigger drain on ram, i currently have 640 ram(had 768 512+2x128) but one of them is broken now, from 756 to 640 ram i see HUGE change, it is hard to play like this, with 256 ram you`ll only be listening to sound of your HDD as it changes information with ram all the time, as i see you have good PC configuration, go to shop, buy 1GB ram and you`re set
Absolutely no chance in hell. I have a 2.6ghz w/ hyperthreading, geforce 5200 fx 128meg video card, and 512 megs of RAM, and on 800x600, high quality sound turned off, all video options are bare minimum, and every single last fix that's been proven to work all going at the same time.
Indoors I get a decent frame rate, but outside I'm at about 15. I'm sorry, but you have absolutely no chance with 256. I think 1024 is necessary to enjoy the game without choppiness or 3 minute load times because 512 seriously does not cut it.
I read a thread that someone posted after performing a little test. Don't know how they did it, but they stressed their game to the max and recorded it's RAM usage (through jumping around in a hub with celerity level 5 activated, and in 3rd person I believe) and the game peaked at SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY.
If this is the ONLY game you have that requires more RAM, I'd personally just wait for the patch. No use buying more RAM for only one game when a performance-addressing patch is in the works. My advice: wait it out.
Indoors I get a decent frame rate, but outside I'm at about 15. I'm sorry, but you have absolutely no chance with 256. I think 1024 is necessary to enjoy the game without choppiness or 3 minute load times because 512 seriously does not cut it.
I read a thread that someone posted after performing a little test. Don't know how they did it, but they stressed their game to the max and recorded it's RAM usage (through jumping around in a hub with celerity level 5 activated, and in 3rd person I believe) and the game peaked at SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY.
If this is the ONLY game you have that requires more RAM, I'd personally just wait for the patch. No use buying more RAM for only one game when a performance-addressing patch is in the works. My advice: wait it out.
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paparazzo79
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Well it's not so bad as u guys think.I can play but not smoothly on some parts.And obviously buyin 1GB or 512MB of RAM for the purpose of this game is not the solution.Had some problems with this motherboard which requires brand name RAM modules like Kingstone,Kingmax,Samsung and u know those r expensive,and I have to buy 1 module with at least 512MB!!The guys could optimize the game for lower configurations like mine(you know those advanced options under video settings),not so poor video configuration settings(only shadow settings,resolution,and bump mapping as I remember).I found some patches over internet(like on http://www.planetvampire.com/bloodlines/files/patches/) for the game do u guys recommend it to install?Just remembered to u have problems with controls like character wont stop when u press move backward or it stops but it takes a while,and messy fighting system??
Well it's not so bad as u guys think.I can play but not smoothly on some parts.And obviously buyin 1GB or 512MB of RAM for the purpose of this game is not the solution.Had some problems with this motherboard which requires brand name RAM modules like Kingstone,Kingmax,Samsung and u know those r expensive,and I have to buy 1 module with at least 512MB!!The guys could optimize the game for lower configurations like mine(you know those advanced options under video settings),not so poor video configuration settings(only shadow settings,resolution,and bump mapping as I remember).I found some patches over internet(like on http://www.planetvampire.com/bloodlines/files/patches/) for the game do u guys recommend it to install?Just remembered to u have problems with controls like character wont stop when u press move backward or it stops but it takes a while,and messy fighting system??
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mastergeorge
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Probably not.
I tried playing it with 256MB of ram, and it just ain't happening.
Each area, given time to warm up, doesn't run to badly, but the real downfall comes at the loading times. It took me forever to load an area, even if i was only moving through to another area. Very frustrating.
My solution was to upgrade, to about 780MB, which means the game now runs rather well, and it certainly proved to be worth it. The game's been glued in to my CD drawn since i got it.
--mastergeorge
I tried playing it with 256MB of ram, and it just ain't happening.
Each area, given time to warm up, doesn't run to badly, but the real downfall comes at the loading times. It took me forever to load an area, even if i was only moving through to another area. Very frustrating.
My solution was to upgrade, to about 780MB, which means the game now runs rather well, and it certainly proved to be worth it. The game's been glued in to my CD drawn since i got it.
--mastergeorge