RAM: 1gb vs. 2gb
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Finally got f.e.a.r and at max settings with res at 1280x960 with 4x fsaa/16af with 1GB of ram I get stuttering/pausing like no other... besides HL2 when I had 512MB.
Reducing the texture detail to medium eliminated the stuttering.
It was really bad.. like some pauses were over a few seconds.
Searching the net it seems to be a common problem for those with only a gig.
Conclusion- it's impossible to play fear with max texture quality on 1GB unlwaa you like pausing/stuttering.
rivatuner showed on the level I was playing that about 80MB of ram was being used for my 7800GT.
Not sure how it didn't show up on your test?
Reducing the texture detail to medium eliminated the stuttering.
It was really bad.. like some pauses were over a few seconds.
Searching the net it seems to be a common problem for those with only a gig.
Conclusion- it's impossible to play fear with max texture quality on 1GB unlwaa you like pausing/stuttering.
rivatuner showed on the level I was playing that about 80MB of ram was being used for my 7800GT.
Not sure how it didn't show up on your test?
radeonic2 said:
I didn't notice any stuttering whatsoever in FEAR at max settings (except Soft Shadows) throughout the entire game at 1gb. But as you can see my Windows XP install is tweaked for gaming only using around 100mb after boot and with only 11 processes running. See how much commit charge/processes you have right after you boot.
Also the "Peak commit charge after running through Fear" graph shows the game is using less than 500mb for itself.
Well no idea.. I have around 800MB phyisical ram free upon boot.Mordenkainen said:
in f.e.a.r with 4x fsaa and 1280x960 I am using some of my main memory for my 7800GT though.
I dont have anything tweaked...
But I dont have any backround programs using huge amounts of ram.
I'd like to see an untweaked benchmark run.
Neeyik, yup pics are gone for me too.
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