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Apr 11th, 2003 at 11:25am
Splash   Ex Member

 
GrinA simple question from a simple ole fart!!!!  lol    Will increasing RAM improve the frame rate?  Thanks Grin Grin Grin
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Reply #1 - Apr 16th, 2003 at 1:42pm

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Hey Splash,

How much RAM you got and how much you going to get?

I can give you two answers, one simple the other.... less simple:

1. Yes it'll help

2. Increasing RAM will help upto a point.

I say upto a point because at some stage it will no longer make a difference if your CPU is too slow, as is my situation.

I, for example, have over a gig or DDR ram, but I only have a 1.4GHz Athlon. With sliders maxed and a high poly aircraft I will get between 6-20fps. If I upgrade my CPU to be fast enough to use the full potential of all that RAM it should help dramatically.


My point is a ton of RAM ain't going to help unless you've got the CPU grunt to back it up.

Hope this helps you out some.

Cheers

David

P.S. A big honking graphics card will do wonders aswell.
 

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Reply #2 - Apr 16th, 2003 at 8:34pm
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GrinThanks WeeDavie.  I didnt get any response on here, so I posted it to FS2002 and got a pile of responses.  If you are interested check it out, I am having a puter built to specs and specifically for FS  lol  But thanks much for your help. Grin Grin Grin
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Reply #3 - Apr 17th, 2003 at 4:36pm

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No problem Splash

Cheers

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