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 Post subject: how much ram is good to run this game?
PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:46 am 
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i got a ati radeon Xpress 200 serious graphic card wit i think 128mb or 256mb. i only got 384mb ram atm lol, ever since euro came it takes me 3 to 5min just to launch game and get to login screen. also the loading is rly slow to. i tinking about upgrading my ram to 1gb. will it help improve the game launch speed and have fast loading in game??

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I play with 2 gb of ram. Play any game perfect, never maxing out on ram. I think currently 1 gb is enough to play sro. But your process/graphics make up how fast the game loads.

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Lowest that it can run smoothly on is probably 512 mb, but it does depend on your graphics card, processor ect.


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my graphics card sux :(
need to buy a better 1

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You can get away with 512 MB with this game on a Pentium 4.


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Aiyas wrote:
You can get away with 512 MB with this game on a Pentium 4.
I play just fine with 512mb on a P3

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4 gigs, perfect for running sro and many other programs at the same time.


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i got 1 gb ram and sro loads pretty fast.

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I have 2gigs but I think if it's taking that long to load it's probably your CPU too. Do you know what kind of a CPU you have?


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500meg at high quality, no problemo. I have 2 gig now => 500 for sro, then 500 for Vista, + some other progs => 200mb and i got still free space for another game :D


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will run at 512, but for perfect no lag, get a gig :)

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Ell wrote:
Lowest that it can run smoothly on is probably 512 mb, but it does depend on your graphics card, processor ect.


ya, i think mines are ok

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Running perfectly smooth with highest graphics settings (without shadows)

1gb ram & 256mb graphics card

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I ran pre-Euro with 256 MB RAM, which was pretty laggy. After upgrading to 512 MB RAM, pre-Euro SRO ran very smoothly. After the Euro update, I lag again with 512 MB RAM, so I suspect 1 GB will run things smoothly. (Also note I run a 1.8 ghz CPU.)

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Roflberryp00ncakes wrote:
I have 2gigs but I think if it's taking that long to load it's probably your CPU too. Do you know what kind of a CPU you have?


AMD Athlon 64 processor 3200+ 2.19 Ghz

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go with 1 gig. runs smoothly


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the x200 is a share memory graphics. So basicly if you have it set at 128 you will have YOUR RAM-128 as your total ram.

You can change it. I personally find RAM is more important than graphics ram, so I have mine set to 32mb. Which means I've got...480mb ram? (quick maths :S)

I have the same card in my laptop. I was playing for a while with it this afternoon. And it became reallllly slow. It took at least 5 minutes to load hotan where as when I first started it took less than 10 seconds.

I'm hoping to get some more ram too ^_^ Tell me how it works out.

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i have a 512mb videocard, 1gb ram, and a 3.0ghz p4 processor. Runs smooth on all high graphics settings... it would probably be flawless with 2 gb ram.

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E6750 at 3.0 GHZ

Patriot Xtreme PC6400 2 GB RAM 4-4-12 800 Clk speed

ATI 1900XTX 256 MB video card.

Corsair 600 W PSU


and yet I still lag ingame LOL. I think its the server that is farked.


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I got a question, my pc is pretty old, with 512mb ram, I can run sro, its pretty smooth out away from towns, but around a lot of ppl like in towns or on big trad runs/job wars its pretty laggy, like it freezes or a few seconds and stuff. WIll just getting new ram help that a lot.

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DarkJackal wrote:
I got a question, my pc is pretty old, with 512mb ram, I can run sro, its pretty smooth out away from towns, but around a lot of ppl like in towns or on big trad runs/job wars its pretty laggy, like it freezes or a few seconds and stuff. WIll just getting new ram help that a lot.


More than likely no. It wont be enough.

Ram is what holds what loaded. The game has to be loaded either way, so the rest will be put into a swapfile (much slower than having that capacity in ram).

But anyway. If its slowdowns from a lot of things on screen. Yes another 512 wouldn't hurt you. But you would need a new graphics card, and a pretty decent one at that.

All that text/char models needs some pretty heafty power to be rendered without any lag at all.

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Another 512 wouldnt hurt, but wouldnt it help with slow loading and stuff if I just switch the 512 I have no with 2 new 512? The ram I have now is like 3 or 4 years old.

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well i run it on 512mb, and mine is on full setting with a radeon x1600 card.

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Actually RAM will help a lot if you're experiencing lag where it is populous, such crowded cities or big trades. Even Adding 256 MB will make a noticeable difference.

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A little off topic - How many of you guys read SRF while the game is still open?

I recently (this morning) upgraded my RAM to 1.5GB and really enjoy chatting on the forums and playing the game at the same time.

To all of you with 512 - I recommend getting an upgrade because with the euro (especially if you have a euro char) update, you're going to need the extra space for all those botters/annoying people in town. I still lag while in town, but it's not at severe (taking at least a full 3 minutes to get out of town, then the distance to the training area).


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DarkJackal wrote:
I got a question, my pc is pretty old, with 512mb ram, I can run sro, its pretty smooth out away from towns, but around a lot of ppl like in towns or on big trad runs/job wars its pretty laggy, like it freezes or a few seconds and stuff. WIll just getting new ram help that a lot.

Yeah it'll help, but getting a newer graphics card will help a lot also. Especially if the one you have right now is really low.


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I use a 256mb radeon 9250 I think, its kinda old too lol >.>, i'll get a new pc before I update that, probably cheaper just to get some new ram for now :d.

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