How much memory for HOI3?

[Rich Oliver]

Does anyone know how much memory HOI3 can use, and how about other games like Rome Vae Victus, In Nomine and Civilisation IV? I'm trying to work out how much memory could be used by the strategy games that will be released in the next couple of years. Does anyone actually have any figures for memory usage, or are even the game developers just guessing?

 

[Will Lucky]

Min spec says 1GB (2GB for Vista), I guess you can use upto 3GB and if you have a 64bit OS you can use over 4GB.

 

[Johan]

I'd get 2gb

 

[unmerged(51002)]

I'd get 2gb

Maybe I'll get two point ONE!

 

[DiLune]

Mine goes up to 11.

 

[Will Lucky]

Maybe I'll get two point ONE!

Good luck with that one.

I have 3gb, however 1gb is shared with the GPU which is good for some games and bad for others this likely being one of those games, I could really do with getting the max 4gb I can use.

 

[wright1331]

If there are people out there who are going to buy more ram for there PC, may i suggest Newegg.com

Ram right now is dirt cheap if you are getting DDR2, and DDR3 isnt to high either

I just got 4gigs (2x2gig sticks) for $29 USD Corsair DDR2 brand.

 

[TheCrimsonMajor]

Mine goes up to 11.

awww, mine only goes up to 8!

get 3

 

[IamSp00ky]

RAM is extremely cheap right now from either Newegg or even Amazon.com. I'm running 8GB on my Windows Vista 64bit box.

Please remember that Windows XP cannot utilize more than 3GB of RAM. If you want to use more than that, upgrade to Vista or better yet get the free trial (lasts a year) of Windows 7.

 

[IamSp00ky]

RAM is extremely cheap right now from either Newegg or even Amazon.com. I'm running 8GB on my Windows Vista 64bit box.

Please remember that Windows XP cannot utilize more than 3GB of RAM. If you want to use more than that, upgrade to Vista or better yet get the free trial (lasts a year) of Windows 7.

 

[unmerged(51002)]

Good luck with that one.

Wooosh.

 

[Baneslave]

Please remember that Windows XP cannot utilize more than 3GB of RAM. If you want to use more than that, upgrade to Vista or better yet get the free trial (lasts a year) of Windows 7.

Wrong, 32 bit Windows cannot support more than 3GB, but there is XP 64 bit, version.

 

[Will Lucky]

Wrong, 32 bit Windows cannot support more than 3GB, but there is XP 64 bit, version.

From what I've heard the 64 bit XP however isn't that good due to stability, I always hear people say if your going for a 64 Bit OS go for Vista or 7.

 

[Baneslave]

From what I've heard the 64 bit XP however isn't that good due to stability, I always hear people say if your going for a 64 Bit OS go for Vista or 7.

Maybe, but there is still Windows XP 64 bit, so...

 

[208]

Does anyone know how much memory HOI3 can use, and how about other games like Rome Vae Victus, In Nomine and Civilisation IV? I'm trying to work out how much memory could be used by the strategy games that will be released in the next couple of years. Does anyone actually have any figures for memory usage, or are even the game developers just guessing?

If you're thinking about what's going to be good for the next couple of years, and not just what's good right now, if I were in your position I'd go ahead and get 3-4GB (at least!).

but there is XP 64 bit, version.

There is such a thing, but really you don't want to use it if you can avoid it....

 

[Rich Oliver]

Are these RAM figures guestimates?

Do we know how much virtual memory HOI3 creates?

I was kind of wondering if anyone's been able to track memory use and allocation with HOI3 or any other game for that matter.

 

[Baneslave]

Are these RAM figures guestimates?

Do we know how much virtual memory HOI3 creates?

I was kind of wondering if anyone's been able to track memory use and allocation with HOI3 or any other game for that matter.

Well, I think that listening for Johan's guess is the best course of action.

 

[Von Biddulph]

I've never had a problem with XP 64 bit, the main issues is lack of drivers for some hardware or the fact that some older programs use 16 bit installers.

 

[Bumbar]

From what I've heard the 64 bit XP however isn't that good due to stability, I always hear people say if your going for a 64 Bit OS go for Vista or 7.

I've been using 64 bit XP for over a year now and I didn't have any kind of problems whatsoever. I didn't get Vista, because it had too many problems from the start and later on I didn't feel the need to get it.

As for original question, if you're buying new computer get 4GB at least. And don't forget 64 bit OS.

 

[Jos de trol]

anyone know how I can figure out what type of RAM I need (assuming there are multiple) and how I can figure out if I can put more into my computer (preferably without having to open the case first)?