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Article #159Re: Unreal disk access problem on high end system
From: MotoX
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 00:00
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Sorry, I can't agree with this. I have a Dell R400, 64 Meg RAM with an Orchid R3D2 (12 Meg) and I get *no* swapping. Only *slight* pause I get is when I save a game (which is expected, of course). Not sure if the 8 Meg makes any difference to the 12 Megger. Didn't Brett write-up on this? Steve P. ferenc haraszti wrote in message <3581F81D.E341B62F@mindspring.com>... >juice up your RAM with another 64M, it'll be smoother. > > cheers > >mmem@usa.net wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I got a P II 300 with 64 MB of RAM and 500 MB space on the unreal disk >> >> and 500MB space of my C: drive >> >> also I have Monster II 8MB and an ATI AIW PRO 4MB AGP card , Creative PCI64 >> >> unreal runs smoothly and the graphics are fantastic , but >> >> disk access pauses happen just too much , every time I open a door >> >> or when a monster attacks , there is a pause , why is that ? >> >> I changed the cache size ( CacheSizeMegs ) to 4 , 8 , 48 and nothing >> >> I switched windows 96 virtual memory to my own file of 300 MB insted >> >> of letting windows manage it ( is that fixed swap file ? , if not how ? ) >> >> nothing I do seems to work >> >> can anyone help ? >> >> Thanks >> >> Moshe >> >> -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- >> http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading
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