Memory Upgrade - Question

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Hi,

I currently have a PC having these specs:
- AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (2.20GHz)
- ATI Radeon 9800 All-In-Wounder
- 1 GB RAM
- WinXP

For some reasons, I decided to upgrade my memory to 2 GB (1 new GB). I currently have virtual memory configured for using 2-3 GB on my HDD.

My question is: now that I will have 2 GB of RAM, should I disable the virtual memory to let Windows (and GalCiv2) use only the real RAM? Does Windows is smarth enough to not use the virtual when there is real RAM available?

Thanks to all !
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
should I disable the virtual memory to let Windows (and GalCiv2) use only the real RAM? Does Windows is smarth enough to not use the virtual when there is real RAM available?


No to both. Without any virtual memory, if you get to the end of your RAM things will just crash or refuse to run. And 2GB is really not all that much if you run memory-intensive programs (like GC2).
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
ok, thanks for the answer.
That drives me to another question. Because I'll have more memory, can I enable the AI option for multi-cpus?

Does the AI directly depends on the processing power of the PC, or it can help to have more RAM? And if I enable the option (without multi-cpus in my PC), what will happend? Will the AI computation use the maximum power of my CPU to run certain algorithym and discard other that can't be run because I'm single CPU even with the option checked?

Many questions hehe. But I want to know how it works
Regards.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The intensive CPU options for the AI depend mostly on your CPU power, or whether you're willing to wait a bit longer at the end of the turn for it to think. Memory shouldn't have much bearing on it AFAIK.

It's not a magical "use everything the CPU has" option, but rather it just lets the AI use more algorithms that take more processing than the 'normal' ones do. These 'heavier' algorithms let the AI do more analysis of the situation around it, and help it try to predict and plan ahead more.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
ok, understood. More processors = less waiting time between turns.

Thanks again Kryo.