How to have faster loading times ?

[Tellos Athenaios]

Okay .

We can all agree that 2GB of RAM would work wonders, especially with the latest types of OS. 3GB might be even better; but with RTW, or M2TW for that matter, it's highly unlikely you'll ever need it if you use the program conservatively. (That is, you just play and don't mod it extensively - in a modder's case you may want to run both the game and other applications at the same time which is seriously demanding.)

Also, if you just have been doing something demanding in terms of RAM, you may want to spend a while on the Internet (just load up the explorer - don't start actually browsing the web or something). By starting up a new, light program, you tell your OS to get rid of all the junk previously stored in the RAM - without putting as much/more different junk there. Hence, nearly all of your RAM will be available immediately to your demanding application; which will decrease start-up time.

Now you may wonder what other programs can be so demanding in terms of RAM that you have to do this. Well, there's all kinds of Office for example. Copy/paste a lot, and behold the custom lag you can create!

[Primative1]

I recently upgraded from 2gb to 4gb and it has made a definite difference to large battles. My system can now handle 6000+ troop battles with no problem, there used to be the occasional slowdown with 2gb.

[mcantu]

The thing with Vista though, is that it scales its use of RAM for background processes based on how much you have (its working on the premise that if RAM isnt being used, its being wasted). When I had 1GB, Vista would use about 500MB just sitting idle. Now that I have 3GB, it uses about 1GB when idle...

[shlin28]

I got 512mb RAM and EB works perfectly for me, thanks to a little software called CachemanXP.

I can use large unit size and high quality skin . I can have three full-stack army on the battlefield at one time, as long as nobody fires any fire arrows! which makes my game ctd almost immediately due to lack of RAM.

[Intranetusa]

The thing with Vista though, is that it scales its use of RAM for background processes based on how much you have (its working on the premise that if RAM isnt being used, its being wasted). When I had 1GB, Vista would use about 500MB just sitting idle. Now that I have 3GB, it uses about 1GB when idle...

Vista was made to run on at least 2 GB of RAM. Most computers with only 1 GB and vista would lag so badly that games were unplayable.


"I got 512mb RAM and EB works perfectly for me, thanks to a little software called CachemanXP."

How do you work cacheman? I only have the free version and don't have the auto-matic optimization...