Suggestions for people who want EB to run faster

[mighty_rome]

2GB is not a must.

Well, I didn't say it was a *must*, I said "if you want optimum performance you will need a bare minimum of 1.5GB of RAM (2GB+ on Vista). I'd really recommend 2GB even for XP."

(Edit: Well, at least I didn't say it in my original post.. sometimes I can't remember things I've posted 10 minutes ago :) I think we all get what I am trying to say here anyway..)

Why do I recommend 2GB? Well, if you want to make 100% sure that your pagefile will not be used, you need 2GB. When the pagefile is used, your system performance takes a massive hit, because accessing data in this way is a thousand times slower than system RAM. That's why I think this is even more important than your video card.

EB can indeed use close to 1.5GB by itself at times, and your OS can use hundreds of megabytes as well, so this is why I suggest 2GB. It is to ensure that theres room for everything to be in your RAM at once. You want to avoid having memory paged out to the harddrive at all costs.

The game is of course playable without 2GB, but getting 2GB almost certainly will give you a very noticeable increase in the overall performance of the game. I am just letting people know the reasons behind why I recommend 2GB.


(Here is a screenshot of Task Manager showing EB using well over 1GB by itself)



Also, I am in no way "blaming" the developers of EB for the relatively large amount of memory it uses. Sure, it would be great if it didn't use so much RAM, but I know it's out of your control. You've added an incredible amount of content to the game, so it's of course to be expected.