rick_chelsea Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Currently using an Intel Pentium dual core 2.6ghz with 2 GB RAM runs fm10 like a dream.However If i were to upgrade to 4GB RAM would I notice any sort of differene at all with game speed or would the only benefit be the ability to load an extra league or 2? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritari Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Currently using an Intel Pentium dual core 2.6ghz with 2 GB RAM runs fm10 like a dream.However If i were to upgrade to 4GB RAM would I notice any sort of differene at all with game speed or would the only benefit be the ability to load an extra league or 2? FM is a 32-bit application that can use a maximum of 2 GB of RAM. If you have 2 GB of RAM, then FM can only use less than that as the system needs some RAM as well. If you add more RAM to your system, then FM can use the full 2 GB. The benefits are probably what you mentioned already--more leagues and maybe slightly faster processing as the page file should not be needed that much. Note that a 32-bit OS can only utilize ~3.2 GB of RAM, so in order to get the full 4 GB or more, you need a 64-bit OS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bardock Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 you need a 64-bit OS. And a computer capable of running it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritari Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 And a computer capable of running it. Of course. Rick_chelsea has one already, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bardock Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Of course. Rick_chelsea has one already, though. Just throwing it out there for the other users who might stumble across this thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_chelsea Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 I guess missing out on being able to load an extra league or 2 isnt that bad and the processing is fine as it is, I just thought 2GB more would be handy. Strange though I always thought FM would take more RAM than 2GB, as a means of helping people to speed up sluggish games/processing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritari Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Just throwing it out there for the other users who might stumble across this thread. Well, unless someone is using a really old computer (4-5+ years), then they will have a 64-bit-capable CPU. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bardock Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Well, unless someone is using a really old computer (4-5+ years), then they will have a 64-bit-capable CPU. I know but a friend of mine formatted his computer because he read that a x64 OS will speed the game up. He still blames me for it because I recommended this site to him. Always better to be a little more descriptive just in case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDXCougar8173 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Well, unless someone is using a really old computer (4-5+ years), then they will have a 64-bit-capable CPU. thats not always the case as ive got a 2 year old laptop for the kids and it cant run a 64bit O/S Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pares101 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Im going into the future FM 2011 , 64 Bit Version.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edle Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 so 2gb of ram is the max it can use? thats strange then because i have 3gb and a dual core processor and im still onyl rated as a one star system by the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_chelsea Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 so 2gb of ram is the max it can use? thats strange then because i have 3gb and a dual core processor and im still onyl rated as a one star system by the game. well mine is 2.6ghz dual core and 2GB RAM and I got 5 star system performance, whats your CPU speed? coz thats weird if youre getting one star Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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