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Article #87634Re: How important is memory
From: thumper
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 01:45
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 01:45
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 01:20:59 +0100, "EvilBill" <evilbill25@freeuk.com> wrote: >What! Why is Michael-NC <NoAddress@desolate.com> here?? All these >interruptions are enough to make one insane!! >> "EvilBill" <evilbill25@freeuk.com> wrote in message >> news:2onleuFcrbdvU1@uni-berlin.de... >>> What! Why is Michael-NC <NoAddress@desolate.com> here?? All these >>> interruptions are enough to make one insane!! >>>> >>>> The _level_ is loaded into memory and the _size_ of the level is >>>> what matters. 2GB is way overkill. What game do you think utilizes >>>> 2 GB's of ram? >>> >>> Next year's ones. >> >> Maybe 5 years from now. No publisher will release a game that won't >> play on most people's machines. >> > >Heh, next year many people will probably *have* 2 gigs of RAM Probably be the minimum standard for video RAM by then. :-)
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