About RAM

Nhoyb · May 4, 2006, 07:58 AM

I have a 2GB Kingston DDR400 ValueRAM Installed on an Intel D915PGN Board with Intel Pentium 4 530.

Also have this cool keyboard G15 by Logitech.

When playing games, such as Counter-Strike Source and RF-Online, my RAM usage is only about 30-35% according to the G15 Performance Monitor.

My question is: How can "one" use or allocate more RAM resorces on an application or game? Is that possible? Or does the application or game takes only the percentage of RAM it needs to run?

I'm only an END USER, dont now much about hardware, but I could remove and replace component of my PC. For me tweaking PC is just all about "The more the faster".

Zelig · May 4, 2006, 12:26 PM

No, it's not really possible, Windows XP has good memory management for an OS, and after that it's up to programs themselves to allocate memory.

Ironically, some programs catch flack from certain users for efficiently using large amounts of memory, even when when it's available.

Nhoyb · May 4, 2006, 01:56 PM

Thanks Zelig.

The_Neon_Cowboy · May 5, 2006, 06:45 PM

use the swich/startup paramiter for CS:S

-heapsize

example vaules
256MB -heapsize 262144
512 -heapsize 524288
768 -heapsize 786432
1gb -heapsize 1048576

So youd add
-heapsize 524288
to increse the memory heap useage for the game to 512MB.

Nhoyb · May 10, 2006, 02:19 PM

OMG!

It works!

My memory Performance in CS:S increased, set it up at 1GB.

But the game is laggy on a server with a 30-50 Latency. Also noticed that by increasing memory resource also increases CPU performance. Now the game runs with 50% RAM and uses 90-95% CPU. hmmmm.

Maybe with too much CPU perfromance, makes the game pauses intermittent, causing symptoms of LAG. I doubt that this is caused by my internet connection, since im using DSL with 1024x384kbps. Anyway this is only my theory.

If CPU and RAM is correlated, then having too much RAM with a mediocre CPU doesnt really makes a difference.....

thanks @ Neon Cowboy

May 4, 2006, 07:58 AM	#1
Nhoyb DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	About RAM I have a 2GB Kingston DDR400 ValueRAM Installed on an Intel D915PGN Board with Intel Pentium 4 530. Also have this cool keyboard G15 by Logitech. When playing games, such as Counter-Strike Source and RF-Online, my RAM usage is only about 30-35% according to the G15 Performance Monitor. My question is: How can "one" use or allocate more RAM resorces on an application or game? Is that possible? Or does the application or game takes only the percentage of RAM it needs to run? I'm only an END USER, dont now much about hardware, but I could remove and replace component of my PC. For me tweaking PC is just all about "The more the faster".

May 4, 2006, 12:26 PM	#2
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	No, it's not really possible, Windows XP has good memory management for an OS, and after that it's up to programs themselves to allocate memory. Ironically, some programs catch flack from certain users for efficiently using large amounts of memory, even when when it's available. __________________ --

May 5, 2006, 06:45 PM	#4
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	use the swich/startup paramiter for CS:S -heapsize example vaules 256MB -heapsize 262144 512 -heapsize 524288 768 -heapsize 786432 1gb -heapsize 1048576 So youd add -heapsize 524288 to increse the memory heap useage for the game to 512MB. __________________

May 10, 2006, 02:19 PM	Thread Starter #5
Nhoyb DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	OMG! It works! My memory Performance in CS:S increased, set it up at 1GB. But the game is laggy on a server with a 30-50 Latency. Also noticed that by increasing memory resource also increases CPU performance. Now the game runs with 50% RAM and uses 90-95% CPU. hmmmm. Maybe with too much CPU perfromance, makes the game pauses intermittent, causing symptoms of LAG. I doubt that this is caused by my internet connection, since im using DSL with 1024x384kbps. Anyway this is only my theory. If CPU and RAM is correlated, then having too much RAM with a mediocre CPU doesnt really makes a difference..... thanks @ Neon Cowboy Last edited by Nhoyb; May 10, 2006 at 02:33 PM.

May 4, 2006, 01:56 PM	Thread Starter #3
Nhoyb DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thanks Zelig.