Can I substetude RAM with Hd sapace or do I need the ram to be able to play the game for egsample for Warcraft 3 can use the RAM that I do have and use another form of memmory to cover the other 67 or so Mb of Ram or am I screwed... Please help Me!!
There is virtual memory which uses some hard drive space to act as memory but it won't do much good for gaming because hard drives are very slow. User10293
Very much so. Even the 10,000RPM hard drives are no match for RAM. You will need a certain amount of RAM to run games, more than what is required for most other programs.
No, think of it like this, buy more RAM, otherwise you won't see any difference. Actually, scratch that, buy a non-integrated GPU and you will see a difference
Yes your harddrive can act as like a ram buffer but it's insanely slow and will hurt performance when it is used. You need ram and a decent amount. You do not want to use the hard drive..thrashing = very bad for performance.
So........I can use HD space to substute RAM but it'll be realy slow?....Right...?.................^_^wertyui5467
No, you cant use HD space to substitute RAM. If you have 128mb of RAM, it doesnt matter how much HD space you allocate as Virtual Memory, you will end up having 128mb of ram.
However, Virtual Memory does compliment the RAM on your system
The only reason to set virtual ram is to offer a slight boost to loading applications and to reduce stuttering found in games (always a plus) it can't be used to as a substitute for physical ram (actually if you set it to high applications will start using more of the virtual ram instead of physical which will severly degrade peformance). When you set the virtual ram always clear it first to clean up any fragmentation. After that restart and set the min and max to the same amount (usually 1.5x your physical ram) to prevent future fragmentation.
so if I'm missig about a half of the needed RAM I'm screwed and can't play or can I still play but it'll just run slower cause it'll be using my hard drive... I need help!!... okay I want to buy warcraft 3 except it requires 128mb of RAM and I have about 60mb of RAM but I still have Like 20 gigs on my hard drive so... I want to know Yes or No can I buy it and instal it with out any problems Yes or No?
Simple answers. Can you buy it and install it without any trouble, yes. Can you play it on your current system without any trouble, no. Your current system specs just aren't strong enough to play Warcraft 3 smoothly, if at all. Sorry. :(
I'm saying, that if you actually install Warcraft 3, it may not run on your system and if it does run, it will run quite badly...possibly to the point of being unplayable... This is what I'm saying...I'm saying this... What's the point of buying a game, if your system doesn't meet the minimum requirements for it? You'd be disappointed. :?
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