Will it make a difference?

Chikitop · July 26th, 2001

I have a PIII 550, 128 Mb ram, a nVidia TNT2 32 mb, WinME, DX8.
But some games are still slow (SF ex-plus alpha, driver2, etc). Ram is getting cheaper every day, I've been thinking in buying an extra 128 Mb. Will it make a difference? :confused:

**Raziel** · July 26th, 2001

It will make a difference in Windows(much more stable and fast),but not in ePSXe,believe me.
You should reallly look for a new video card or CPU,that WILL speed up things.

Chikitop · July 27th, 2001

Anyone in particular?

Ben · July 27th, 2001

hmmm! Dont know why SF EX+A is running slow on your spec, I can remember (a good 2 or 3 years ago) that I could run it at nearly full speed (very playable) on a Cyrix 166 with 48Mb Ram and a Voodoo 2 using PSEmuPro, Lewpy's Plugin, and I think the Seal Audio Plugin!
I dont have the game anymore (was borrowing it off of a mate)!

You could always try out PSEmu, 1.0.21Beta was the last official release, you can get that from the PSXEmu PSEmu download page

Worth a shot I suppose

But to answer you main question! I doubt more RAM would actually speed up those games, you may notice some difference in Windows, but it really depends on how many apps you run at the same time!

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Chikitop Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 22	Will it make a difference? I have a PIII 550, 128 Mb ram, a nVidia TNT2 32 mb, WinME, DX8. But some games are still slow (SF ex-plus alpha, driver2, etc). Ram is getting cheaper every day, I've been thinking in buying an extra 128 Mb. Will it make a difference? :confused:

July 26th, 2001	#2 (permalink)
Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,150	It will make a difference in Windows(much more stable and fast),but not in ePSXe,believe me. You should reallly look for a new video card or CPU,that WILL speed up things. __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @4GHz Video Card: MSI GeForce 8800 GTX Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula SE RAM: 4GB OCZ XMS2 PC6400 Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

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July 27th, 2001	#3 (permalink)
Chikitop Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 22	Anyone in particular?

July 27th, 2001	#4 (permalink)
Ben Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 136	hmmm! Dont know why SF EX+A is running slow on your spec, I can remember (a good 2 or 3 years ago) that I could run it at nearly full speed (very playable) on a Cyrix 166 with 48Mb Ram and a Voodoo 2 using PSEmuPro, Lewpy's Plugin, and I think the Seal Audio Plugin! I dont have the game anymore (was borrowing it off of a mate)! You could always try out PSEmu, 1.0.21Beta was the last official release, you can get that from the PSXEmu PSEmu download page Worth a shot I suppose But to answer you main question! I doubt more RAM would actually speed up those games, you may notice some difference in Windows, but it really depends on how many apps you run at the same time!