Hours of load time. (Specs & Time updated)
LadyCrimsonSkye:
Seriously?! 2.7GB of RAM is not enough? Would another 1GB do it, or do I need even more than that?
maxon:
Quote from: LadyCrimsonSkye on 2009 July 10, 01:13:42
Seriously?! 2.7GB of RAM is not enough? Would another 1GB do it, or do I need even more than that?
I would have thought it should be ok with what you've got. I ran the game with all EPs to FT on the old computer (XP) with 1GB of RAM, a video card with 128MB of its own memory and a small processor. It loaded in under 10 minutes with 2GB of downloads and ran the game fine except on big lots with lots of sims present (I fiddled the number of visitors allowed). If you're getting an hour loading time, I'd say something else is wrong. Are you on XP oir Vista? If it is Vista, you may need more RAMz, XP not so much.
seelindarun:
Quote from: maxon on 2009 July 10, 10:04:33
I would have thought it should be ok with what you've got. I ran the game with all EPs to FT on the old computer (XP) with 1GB of RAM, a video card with 128MB of its own memory and a small processor. It loaded in under 10 minutes with 2GB of downloads and ran the game fine except on big lots with lots of sims present (I fiddled the number of visitors allowed). If you're getting an hour loading time, I'd say something else is wrong. Are you on XP oir Vista? If it is Vista, you may need more RAMz, XP not so much.
She says that she's running XP, but I disagree that even Vista needs that much more RAM. I have only 1.3GB more RAM under Vista, and I can load all EPs/SPs and 4GB of CC in 6 min. My CPU is dual-core but a little slower, 2.6 GHz, which typically means slightly worse performance than a faster single-core.
Something definitely feels wrong with 30 min. loading times on that computer. How many individual files of CC do you have? I noticed a big cliff in loading times when I exceeded 10,000 files.
Back to the OP, do you have a lot of old neighbourhoods with lots of character files/lots? Free disk space could be a problem since you're probably overflowing your RAM. How much room do you have on your hard drive now, after cleaning?
haifen:
I didn't read the entire thread, I just wanted to post the image as part of my sheep schtick. :D
LadyCrimsonSkye:
I am running XP, and have a mostly clean game. I deleted all my old hoods, families, etc. when I updated my expansion packs. I have less than 200 cc files. I have nearly 20 gigs of space on my hard drive that is free space. I have 1 single person household, at this point. So, help?
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