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realmscat:
Seeing as search has been fruitless for me, I decided to face the firing squad, to ask a question. I'm having some issues with my game studdering, and such. Exspecially if my download folder gets a bit bloated. Which then I am forced to remove stuff I would love to keep. Anyways onwards. Here is part of the issue, this I understand. I am running on 4Gigs of Ram, and a 3ghz dule core. Follow will post system info..Issue is I still have XP because I can't afford a new OS. I was told by someone with more knowledge then I that XP will not reconizes 4gigs. OK get it, what I want to know is. Is there a way I can change something in the game itself..(I have the 2 EPs and 1 SP so far) that would help with the studdering problems. Now please I ask you be gentle, and explain in laymens terms. I'm not stupid, but also not the brightest lightbulb in the pack. Thank you for your time.

OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version   5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
System Model   System Product Name
System Type   X86-based PC
Processor   x86 Family 16 Model 6 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~3000 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date   Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS M3N72-D ACPI BIOS Revision 0801, 4/15/2009
SMBIOS Version   2.5
Windows Directory   H:\WINDOWS
System Directory   H:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale   United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
Total Physical Memory   4,096.00 MB
Available Physical Memory   2.67 GB
Total Virtual Memory   2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory   1.96 GB
Page File Space   5.34 GB
Page File   H:\pagefile.sys

HomeschooledByTards:
What video card are you using?

realmscat:
The card is a Nvidia GeForce GTS 250.

Jelenedra:
Someone more tech savvy than me can confirm this:

I thought it was Vista that didn't recognize anything over 4 GIGs of RAM? I seem to remember my XP PC realizing I had 4 GIGs of RAM, if it's not, you might have had a stick go out.

J. M. Pescado:
Win32, regardless of whether it is XP, Vista, or Win7 cannot effectively address more than 4 GBs of RAM, including video RAMs, but there are ways around this, like giant RAMdisks. Win64, whether XP64, Vista 64, or Win7 64, can handle moar RAMz, but most programs remain 32bit and therefore cannot benefit from these RAMz anyway. Ultimately at this point in time you are better off staying with Win32 to avoid compatibility headaches and just using the rest of your RAMz as a huge RAMdisk. This allows you to perform what amounts to brute-force memory management.

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