I've got a laptop with 256mb of RAM. Yes, I realize that's pretty low.
Anyway, when I'm playing stepmania or FFR (probably other games too but in those games a little spike doesn't matter) I often get tiny little lag skips. It's only a split second thing but it causes me to get a boo or miss, and this is what causes about 90% of my misses. Probably something like half my greats too -.-;
And occasionally, although this is rare, it just locks up for a second.
It's not that this computer can't handle the game... 1.5ghz, 64mb vram. Not a fantastic machine but more than enough for stepmania. I never run anything in the background while playing and I've tried playing at near-minimal settings but it scarcely affects the rate of this happening (if at all)
Anyway, my question is: would getting another 256 of RAM suddenly fix this problem? I want to upgrade anyway but laptop RAM is more expensive, stuff is more expensive in retail stores, and stuff is generally more expensive in Canada. The cheapest name-brand 256 I've been able to find is $80 CDN.
ps. Sorry if this is the wrong forum. Not sure if this might be better suited to Chit-Chat
Anyway, when I'm playing stepmania or FFR (probably other games too but in those games a little spike doesn't matter) I often get tiny little lag skips. It's only a split second thing but it causes me to get a boo or miss, and this is what causes about 90% of my misses. Probably something like half my greats too -.-;
And occasionally, although this is rare, it just locks up for a second.
It's not that this computer can't handle the game... 1.5ghz, 64mb vram. Not a fantastic machine but more than enough for stepmania. I never run anything in the background while playing and I've tried playing at near-minimal settings but it scarcely affects the rate of this happening (if at all)
Anyway, my question is: would getting another 256 of RAM suddenly fix this problem? I want to upgrade anyway but laptop RAM is more expensive, stuff is more expensive in retail stores, and stuff is generally more expensive in Canada. The cheapest name-brand 256 I've been able to find is $80 CDN.
ps. Sorry if this is the wrong forum. Not sure if this might be better suited to Chit-Chat
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