Intel 815e : possible that too much ram is slowing it down?

[TrinireturnofGamez]

i'v noticed that since i upgraded my ram to 380mb from 256 games like CoD and halo are playing smoother, but with lots of sudden jerks  that i never had before...

i did some research on the chipset, i couldn't find any benchmarks using more than 128mb of ram, is it possible, that since all the ram slots on the board are full and the RAM limit of 512 is close, that too much ram is choking the system?                    

[Bsensei]

hmm interesting..I do this alot but I have no difference..well dont notice any                    

[Rampage]

i'v noticed that since i upgraded my ram to 380mb from 256 games like CoD and halo are playing smoother, but with lots of sudden jerks  that i never had before...

i did some research on the chipset, i couldn't find any benchmarks using more than 128mb of ram, is it possible, that since all the ram slots on the board are full and the RAM limit of 512 is close, that too much ram is choking the system?

lol@too much ram..
is not that, you need to adjust the amount of memory the game can use.
press the tilde key, (~), then type com_hunkmegs    ...see what it says, and raise that value till you notice the jerkeyness stop. by default the value is 128, set that to something like 200.

and for halo, delete the config files, and restart the game. you may have to reinstall the game too though, but i really doubt. upon restarting the game it will auto detect and generate a new config file based on your new sys specs.                    

[TriniXaeno]

I remember back in 1985, well ok, not that long ago....but the point is, there were motherboards that ran slower with a lot of ram.

the TX chipset had that limitation due to the amount of cache ram installed on the board.

It typically could cache 64MB of system memory. If you were filthy rich and installed 128MB RAM, it would not have enough cache ram to handle that much and would disable caching altogether.

Result...a SLOWER performing computer, despite the copious amount of RAM.

ALL Your Base Are Belong to Cache.

Doubt that is the case now, I am sure intel learnt there lesson so many years ago. Can't see them repeating it with the i815.

In any event, sell that board for $200.00, add it to your us$280 budget and get an ATHlon 64 rig!!!                    

[TrinireturnofGamez]

since the 380mb of ram on this mobo is like having 3GB of ram on a nu mobo... i doubt there would be many reports about this.. maybe i'll update the bios and see what happens                    

[Czar]

since the 380mb of ram on this mobo is like having 3GB of ram on a nu mobo...

Wayyyss...tell me again what is the brand of weed you be pullin on? Doh even know what to tell you bout that one nah...leavin dat right dey. Puff, puff, breathe...not puff, puff, puff...then breathe...you takin in too much at a time sonny.

Doubt that is the case now, I am sure intel learnt there lesson so many years ago. Can't see them repeating it with the i815.

Most definitely! Gone are the days where adding beyond a certain amount of ram leads to a degredation in performance. Besides...d man talkin bout a quantity less than 512mb even...if was over den maybe I coulda understand, but 512 is almost like the norm nowadays...and the 815 chipset ain't that old.                    

[TrinireturnofGamez]

my mobo IS ancient... PIII.. max supported RAM 512mb                    

[Flippant]

maybe your board only likes brand name buffered RAM. no-name= no buffers                    

[TrinireturnofGamez]

maybe ... i am using a second stick of no name ram...... and the board was high end at the time...

thanks flip                    

[TriniXaeno]

lol

come guys, constructive criticism. Don't just waste down the man for wasting him down sake.

He will be the next generation baego/czar/synth

Good guidance ihmc