Unable to allocate more ram to games!

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Asbestos It Gets Aug 28, 2016 @ 8:27am

I got a new computer meaning i gotta change all my preffered setting again and when playing any game on steam I can only play to a maximum of 5 minutes and when I try changing the amount of RAM used by using the -heapsize command it gives me no indication that it had changed anything and my games still didnt run very long after trying the -heapsize command I tried aloocating 2 gb of RAM to besiege and after a few minutes it will drop to exactly 3 fps then when the game is running while in this stage my entire computer is laggy. I also know that i have enough RAM for it because my computer is brand new with 6 gb of ram total leaving my up to at least 5 gb free to run my games.

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76561198218426745 Aug 28, 2016 @ 8:40am

Let's start at the beginning. What are your PC specs? In particular:

What is your CPU?
What is your GPU?
What is your operating system, and is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

Muppet among Puppets Aug 28, 2016 @ 8:54am

You dont need to allocate ram. Maybe you do settings that lead to problems, and then you do more settings......

76561198218426745 Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:10am

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:
You dont need to allocate ram. Maybe you do settings that lead to problems, and then you do more settings......

I'm thinking they must mean VRAM for integrated graphics. That's the only time you would really change the allocation of memory.

Asbestos It Gets Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:15am

My CPU is AMD Athlon II X4 630 Processor 2.80 GHz. My GPU is a Nvidia GeForce 9100.
My operating system is windows 7 ultimate. I also have another type of GPU that I could switch with my newer one to see if it works better with games.

Asbestos It Gets Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:16am

so i dont need to change the amount of RAM im using in my games?

Cathulhu Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:17am

1. Besiege is a 32Bit application and can only address 2GB RAM.
2. -heapsize is a command for Source engine games. Besiege uses the Unity engine, so that command can not work.
3. RAM does not make your game run faster, just smoother. If the CPU and GPU are not up to the task, no amount of RAM will help compensate that.

edit:
Ok, both the CPU and the videocard are more or less ... terrible. I've seen integrated videochips that are faster then your videocard. Seriously.

Last edited by Cathulhu; Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:18am

Asbestos It Gets Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:19am

I dont need it to run faster i need it to run longer withount dropping to 3 frames per second after playing for a few minutes.

Asbestos It Gets Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:19am

yea its not new but lits unused

Cathulhu Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:22am

That's the understatement of the month. Your videocard is from 2008, eight years old and was terrible the day it was released. Didn't get better. That's a videocard for office and multimedia use.
The CPU is from 2009, making it seven years old.
It's just too old and the performance is just too low for modern games.

Asbestos It Gets Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:23am

my old one was about the same as this but maybe a little slower but it used to run games fine.
until it just stopped workiung and bluescreened whenever windows would start so i got one with windows 7 ultimate now.

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Asbestos It Gets Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:23am

But my CPU was also not AMD Athlon but ut was still 2.80 Hz

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Asbestos It Gets Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:27am

im just gonna get new every thing for it
cause i had to scrap old computers and put the stuff from those in my currnet one and got windows 7 then it and called it a day.
cause i did not buy this computer

Its like a frankenstien computer.

Last edited by Asbestos It Gets; Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:27am

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