Ruvanal,Feb 4 2005, 06:37 PM Wrote:As was pointed out by Thecla, the typical memory footprint of most systems when this game is running is going to be in the area of 650-820 MB.
Interesting. I don't think I've ever seen my footprint above 300 MB or so. Will have to check that, but I'm fairly certain it's not nearly as bad as PS was (that thing ate up 600MB+ for a SNACK; the funniest / worst part was when they first implemented their "fix" to allow users with 512MB better performance - it backfired, and made performance WORSE for them and better (or the same, depending) for those with higher! The uproar on the forums was hilarious. Response time on it was quick, though, so the turnaround fix was ~1 week, tops, IIRC. Still funny as #$%& to watch though, as it happened shortly after I upgraded my RAM. :D). I'll have to take a look to satiate my curiosity. :)
Update:
Indeed, mine tops around 250,000KB (hasn't even hit that yet; I'm estimating, as it's currently ~210,000KB and holding, but occasionally goes up 1,000 when I advance into new areas). Maybe after hours of play the footprint gets that high, but truly I can't see it getting any higher than 300,000KB.
Update 2:
Ok, so I got it above 255,000KB by running around Ashenvale a bit. Still, I have a great deal of trouble believing it can get as high as 600MB, let alone 850MB+!
Roland *The Gunslinger*