I'm Upgrading

[Xxzard]

OK so what can i expect when i upgrade my 256k RAM to 512k RAM? so far i've gotten ALOT of lag sort of like i fire at a enemy the game lags and the next frame has the guy behind me shooting me, next one i'm dead and got totaly owned. so what can i expect? (graphics all minimum other than bullet holes)

[Warborn]

The more RAM the better. PS runs like ass unless you have a lot of RAM.

[Rbstr]

you should see a good amount of improvment

[SilverLord]

I have 640 right now, what If I got a 512 and got rid of my 128 and I had a grand total of 1024, would I see a mass improvement in gameplay?

Btw Xxzard, turn off bullet holes, PS runs much better with them off.

[STEALTHKILLER]

PS is a ram hor. It wont do good untill you give it alot of ram.

[FightForFreedom]

I had a 256 and upgraded to a 512, the changes were huge.

[Jagd]

When I went from 512 to 768 it was also a big improvement.

[kreeten]

When i went from 512 to 1024 it was like playing a whole new game. Woot!

[TeraHertz]

You need more ram if your HDD light flashes on and off all the time during play.
The best thing you could get for planetside is a brand spanking new top of the range Graphics Card.

[Rayder]

How do bullet holes make PS run slower? Would it be the amount that can build up? Cuz, they dissapear after a while and the more you shoot, the faster they dissapear.

[Acaila]

When I went from 512 to 1024, I could up the gfx from low to high and switch on all the complex textures and I still had a 10 FPS improvement.

[Xxzard]

Hehe when i put everything best graphics i get lag in the sanctuary. :(

[Flammey]

Bullet holes make PS run slower because PS engine has to continuously draw them in, and keep drawing them in. They disappear after a short period of time, but IF the engine does not have to draw them at all, your preformance increases. Same with Weather, and Flora. You turn them off, and your preformance increases.

[Rayder]

Well, you can't turn the weather effects off, that would basically be cheating, but the flora I have off. So, if I turn off the bullet holes I will get better performance? I'll try that. Does it have an option of its own? or is it under something else?

[NoSurrender]

you can turn off weather effects. And Tera no ram>graphics card in PS. To turn off weather its skydome BUT, you cant get rid of distance fog cuz thats cheating there.

[Flammey]

Yes, you can turn weather off. It's not the skydome. It's a seperate entity. I have it off, and I have skydome on. Seeing distance is a different story. I also still experiance sand storms, but rain, lightning, things like that are gone.