So I've been dealing with a fairly cantankerous game issue - do you need a swap file. My gut says no, even if my head says yes.
What does a swap file do? In theory it allows your OS to move inactive memory pages to less volatile, and less fast, storage. This leaves room for active processes to work with the fast resources. It can/will also be used as a last resort to store active memory pages when you run out of physical ram.
The problem I'm having is, I'm beginning to suspect that the geniuses who wrote the code in question decided they could do this more efficiently themselves. Anyways, in the mean time my windows swap file is turned off, to see what happens. I'm hoping what happens is that the stuff actively working is not in contention with stuff being loaded.
Yes, I'm aware that if I run out of memory my machine will burst into flames and even the Omnisiah will not me able to save me. The forces of chaos win. We all end up in the servitude of warp beasts. Or something.
Some statistics:
Win 7 (64 bit) seems to want to sit right about 1.9 - 2.2 Gb of memory.
The peak I've seen, even with Outlook, Excell, Corel, Chrome and a game open has been about 3.4 Gb of memory.
The commit always seems to be about 10% larger, but may not really matter.
None of this seems to stop the infernal jitter of Diablo III.
I'm beginning to suspect that either the resource management of the engine is rubbish or the need to get out to the server constantly to look up the loot tables is rubbish. May be both.
I'll keep you posted.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Test Drive Unlimited 2
Really. I've been on a super car kick again. Watching hours of Top Gear UK will do that to me.
So I thought "Hey. I bought that on Steam for sale a ways back. Bet there's an Aston DB9 in there ". Which is as close as I've gotten to it. The game I mean.
It seems that Atari ( that would be the new Atari not the old, bankrupt one) are having server issues. The game desperately wants to download content, but the servers aren't having any.
In this day and age. Shoddy. It's rubbish.
Updated - 2012-07-28
It took about a week and a half to get this down. Not sure if that's changed since, but now that I have it it's running quite well on Larry. The boy is interested in it, so I'll see if the twin 8800's in Hank can handle it. It's not the most realistic game, but it's way better that Need For Speed World. NFSW is rubbish.
So I thought "Hey. I bought that on Steam for sale a ways back. Bet there's an Aston DB9 in there ". Which is as close as I've gotten to it. The game I mean.
It seems that Atari ( that would be the new Atari not the old, bankrupt one) are having server issues. The game desperately wants to download content, but the servers aren't having any.
In this day and age. Shoddy. It's rubbish.
Updated - 2012-07-28
It took about a week and a half to get this down. Not sure if that's changed since, but now that I have it it's running quite well on Larry. The boy is interested in it, so I'll see if the twin 8800's in Hank can handle it. It's not the most realistic game, but it's way better that Need For Speed World. NFSW is rubbish.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Batman: Arkham City
I think I'm almost done - playing at least. Owing to a minor hiccup of the steam cloud I've ended up playing through half the main story twice. If I had been able to play through the first time I would probably be more interested in running down Riddler and his ridiculous 10000 challenges.
On the other hand, if you're a developer working on a super hero game it needs to be at least this good. If its not, perhaps you should consider writing business code.
Back to Skyrim?
On the other hand, if you're a developer working on a super hero game it needs to be at least this good. If its not, perhaps you should consider writing business code.
Back to Skyrim?
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
2012 Gaming Season
Started the new list of games tonight. Now that I'm down to about one solid gaming slot a week it's going to be a lot harder to get through. And if course King Kong is just around the corner...
"Batman: Arkham City"
First impression - I'm only about an hour in and, much like the first game it's been a lot of cut scene. I'm a bit worried about the pacing. I've already had pop ins from Cat Woman, Penguin , Two Face and the Joker. Game play seems to be the same formula though which is good.
"Skyrim"
When on earth am I going to ever have enough time to play this monster. Don't misunderstand, this is a fabulous game, but I just don't have this kind of time.
"Deus Ex: the new one"
Which I keep forgetting the actual name of. Looks like a really cool shooter, but it's down on my list for now.
New on the RADAR is "Syndicate", which is a shooter redux of the RTS ( yes it was) I loved in concept back in the day. Looks a lot like Deus Ex.
And of course the Gorilla could be just around the corner. Or not. Bliz is being as tight lipped as usual. I may sneak into EB and pre order the fancy box. I promised myself I wouldn't do that again but...
Star Trek online is free after jan 17. It's almost worth it, except my time issue means MMOs are contra indicated.
and I only need to kill about 27000 more orks for the 40000 achieve in Space Marine.
"Batman: Arkham City"
First impression - I'm only about an hour in and, much like the first game it's been a lot of cut scene. I'm a bit worried about the pacing. I've already had pop ins from Cat Woman, Penguin , Two Face and the Joker. Game play seems to be the same formula though which is good.
"Skyrim"
When on earth am I going to ever have enough time to play this monster. Don't misunderstand, this is a fabulous game, but I just don't have this kind of time.
"Deus Ex: the new one"
Which I keep forgetting the actual name of. Looks like a really cool shooter, but it's down on my list for now.
New on the RADAR is "Syndicate", which is a shooter redux of the RTS ( yes it was) I loved in concept back in the day. Looks a lot like Deus Ex.
And of course the Gorilla could be just around the corner. Or not. Bliz is being as tight lipped as usual. I may sneak into EB and pre order the fancy box. I promised myself I wouldn't do that again but...
Star Trek online is free after jan 17. It's almost worth it, except my time issue means MMOs are contra indicated.
and I only need to kill about 27000 more orks for the 40000 achieve in Space Marine.
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