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SpaceEngineerDate: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 01:03 | Message # 136
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I know for a fact i have 1960 mb of VRAM according to my computer.

This is probably shared RAM memory





 
SpaceEngineerDate: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 01:04 | Message # 137
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bigred34, http://en.spaceengine.org/forum/4-272-1




 
bigred34Date: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 02:33 | Message # 138
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As I have stated I have alot more than what is asked to have as minimum requirements. I have 4G ram, Intel HD Graphics, My 400 dollar laptop is 5 months old. So what do I do? Everything is up to date.... Doesnt make sense
 
HarbingerDawnDate: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 03:58 | Message # 139
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I have 4G ram, Intel HD Graphics, My 400 dollar laptop is 5 months old.

Integrated Intel graphics chipsets aren't good enough to run SpaceEngine. SE is very graphics intensive, especially with video memory, and only more expensive gaming laptops will have the muscle to handle it. A desktop PC that could run it would be cheaper, but then it's not mobile. As SpaceEngineer stated in the post he linked you to, the only way you can use SpaceEngine is to get better hardware (i.e. buy a new computer). I hate being the bearer of bad news, but that's the truth of it sad Sorry





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Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 970 3584 MB VRAM
 
KiefDate: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 04:07 | Message # 140
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AMD Athlon™ II X2 260 processor (2 CPU's) ~3.2GHz
Memory: 4096mb RAM
DirectX 11
ATI Radeon 3000 graphics. Approximate memory: 1916mb

Is it normal when i land on a planet and the textures take forever to load and most of the time... crash? Please help. Other than this little set back, the game is absolutely magnificent
 
HarbingerDawnDate: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 04:44 | Message # 141
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ATI Radeon 3000 graphics. Approximate memory: 1916mb

Where on your computer is it telling you that you have 1916MB of VRAM? Can you take a screenshot of that window and post it?





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Edited by HarbingerDawn - Sunday, 12.02.2012, 04:44
 
KiefDate: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 07:30 | Message # 142
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This is it
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SpaceEngineerDate: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 14:13 | Message # 143
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ATI Radeon 3000 graphics. Approximate memory: 1916mb

This is so-called shared memory. True onboard memory, with which SE can work, is typed at the beginning of se.log file in program's folder. Can you show it for us?

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HarbingerDawnDate: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 14:40 | Message # 144
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Can you show it for us?

He has already posted it here: se.log





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Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 970 3584 MB VRAM
 
SpaceEngineerDate: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 19:44 | Message # 145
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He has already posted it here: se.log

Well, 256 Mb is too low for SE.





 
KiefDate: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 19:57 | Message # 146
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So, my computer is using the majority of my VRAM on something else?
 
SpaceEngineerDate: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 23:11 | Message # 147
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So, my computer is using the majority of my VRAM on something else?

No, your computer seems to have only 256 Mb VRAM or so. SE can't detect physical memory size on ATI, only free memory size. So, if you don't try to run SE together with photoshop, video player, 3D games or another applications that intensively uses video memory, then 206 Mb that SE detects is the only VRAM available for it. Windows itself uses 10-20 Mb of VRAM, or up to 50, if you use Aero theme.

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KiefDate: Sunday, 12.02.2012, 23:24 | Message # 148
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Well i was thinking of upgrading my graphics card. However, i have a half height machine. So i have to find an adequate card to fit. Any Suggestions?
 
HardtsDate: Monday, 13.02.2012, 14:56 | Message # 149
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Well i was thinking of upgrading my graphics card. However, i have a half height machine. So i have to find an adequate card to fit. Any Suggestions?


What do you mean by 'half-height' ?
I assume you have a desktop and you mean the case, if you have a laptop I have no idea what you're talking about..

Do you have integrated graphics (as in onboard - physically integrated into your motherboard), or a Pci-express?
Any modern motherboard should take a modern sized pci-express GPU and have room for it + harddrives and so on.
I had a monster card in my pc once (eVGA Gtx8800 factory OC), actually overlapped where the hdd's were supposed to e, so I had to move them to other spaces..

.. But unless you have an unusually small case/midi-tower, that shouldn't be a problem.
Try measuring horisontically from I/O part of the motherboard where all your connectors are, to where you put your drives, and then vertically. Finally check of course, that you have a pci express x16/x8 slot





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8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
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Gainward Gtx 460 1GB
2 monitors: Samsung 27" P2770, 22" Samsung BW226
+A sh*tload of palmtree's around my computer :)
 
HardtsDate: Monday, 13.02.2012, 15:08 | Message # 150
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Hardts, 2 Gb of VRAM may help. Sorry about that bug... "Unexpected deletion of Child node" seems to be the last bug that leads to a crash, I hope to fix it in next version.


No problem, it seems to run much better now that I've disable the clouds.
Btw would it perhaps be a good idea to take more advantage of SDram in SE? they're getting faster and faster these days.
..But perhaps not fast enough?

My ram are only 400MHz slower than my Vram - and there are 8x as many. Probably soon we'll have ddr4, and then ddr5 - at which point it'll be entirely a good idea :). But then surely GPU's have kept their pace too, and it won't be unusual to have 4-6gb's of Vram that's still much faster..





i5 2500k 3,3 GHz @3,6GHz
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
3HDD (1TB+500GB+320GB)
Gainward Gtx 460 1GB
2 monitors: Samsung 27" P2770, 22" Samsung BW226
+A sh*tload of palmtree's around my computer :)
 
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