http://www.radeonmemory.com/software_downloads.php



Freeware allows you to make a 4gb memory drive. This thing flies in game!! The only thing it did not speed up was the AI obstacle. I wish I had more memory cause I would buy the higher versions!!



I was getting 45-60 fps before and I am getting over 70 - 100 now.



This works by you alloting any system memory you may have to make a "disk." I then installed FPSC on to that 4gb memory disk and tested it. Doing this shows you truely how much we are actually limited by the speed of our storage devices. I am typically running FPS on TWO Samsung SSD 840's in RAID, so I am already setup for speed and this STILL amazed me. Imagine how you will feel coming from a typical HD.

Id love to try it out but my TGC folder is over 10GB. Might try it with something else instead. Thanks for the info though. It looks great.

Looks interesting, personally I'm always wary of messing with the way system components work (e.g. RAM to RAMDISK) I'd rather not suddenly come across issue later!

That's very strange, because the hard-drive should never be accessed during gameplay (except for loading/saving a game). All should be pre-loaded during build-time.



It sounds like your system is getting bogged down by overindulging in virtual memory (that's always been a buggy part of Windows). Try disabling it in the Windows settings, and see if that fixes it (without the RAMDISK). I disabled virtual memory on my system some time ago, and it's run better ever since.

@The Tall Man Thanks for the advice, I never thought it was actually using the page file. And if it is then wouldn't that mean I need it? Anyway I disabled it and I will see if it does any better. Thanks!

Not necessarily. I've found that Microsoft uses that pagefile more because it's there than because it's needed.

How does this affect someone playing your game, will it run fine on your comp and crawl on another?

If so, I doubt anyone wanting to play your game will be interested in going through this process.



Woah! where did the store thingy come from?

Well it does not mean anything for people without it. Treat it the same as if you upgraded from a HD to a SSD. If you are just getting barely 60 fps on brand new tech then maybe your game is too much. This is nothing new, just easier to do now. This would improve your user experience AND actually if I can run a game on my hardware I plan on people who have my hardware and above to enjoy it. Games are not a necessity so I wont design mine so everyone can enjoy it on max settings.. I'd rather design it so that the people that can actually run it at a minimum of how I run it will enjoy it.

It won't have any impact on playing the game unless the game is constantly reading from storage (which games generally don't, apart from initial loading of assets), although I'm surprised it gives the editor any FPS boost. I guess it must be reading from storage every frame?

A virtual HDD is a good idea if you have the extra memory. Or you could buy an SSD which isn't quite as fast but can store more.

My experiences with the RamDisk application:

Using a drive made with this increases your memory usage dramatically. My rig was running at 13.9 GB of memory usage at idle! I can see it being useful if you have massive memory , I dont. I only run 16GB so this eating up 13.9 alone was a bit ofa problem. I didnt have to make such a large drive but go big or go home right? I also could not seem to find anything I ever stored on the image so it was useless to me.

Razer Game booster also gives you more fps also cuts load time for me at least

http://www.razerzone.com/gb-en/gamebooster