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May 2nd, 2004, 12:05 PM
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| running games on my iBook? I have an iBook G4 800MHz and games run like crap on it is it because I only have 128MB of RAM ( I plan on buying more ) or is it because the hard drive is slow?
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May 2nd, 2004, 12:41 PM
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| Adding more RAM will make miracle. In iBooks there is an incerdibly huge difference on running anything with 128 or 640 MB. Get a 512 MB piece of RAM and you'll see.
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May 2nd, 2004, 12:46 PM
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| Add memory. 128 MB is the minimum just for the system to run, games will pull a heavy load, and require a lot of swapfiles (means-your system slows down) Anything you add will help, but most here would recommend adding 512 MB. Your iBook G4 will also support a 1 GB chip, something the consider.
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May 2nd, 2004, 04:02 PM
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| what games were you trying to play on your ibook. Certain games will still not run smooth, even if you add 512mb or even 1GB of ram..
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May 3rd, 2004, 02:52 AM
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| don't know about Wolfenstein, but Unreal Tournament (the first version) runs fine here on my tiBook. So, I guess it's really a ram thing
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May 3rd, 2004, 08:24 AM
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| It's a RAM issue, Wolfenstein ran fine on my 800 MHz G3 iBook. I though Unreal Tournament needed a 1 GHz G4...
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#8
May 3rd, 2004, 10:42 AM
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| if they are still slow you can try running the game in a window instead, i have to do that with Jedi Academy on my 12inch PB, and it runs fine, as long as your ok giving up the screen space.
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