Memory Question.

[JasonFMX 0]

I noticed that the minimum and recmd specs are the same for ram... 1 GB.

I have never seen a game state this before. Could someone please elaborate.

I'm running the game right now at 1280X1024 with Medium textures and all the rest of the settings on high and run the game just dandy and I have 1 GB of ram. I opened the task manager to look at GRAW and it sayd it was running at.... I beleive the number was 556 MB , and I found with personal experience windows needs 256 MB of DDR ram to run smoothly. so do they just say 1 GB to give it a good round number instead of saying 800 MB of ramp required ?

Also, why no voice program implamented with the game like Splinter Cell ? That would make thing so much easier. I wont play anymore unless everyone is on team speak. 3 people minimum, and the other guy agrees to behave himself and stick behind the captain.

I find that when everyone is off the com they dont last long. No one has any clue as to where snipers are, ambushes, when grenades are going to be thrown. Just simple stuff.

rock on

[Damolee 0]

Exactly just that, they wouldn't put "800MB Ram Required"... it doesn't make sense considering, who is actually going to have exactly 800MB of Ram installed?.... not possible. lol

As for the other stuff, it's been covered a fair bit.... if it aint there as is, it "might" come in future patches. Generally how it goes.

[Beers 0]

I think there is a zooming issue with a far view (most noticable on sniper rifle), on a system under 1gig of ram:

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2...4044#9271094044

and for the comms, well they must have left it out for "emmersion" reasons, im on ts and stuff and I have a bro that play coop wit me so im k...

(btw 556mb of ram isn't possible either... but lets just let it go ok? it's late... and im tired)

Edited June 27, 2006 by Beers

[Dannik 43]

Indeed, when minimum specs are listed, they aren't really pure benchmark figures. They are a combination of what the software needs are, including supported operating system overhead, and the limitation of some of the computers that may be used to play GRAW.

Some motherboards only have two slots for RAM. If your motherboards is one of them, the lowest amount of RAM you could physically install that would be sufficient to cover needs would be two 512meg sticks, thus the 1gig limit.

'Minimum' quite often means the minimum practical need, not the literal need.

As for why no built in comms, most gamers are split on whether built-in is preferable to the many great 3rd party tools already out there. In Splinter Cell, built-in comms actually can affect gameplay, like having the opposing team be able to hear you if you are talking while near them. In cases like that, having in-game comms provides added functionality that 3rd party apps can't compete with.

Without that element, the freedom to select the comms app (and who you choose to share it with) is the option that many feel is preferable, particularly as the MP side of GRAW gets more features in later patches.