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Okay, here's what you do for this game: You have to "ban" the person who posted above you for an outrageous, silly, or funny reason. Got it?
Banned for I'm owning the DS region map right now with the beta patch and having one hell of a fun time at it. =DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Banned for not downloading DS or the new patch or the DS region map I made almost a year ago or joining me 5 hours ago when I started this little shindig.
This is crazy... 5 hours in on a 50 plus star map that has well over 350 planets thus far and all of my settings are maxed out to the fullest with every effect turned on and the highest RAM amount I've hit was 1.56 gigs. 17 DS pirate bases and 7 cruel AI's and the game is still sailing along. Actually getting faster as I go because I'm killing off and not recolonizing...
Is it wrong of me to want to make love to this Beta patch before the rest of you soil it's goodness?
Banned for going solo 
Yeah, so he got reply #30k by 5xPosting.
He fails, basically.
P.S. I cant think of anything good for a new sig. So I guess I FAIL as well.
ROFL 
For being new here, for having 0 karma, and for nice ban on Ryat.
System RAM isnt everything you know. With a good graphics card, and a decent processor, you can run pretty much everything, with just 3GB of RAM, at max details. Except for Metro 2033, thats a different case 
banned for not knowing the issues with Sins of a Solar Empire
fixed it for you
of course the devs are fixing Sins as well as Stant123 just pointed out
Banned for fixing my posts.
And why is Sins so 'heavy' ? Its not like it has the latest DX11 graphics, with high details shadows or something, and extreme internal texture resolutions 
Seems to me like its bad programming.... 
Edit: As far as I can see, Sins was designed to only be limited by your hardware, concerning how 'heavy' it is. The fact that there is no limit as to how many units and bases you can build, as well as the 10000 particles at once, part, is in fact intimidating.
Still, I think that with just a GTX 470, you can run Sins perfectly. But that is just a guess.
But please leave Metro 2033 out of this. That game is a whole category on its own.
banned for the 2 gig memory limit in 32 bit systems still screws you. But if it was a 64 bit .exe, I would agree with you.
Banned because I've started playing Metroid: Other M again. It's a good game, if you start at the end, ignore the final mission marker, and play another game's soundtrack overtop of it as you wander around...
Banned for playing a game in away it probably wasn't meant to.
I have been playing more soase
banned for playing more soase and not getting DS
@morpheas - yeah graphix card wise you are in the clear easily but the 32-bit issue is what killed it for a while, haven't tried it yet myself (been working and upgrading) but I have heard good things about its mem usage
Banned for, what 32-bit issue?
FAIL 
The limit in 32 bit OS is 3.25 GB. More than enough.
Banned because valentine's day is approaching, which means it's time for people to become even more hyperemotional and frustratingly stupid than usual.
banned for not knowing the 32-bit issue
The limit of 32 bit OS is yes 3.25 but Win takes up 1.25 leaving 2 leftover for other apps. This is where the issue is. Sins loads everything (and I do mean everything) into the RAM system in order to keep things running smoothly at all times and not have to worry about reloading every time you rebuild a new ship type or expand out from a single planet to looking at 20 stars. The downside of this is that while the first two games (the Original and Entrenchment expansion) did okay and not cause too many issues (mods were another issue) the last expansion, Diplomacy, broke the game past the 2 gig limit. There were some things that helped (Sins Optimization Mod and LAA) but in the end you also had the CPU issues (tons of units) as well and the game was failing bad after about an hour or two. So the Developers finally figured out a way to streamline it all and get the game working again.
edit: ban myself for ranting and raving and not playing the game
Valentine's day is annoying, isnt it?
Whoa, is this another Code Geass fan? Or is this you Xer07? 
Are you for real? Windows doesnt take up 1.25 GB of ram, thats ridiculous.
If you're talking about Win 7, then it takes up a lot of ram by default, but definitely NOT 1.25 GB. I'd say about 600-700 MB on average, depending on drivers, programs, startup apps, etc.
If you're talking about Win XP, then its 200-350 MB, again depending on installed programs.
On a side note, if you have Win 7 and chose the 32-bit version of it, then you're a noob, lol. There's no reason to not go for 64-bit, its only the sensible thing to do.
On the other hand, if you're the type who cant give up their loved Win XP, then 32-bit is the way to go, since 64-bit suffer from some compatibility issues, as far as I know.
In short, NO, Windows would never take up 1.25 GB of ram for everything else besides the game, unless you're running many other programs at the same time, filling your taskbar with unnecessary apps while playing SoaSE (in which case you're kinda stupid).
Like I already said, there isnt any 2 GB limit, unless you have 2.5 GB of system ram, or something. With 3 GB of Ram installed, and your Win 7 taking up 650 MB by default, then you'd be stuck with 2.35 GB of available ram, without your system using any virtual memory (Swap space). Just an example of course.
For the last time, if someone is dumb enough to choose the 32-bit version of Win 7, then they suck, lolz. If you want 32 bit, go for Win XP. If you want 64-bit, then Win 7 is a WIN 
Win XP can handle the 32-bit memory limit, Win 7 CANNOT.
Now, as far as I understand, and looking at the requirements of the game, SoaSE must be somewhat CPU limited, as it doesnt support PhysX, - its kind of an AMD supported game (its not The Way its Meant to be Played, aka Nvidia), - so all these particles, explosions (if any), debris, etc is a task left for the CPU to handle, and not the GPU. This is kinda stupid, as GPU physics hardware acceleration relieves a lot of 'pressure' from the CPU.
Also, tons of units on 1 frame, at the same time, usually means that a lot of frame buffer (RAM) from the graphics card is required for smooth frame rates (depending on your resolution of course) as well. It also means that a lot of stream processors/CUDA cores help the GPU somewhat, but at the end of the day, if there is no physics GPU acceleration, a lot of the burden always falls on the CPU.
Lastly, if the game is properly optimized, physics or not, powerful systems or not, you can achieve desirable framerates even on an average gamer's PC.
Banned for making me say all that.
banned for saying all that
AS for Sins, when it was designed 32-bit applications and OS are standard and 64 bit apps and OS were not. Therefore Sins is a 32-bit .exe. In a Windows 32-bit OS (and yes going Win7 32 bit is stupid but that is another point) with 2 to 4 gigs of RAM there are no issues aside from lag. I never have issues aside from lag. Now a lot of people are going to or at 64-bit OS (I will be upgrading today after I archive important things) and Sins (which is still a 32-bit .exe) runs into a lot of issues as it hits the 2 gig wall. This is a proven issue. Time and time again. You can practically watch it run up to 2 gigs of RAM usage and go boom. Its is an issue with 32-bit programs in a 64-bit environment. Ironically the Original and Entrenchment never hit this wall but Diplomacy did. 32-bit programs can only use 2 gigs of memory. And yes Windows XP can run on less then 1.25 gigs but if it is given that much to play with it will use it. And fast.
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