Nascar2 Is more than 16 meg Ram any benefit

I read in a post a couple of days ago from Jim Solokoff that 16 meg Ram is the bear minimum for Nascar 2. What advantage other than longer replays would above 16 meg have. I run Nascar 2 on the P120 16Meg EDO and will happily add extra memory if there is a advantage. -- Nigel of Lakewood Motorsports Nascar Coruba & Coke Chevy Hamilton New Zealand

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Unless you are paging (using virtual memory) during gameplay, there is absolutely no benefit to more than 16 MB (other than longer replays, which I definitely like). There are a variety of reasons to add memory to your machine, including dirt cheap memory prices right now, but N2 probably isn't one of the primary reasons... ---Jim, Papyrus

> I run Nascar 2 on the P120 16Meg EDO and will happily add > extra memory if there is a advantage. While it's true that N2 only requires 16mb, if you're going to compete in the NRO, it is assumed that Nascar AND the TEN software will be running under Windows 95. Considering this, I think it's safe to assume you'll need more than 16mb to avoid those pesky little pauses when Windows writes/reads from the virtual memory swap file. I too had a P120, 16mb. I added ram and it DEFINITELY helped the game run smoother when launched from Windows. My recommendation: bump the memory up to 32mb, overclock the cpu to 133 and the bus speed to 66mhz. Don't quote me on the overclocking tho', that's a decision you need to make yourself. You'll find info at this URL: http://sysdoc.pair.com/overclock.html hope it helps, David T.

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> >I read in a post a couple of days ago from Jim Solokoff that > >16 meg Ram is the bear minimum for Nascar 2. What advantage > >other than longer replays would above 16 meg have. > >I run Nascar 2 on the P120 16Meg EDO and will happily add > >extra memory if there is a advantage. > Unless you are paging (using virtual memory) during gameplay, there is > absolutely no benefit to more than 16 MB (other than longer replays, > which I definitely like). > There are a variety of reasons to add memory to your machine, > including dirt cheap memory prices right now, but N2 probably isn't > one of the primary reasons... > ---Jim, Papyrus

My machine P133-overclocked to 166--83mhz bus speed runs n2 much better with only 16 meg memory. Can run everything on--all cars in front--and min frame rate is 25. With 32 meg Things shut down at several tracks--ie martinsville. I assume its because of the 16 bit cars vs 8 bit. Any way to get only 8bit cars with 32 meg ram. would be nice for replays. -- Paul #18 Alpha Omega Motorsports Chevolet truck #18 Alpha Omega Motorsports Pontiac GrandPrix Rom 10:13 "Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved"

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>> There are a variety of reasons to add memory to your machine, >> including dirt cheap memory prices right now, but N2 probably isn't >> one of the primary reasons... >> ---Jim, Papyrus >My machine P133-overclocked to 166--83mhz bus speed runs n2 much better >with only 16 meg memory. Can run everything on--all cars in front--and >min frame rate is 25. With 32 meg Things shut down at several tracks--ie >martinsville. I assume its because of the 16 bit cars vs 8 bit. Any way >to get only 8bit cars with 32 meg ram. would be nice for replays.

I'll presume you've got a Rendition card, in which case you are for the moment better off with 16 MB, as it will use the 4-bit cars instead of the 8-bit cars, which are a good deal faster... I believe that's going to be addressed by the patch (adding a command line option to force 4-bit cars, regardless of memory available), so you'll be able to use the fast cars and get a long replay. (I didn't want to needlessly confuse the issue with this special case in my previous post...) ---Jim Sokoloff, Papyrus

Thanks much Jim. I appreciate the response. Oh, and by the way I love the game. Bugs or not its great! -- Paul #18 Alpha Omega Motorsports Chevolet truck #18 Alpha Omega Motorsports Pontiac GrandPrix Rom 10:13 "Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved"