WoW Question

[shadowpark]

WoW Question

So im trying to install World of Warcraft and it said I didnt have enough RAM. The min. requirement is 512 MB of it. I un-installed Civ. IV and the Sims 2, Civ. 4 is also 512 MB and Sims 2 is 256 MB. It still says this.Shouldn't this have freed up enough space. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Vegeta]

Re: WoW Question

Did you go to control panel and safely uninstall program?

It might not be completely off... (the games u uninstalled)

 

[shadowpark]

Re: WoW Question

Yea, I did.

 

[Vegeta]

Re: WoW Question

Idk then... sorry

 

[Dark Drakan]

Re: WoW Question

Thats not RAM you are freeing up thats Hard Drive space. If you havent got enough RAM to run a game you need to buy some more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_access_memory

 

[shadowpark]

Re: WoW Question

Thats not RAM you are freeing up thats Hard Drive space. If you havent got enough RAM to run a game you need to buy some more.

Oh.. I guess I figured I had enough RAM cuz I had a lot of other games that needed the same amount of RAM that worked fine (eg. Civ. 4), and I un-installed them. So, that didnt help?

 

[Dark Drakan]

Re: WoW Question

Oh.. I guess I figured I had enough RAM cuz I had a lot of other games that needed the same amount of RAM that worked fine (eg. Civ. 4), and I un-installed them. So, that didnt help?

No uninstalling them wouldnt have freed up RAM, only way RAM is used is if you say 'run' 2 programs at once so make sure NOTHING else is running when you try and play it and you make sure there are no unneeded background tasks running. You made sure all your other specs match up?

 

[Devalion]

Re: WoW Question

Always have more than the minimum amount of RAM for a game or application. Especially online games, because the necessary RAM can spike up to 700+, thereby crashing the application. Honestly, a gigabyte of RAM is pretty cheap these days, maybe 70-90 bucks at Staples/BestBuy/Newegg.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Re: WoW Question

Always have more than the minimum amount of RAM for a game or application. Especially online games, because the necessary RAM can spike up to 700+, thereby crashing the application. Honestly, a gigabyte of RAM is pretty cheap these days, maybe 70-90 bucks at Staples/BestBuy/Newegg.

Yeah thats true, online games the RAM usage can spike at any moment and cant predict by how much.

 

[shadowpark]

Re: WoW Question

thanks guys, i guess I'll just buy some more RAM

 

[Dark Drakan]

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thanks guys, i guess I'll just buy some more RAM

Its fairly cheap and try to ask someone who knows about it so you can make sure you get the best use out of it.

 

[Albion Knight]

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There are also a lot of things that can chew up ram try checking task manager to see what is using ram

 

[Vegeta]

Re: WoW Question

where can you buy RAM at? my computer is so slow...

 

[Dark Drakan]

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where can you buy RAM at? my computer is so slow...

Any computer store really, if it sells PC Parts chances are they will sell RAM.

 

[Vegeta]

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Thanks rep+

 

[Dark Drakan]

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Thanks rep+

Looks like this:

But ask someone who knows about it so you get right type and size for your computer as certain types arent compatible with others.

 

[Vegeta]

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Thanks that would be good to know lol... I usually always pick the wrong stuff...

 

[Dark Drakan]

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Thanks that would be good to know lol... I usually always pick the wrong stuff...

Either read this yourself you get parents to read it and see if it helps you understand:

RAM - Random Access Memory: The types of RAM memory used in PCs – 1 of 2

 

[Vegeta]

Re: WoW Question

Thanks again

 

[shadowpark]

Re: WoW Question

if I'm going to best buy to buy some RAM , what info about my computer should I know?