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Offline spirantho

Re: A1200 accelerators - how much RAM is really sensible?
« on: November 07, 2008, 08:14:31 AM »
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stefcep2 wrote:
No game will ever need more than 4 mb.


Apart from the games that require more than 4MB, of course. Of which there are quite a few (even on the Amiga). Admittedly not so many will get by on an '030, but even so. If you plan to use WHDLoad at all get as much RAM as possible. If you're going to connect it to the net (my 1200 is connected via a £5 wireless card) you need at least 32MB.

The answer is get the best you can afford. If the 128MB isn't much more than the 64MB option, get that, and knowing the prices of SIMMS it's very possibly not much more.
Don't waste your time on anything less than 32MB - there's no point. Even if you think you know what you need it for now there's no guarantee you won't suddenly feel like doing something crazy.

Also don't bother with an FPU unless you're going to be rendering or doing a lot of image decoding - nothing else will use it.
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