Stop whining and moaning about system spec requirements.

[kimosabi]

I'm sorry I forgot to mention but IL-2 didn't see much FPS increase besides the object rendering over cities etc. went smoother. RoF gained 2-5FPS as well, depending on the map and number of pilots. I'm @ 3.8-3.9gHz on my Q9550. So no, I don't think it was the RAM that got me the extra FPS but it gave my cpu some extra workspace and that's always a good thing when you have lots of tasks cluttering up in your memory on occation. Like when you're flying over a city etc.

[WhiteSnake]

Originally Posted by kimosabi

If you're running that Q9550 @ >3.9gHz 24/7 I can pretty much guarantee you that another 4gb of ram will do your system good. I was lucky to find another set of 4gb of my discontinued G.Skills myself but they had a different heatspreader on them. Luckily the timings, speed and voltage were the same as my old ones so I pulled the trigger. Works like a charm. My experience was a much smoother gameplay and a few FPS extra. Flightsims dig ram IMO. But you have a 2gb graphics card though so you might not get the same increase as me.

Theres no point in having more than 4GB if the game iswritten in 32 Bit... even if your OS is 64 Bit, the Game (or any other 32 Bit aplication) will still be restricted to using a Maximum of 2GB Memory Max.

Hopefully Oleg has made a 32 Bit and 64 Bit version, just like they done with Crysis and FarCry for example.

[kimosabi]

True, but the game isn't the only thing running. I have 55 applications running at one time usually and free memory when gaming is about 600mb. The rest is cached. When I ran 4gb I had almost no free memory, everything was cached.

[David603]

Originally Posted by WhiteSnake

Theres no point in having more than 4GB if the game iswritten in 32 Bit... even if your OS is 64 Bit, the Game (or any other 32 Bit aplication) will still be restricted to using a Maximum of 2GB Memory Max.

Hopefully Oleg has made a 32 Bit and 64 Bit version, just like they done with Crysis and FarCry for example.

Not strictly true

Try this tool here (note: not a mod)

It modifies your Il2FB.exe to allow use of up to 4GB RAM if you have a 64 Bit system, and can do the same for other 32 Bit applications.

I used it myself and it gave a noticeable framerate boost on my Laptop, going from Perfect mode with some stuttering over cities to Perfect mode and smooth over cities, so it seems worth using.

The program creates a backup of your Il2FB.exe but you might want to make a manual backup.