I am having trouble running Star Trek Armada II on my Comput

posted on December 26th, 2011, 7:06 am

If I had to guess, I'd say this is a RAM issue. 

I have this exact same card in mine, but 8GB of system RAM.  When I'm running Fleet Ops, the total system is consuming about 3650Mb.

posted on December 26th, 2011, 8:59 am

If I had to guess, I'd say this is a RAM issue.   

I have this exact same card in mine, but 8GB of system RAM.   When I'm running Fleet Ops, the total system is consuming about 3650Mb.

why does a game that old consume so much ram and does the framerate slow on your computer?

posted on December 26th, 2011, 4:46 pm

IIRC it's because the different memory control of Windows. Since Win XP Microsoft started to change the memory usage of the operating system. Win 7 uses the GPU the RAM and the paging file memory for every task (in win XP GPU was only used for graphical processes) when it runs a game which optimizes the performance of the latest games, but could cause trouble in old ones, like Armada II. I had the similar problem, but it seems that if you increase the possible size of your paging file on every HDD you have, it increases the performance of older games.

posted on December 26th, 2011, 6:28 pm

IIRC it's because the different memory control of Windows. Since Win XP Microsoft started to change the memory usage of the operating system. Win 7 uses the GPU the RAM and the paging file memory for every task (in win XP GPU was only used for graphical processes) when it runs a game which optimizes the performance of the latest games, but could cause trouble in old ones, like Armada II. I had the similar problem, but it seems that if you increase the possible size of your paging file on every HDD you have, it increases the performance of older games.

By HDD do you mean Hard Drive Disk?

posted on December 26th, 2011, 7:08 pm

Yes he does.

posted on December 26th, 2011, 7:22 pm

I did some re-benchmarking....

My system (after a clean reboot), is running about 1985Mb of Ram usage.

If I run a 7-player AI battle on Deep Space Things (one of each race, plus two randoms, with me as an an observer), the total system is consuming 2633Mb with a framerate of between 32 and 58 FPS at the beginning of the battle (depending on how many Nebulas, cloaked ships, and how much weapon fire is visible on the map).

About 20 minutes in....

About 22-41 FPS (if I sit over a large battle), with an average of about 31 FPS when there aren't too many explosions on the screen.  RAM is up to 3085Mb now.


About 40 minutes in....

Around 18-35 FPS, with an average still around 31 FPS.  RAM is now 3352Mb, but dropping as the Klingons control over 1/2 of the map.

I have attached a couple screenshots for you to compare against your system, to see if there is an obvious settings problem, and added in my computer specs for reference:

OS Name  Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Version  6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Processor  Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU      Q 820  @ 1.73GHz, 1734 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)  8.00 GB
Graphics Adapter  ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Adapter RAM  1.00 GB
Driver Version  8.741.0.0

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posted on December 26th, 2011, 7:30 pm

That itself means nothing. Maybe Klingon techtree uses less RAM.

posted on December 26th, 2011, 7:34 pm

It was just an observation.

posted on December 29th, 2011, 6:47 pm

You might have a virus, I recommend norton.

posted on December 30th, 2011, 12:13 am

i highly doubt it. the computer isnt running slow.