SupCom upgrade

[starcraftfanatic]

Hi, I'm having a bit of trouble running Supreme Commander on the larger maps with massive amounts of units. Graphics is definitely not an issue (I'm maxed out and there's no noticeable lag at first (8800 GTS 320)). The trouble is, would upgrading my memory to 4GB from 2GB help more or less than getting a quadcore like the Q6600 or a penryn? I have a E6750 currently at stock. my motherboard is a P5N-E SLI (4 slots with support for 8GB). Thanks for replies.
Edit: I'm running on Vista 64

 

[akhilles]

You will see a difference with 4 gigs in 64-bit os. Maybe not in that game. Things that you opened a short while ago will open quick.

here's a 2x2gb deal:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141337

 

[jaylil]

I myself have both a Q6600 and 4GBs of ram, I upgraded my ram from 2gigs to 4 first and didn't notice a difference.

But when I upgraded my 3.5Ghz Pentium D to a Q6600 and overclocked it to 3.2Ghz I noticed a big difference in the game speed and did not get any more slowdowns, Forged Alliance however runs alot slower than the original since the graphics are more demanding. My botttleneck is my X1800XT.

I run it on 2 1280x1024 monitors

 

[Dooyas]

Yes this will solve your problem. I was having the same issue and upgraded to 4gb, just make sure you head to thier support forum. There is a small program that will switch SupCom to enable more ram usage.

I can now play on the 80 maps with 750+ units with no issues.

 

[Hatman]

You need the memory to run lots of units at the same time on big maps and supcom loves quad cores to use em all properly. Basically graphics for the settings, cpu for how many units it can run at once and memory for max units it can run.

Quad ftw

 

[starcraftfanatic]

My actual question though was, due to budget restrictions, what should I get first, the quad core or more RAM?

 

[Hatman]

Quad core.

 

[Dooyas]

Ram.

I have the E6600 and had the exact same problem as you on the large maps.

If you want to play the big maps you need the ram.

Edit*

The Core 2 Dual will be fine, SupCom is not toattly multi core written, only in some instances will you benifit from the 2nd core let alone a 3rd or 4th.

With graphics maxed out running at 1440x900 my E6600 maxes out at about 70% at spikes.

 

[SirCrono]

Try Oc'ing your CPU before going quad it may save you some money.

 

[Dooyas]

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=871&model2=873&chart=421

This is the difference between the OP's current processor and a Q6600. Totally not worth the upgrade cost.

There has already been documented problems with SupCom running out of ram usage and crashing to desktop with only 2gb of ram, even reviews have pointed out how much better it runs on 4GB of ram. Granted your total ram usage will only be about 80% of that, but no one wants to buy just 3gb.