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Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2012.07.17 14:44:00 -
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Bones1182 wrote:michael McG wrote:could anyone explain to me why there is a player max. If they are using the same server as in eve why cant we see a battles that are in the 1000's or atleast 500. Primarily at the moment because it is beta. Additionally an FPS requires magnitudes more server resources then EVE does. Lag is bad enough on EVE imagine its effects in an FPS with 1000 people fight in one map. Possibly a limitation on the PS3 platform but I am not sure about that.
This.
PS3 limitations ARE a part of the equation as well, but given that 256-player FPS gameplay has been done on PS3, it's not as big a part as some people might be trying to suggest.
Low RAM is more of a limiting factor for the game's graphics than for player counts. |
Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2012.07.17 15:45:00 -
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4447 wrote:i don't know much about pc but i know something called virtual ram and sony just brought a cloud like company could the ps3 have a small update for ram?
The reason RAM exists is because it allows the system to store smaller amounts of data in a location where it can be accessed MUCH faster than through other methods.
Virtual Memory is where a "swapfile" is created on the hard Drive, and data is quickly swapped (hence the name) between this file and the RAM, effectively increasing the amount of RAM available without needing a physical upgrade.
Cloud services are totally irrelevant to either of these things, so no, Sony buying Gaikai isn't going to give the PS3 a RAM upgrade. But you're thinking along the right lines - there have been a few PS3 games that created swapfiles. Although some of them do so VERY badly, and instead of having a fixed allocation of space, they gradually eat your HDD the longer you play. |
Garrett Blacknova
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Posted - 2012.07.17 16:58:00 -
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Bones1182 wrote:That last part would just suck especially if you have a PS3 with a small hardrive. All of a sudden the game just stops or gets real slow.
When I had about 5GB free on my old 60GB, I tried playing Dark Void.
After about 20 minutes, the framerate dropped by enough that my girlfriend thought I was playing a different game and asked why it looked so bad.
Checked my HDD and found I had 5MB free space. |
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