RAMDISK

[mengo]

sorry for opening up another thread about the RamDisk app, but after checking everything on the forum I'm still confused .
there is probably not one Ramdisk program out there but from what I read here following the links I end up not knowing how to get the program to work
(this link: http://members.fortunecity.com/ramdisk/RAMDisk/ramdiskfree.htm

Im running HP laptop with Vista Home Premium x32, i have 4 GB of RAM, and Nvidia 9200 9600M GT . and there is either quite a lot of shuttering or the games just run slow.
I also tried the RamDisk program that is shown in this video (which was in the same post as the previous link but obviously for a different program) , but that app is licenced so i only get to test it 30 day and I cant allocate a ramdisk of more than 2 GB with it.....
which brings me back to my main question: How do one use a virtual RamDisk? Do i have to put the ripped games (DVD..4GB+) in the virtual disk like the guy in the video showed? Or do I just leave it there and let the system handle it?

My plea is to those who got RamDisk running....pls post a quick tutorial, no more than a couple of rows ....
1.LINK to the WORKING app
2.install - how
3.virtual ram disk -what size
4.virtual ram disk - what to do with it

EDIT:

alright skip those steps about how to install and just tell me has someone of you managed to create a lets say 6GB Rampartition on a system with specs similar to mine (Vista Premium x32, 4 GB RAM)

[Link_to_the_past]

1st, you don't have enough RAM memory to fit a wii iso in it. A wii iso size is 4,37 GByte while your entire RAM is 4 GByte, with 1 GByte used by your operating system alone. It's like trying to fit an elephant through a little hole, it will never happen.
Second judging by your specs, being a laptop, 32 bit vista and 9200 video card, you won't have any noticeable difference, since your system lacks power for dolphin emulation in general. If i were you i wouldn't bother with RAMDISK programs, the difference would be like a drop in the ocean. Too much hassle for nearly nothing at all, what you need is a new and powerful desktop.

[sasuketaichou]

u can try compress them with dolphin...sometime less than 1gb

[mengo]

Thanks for pointing it out Link_to _the_past, I knew i was missing something here.
Thanks for the tip Sasuketaichou I'll try it right now.
Thing is I have my desktop, but i also have my Wii at home, i was really hoping to get the fps up a bit on my laptop at university...
at least i have Mario Galaxy 2 and its speed is decent.....(fps 24-55).

[Link_to_the_past]

(12-13-2010, 10:12 AM)mengo Wrote: Thanks for pointing it out Link_to _the_past, I knew i was missing something here.
Thanks for the tip Sasuketaichou I'll try it right now.
Thing is I have my desktop, but i also have my Wii at home, i was really hoping to get the fps up a bit on my laptop at university...
at least i have Mario Galaxy 2 and its speed is decent.....(fps 24-55).

Your fps won't go up, at best some fps stuttering (sudden drops, hickups) might lower. It is like a small detail that might bother some people with powerful systems that already run the games they have fullspeed most of the time, in your case though the problem is different.

[mengo]

ok I get it my laptop is slow , but not that slow in comparison to other poster's systems ..... (updated the GPU, it is actually a nV 9600M Gt)

and still ... does the amount of real ram set the limit to how much virtual ram one can address...as I said the RamDisk program wont allow me to set a 6GB disk.... and recently it even says 2GB cant be alocated because of lack of continuous memory... i hope defragmenting fixes that...or maybe I'm wrong

[mengo]

one more thing... I'd like to ask that is so stupid it doesnt need a need thread.....

Do I just need to download the r65** version and run it or merge the v65** with the files of 2.0 (stable)....

cause in the screenshots i see around the forum most guy's menus in Doplhin look kinda different from mine... or is it the newer version of the emulator that are posted literally every other day

[skid]

It's a new version. You won't need to merge anything.