seta com_hunkmegs "1024"

[leveller]

I whent to the store today and got my selfe an extra 1 GB of ddr ram
i now have 2 GB of ram,

but!

whe i set my com_hunkmegs to 1024 or any number above 512 i get an "out of memory error" when i start cod

does any body know why i get this error?

or is 512 the maximum you can set it to?

[~Leveller~]

[MuRpHy*]

i believe 512 is the maximum leveller.. i might be mistaken though

[leveller]

Damn

[Drofder2004]

I dont have enough RAM to go higher than 512, but try 768, if that doesnt work then 512 is the max...

[Dan2k3k4]

Mines on like 618 or 680 (1gb RAM)

[Drofder2004]

Mines on like 618 or 680 (1gb RAM)

Personally I would say thats way to high for only 1gb of ram.

All I have open is 2 webpages, and the memory I have left is about 650. This is because a lot of hidden processes will use up ram.

Ohwell, if your computer isnt lagging with it set that high, then leave it

and I'm guessing the maximum value is 3 digits... (999?)

[Dan2k3k4]

Ok I just checked and its set on 640 and I have it that high because I have like 300 maps in my main folder I should move the ones I dont use anymore but meh...
Ive got pk3s for jump maps, aim maps, loads of custom maps which BFE use, and random small client side mods like merciless blood mod and some sound pk3s Which all used to work on BFE (because we used pure servers) but now we dont anymore

and I think usually I have like 400Mb Ram free or something I dunno :\ and Im usually running: Firefox, Xfire, TS, CoD, iTunes, and the usual other things running in the background like Norton, Zone Alarm, Bandwidth Monitor etc. lols...

and my PC usually doesnt lag at all... although I sometimes get some major lag spikes when Norton tries to scan everything or when it updates itself I soo need to switch to McAfee lol...

[Grom]

I soo need to switch to McAfee lol...

Or NOD32 An awesome antivirus program, and is very quick and small. Try it!

[Pedsdude]

Hmm, 256MB of RAM for me

[Noodle]

Lol, peds. I have 2gb ram and ive just got mine set to 512mb. I'll try 1024mb and report back...

EDIT: 1024mb doesnt work for me either, nor does 768mb, but it works on 750 as a max for me

[leveller]

what could cause this big diverence in numbers, i have been trying to get my max,
and came up with the strange number of "739 MB".

how mutch virtual memory have you guys set?

i got mine on 2047 MB, that is system managed size.

[leveller]

i have asked the question at activision, and they came with this reply

There is no hard cap to the amount of memory you can allocate using the hunkmegs command. That being said, I'd consider anything above 512 to be beyond practical for the game.


Windows is always going to reserve a certain amount of RAM to be usuable by programs other than what your primary computer task is. My guess is that once you allocate more than 512 of RAM to the game, you forcing a great increase in the usage of your virtual memory. With 2GB of RAM, I would imagine that your virtual memory/page file size is quite small. You're likely causing a need for more page file usage than your current page file size allows. Increasing the size of your page file may solve the problem you are encoutering. Of course, since setting hunkmegs to any value above 512 (and maybe even 256) is overkill, I see no reason to modify your page file size in lieu of simply reducing the your hunkmegs to 512.

[MuRpHy*]

well leveller, i guess you have your answer, and its nice to know