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The real question is if this will stop Morrowind from secretly rebooting the XBOX at certain load screens.
Since it was mentioned in the Macho Nacho video, this was quite a hurdle. But it does bring up the question, what is the theoretical maximum possible? I know the CPU was 32-bit, so 4GiB is the upper limit in that regard. I don't know if the CPU has limited address lanes or any other physical limitation though. The max I've seen discussed is 1.5GB for a similar cpu on a normal desktop and 640MB for the test design of…
Since it was mentioned in the Macho Nacho video, this was quite a hurdle. But it does bring up the question, what is the theoretical maximum possible? I know the CPU was 32-bit, so 4GiB is the upper limit in that regard. I don't know if the CPU has limited address lanes or any other physical limitation though. The max I've seen discussed is 1.5GB for a similar cpu on a normal desktop and 640MB for the test design of…
I can't figure out if the xbox processor supports PAE or not. But references say most Intel processors after pentium pro, including Pentium III support PAE. Probably with 36 bits of physical addressing. But it's a mobile socket; no idea if they put all the address pins out on those.
Amazing that this is possible. Also saw a video of upgrading a Nintendo Switch to 8GB of RAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4oXmQGZgzU
In contrast, the Switch OS manages memory for apps and would be able to allocate additional memory automatically, as long as it's been made aware.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can't figure out if the xbox processor supports PAE or not. But references say most Intel processors after pentium pro, including Pentium III support PAE. Probably with 36 bits of physical addressing. But it's a mobile socket; no idea if they put all the address pins out on those.
OT: Like you mentioned PAE was introduced with the Pentium Pro in '95. That was the same year my family got its first PC, with a whopping 8MB of RAM. It's wild to think that Intel was looking at 4GB and saying, "This probably isn't going to be enough."
Not really. While consumers at home had 8MB, Intel was already looking to compete with PowerPC, DEC Alpha, MIPS systems where 4GB wasn't really out of the ordinary, so they knew where things were going.
The real question is if this will stop Morrowind from secretly rebooting the XBOX at certain load screens.
I've run into issues recently (in June) with Fallout 4 where if your saved game data starts approaching 2GB on Xbox One x, saving the game will fail in weird ways (may hang the game, may crash the game). Once the game gets in this state, I'm not even able to launch the game without it hanging. Have to delete local game data, resync your saves from Live and pray you didn't lose more than a few minutes of gameplay.
The real question is if this will stop Morrowind from secretly rebooting the XBOX at certain load screens.
Are you kidding? It's a Bethesda game, of course it won't fix any bugs. It's 2024 and the exact same sort of issues exist in Skyrim and Fallout 4 (even after the remasters/anniversary editions)! I've run into issues recently (in June) with Fallout 4 where if your saved game data starts approaching 2GB on Xbox One x, saving the game will fail in weird ways (may hang the game, may crash the game). Once the game gets in…
Throw up a loading screen and secretly reboot.
Morrowind used this to silently reboot the Xbox to free memory.
The real question is if this will stop Morrowind from secretly rebooting the XBOX at certain load screens.
The real question is if this will stop Morrowind from secretly rebooting the XBOX at certain load screens.
Are you kidding? It's a Bethesda game, of course it won't fix any bugs. It's 2024 and the exact same sort of issues exist in Skyrim and Fallout 4 (even after the remasters/anniversary editions)! I've run into issues recently (in June) with Fallout 4 where if your saved game data starts approaching 2GB on Xbox One x, saving the game will fail in weird ways (may hang the game, may crash the game). Once the game gets in…
Amazing that this is possible. Also saw a video of upgrading a Nintendo Switch to 8GB of RAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4oXmQGZgzU
The Switch memory expansion is probably much more useful than this, for general users. No standing software is able to utilize this memory expansion, only homebrew software specifically coded for it can. In contrast, the Switch OS manages memory for apps and would be able to allocate additional memory automatically, as long as it's been made aware.