A600 RAM upgrade - Any difference in floppy games?

30 January 2018, 12:26

Hi all,

Fairly fresh member here, I have written a short intro in the new member section. I have a question which I have not been able to conclude on, even after a lot of forum reading:

Will my Amiga 600 have any benefit from upgrading the RAM, if all I use it for is games from floppy/Gotek?

I am fully aware that WHDload and workbench programs will need some additional ram, but for now it is just a game machine.

I read somewhere that some games gets additional sfx, fewer disk changes etc with more ram, but I believe the examples were for A500 games.

Galahad/FLT · 30 January 2018, 12:29

Only a few games might benefit from it, like Primal Rage which only works on minimum 2meg chip ram machines and isn't actually an AGA title.

For most games, having 1 meg chip ram is enough to get the benefit from those games that will load extras.

Amiga1992 · 31 January 2018, 16:23

Always good to have extra Chip RAM. Especially great for big module files, if you are into playing or making those. Then again a huge module file won't fit on a floppy, but even an 800KB module will probably not play in a 1MB system.

alexh · 31 January 2018, 17:07

I *think* Lionheart doesn't like only 1MB CHIPRAM. I'm not even sure it likes 2MB CHIPRAM

I don't know the technical reasons why, but on a computer with no FASTRAM it runs a program as it boots called "fakefast" and I think it doesn't work too well.

The WHDload slave definitely says 0.5MB of other mem

Amiga1992 · 31 January 2018, 17:34

Really? I never had issues with Lionheart.

30 January 2018, 12:26	#1
Reb Posts: n/a	A600 RAM upgrade - Any difference in floppy games? Hi all, Fairly fresh member here, I have written a short intro in the new member section. I have a question which I have not been able to conclude on, even after a lot of forum reading: Will my Amiga 600 have any benefit from upgrading the RAM, if all I use it for is games from floppy/Gotek? I am fully aware that WHDload and workbench programs will need some additional ram, but for now it is just a game machine. I read somewhere that some games gets additional sfx, fewer disk changes etc with more ram, but I believe the examples were for A500 games.

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30 January 2018, 12:29	#2
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 9,009	Only a few games might benefit from it, like Primal Rage which only works on minimum 2meg chip ram machines and isn't actually an AGA title. For most games, having 1 meg chip ram is enough to get the benefit from those games that will load extras.

31 January 2018, 16:23	#3
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	Always good to have extra Chip RAM. Especially great for big module files, if you are into playing or making those. Then again a huge module file won't fit on a floppy, but even an 800KB module will probably not play in a 1MB system.

31 January 2018, 17:07	#4
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,357	I think Lionheart doesn't like only 1MB CHIPRAM. I'm not even sure it likes 2MB CHIPRAM I don't know the technical reasons why, but on a computer with no FASTRAM it runs a program as it boots called "fakefast" and I think it doesn't work too well. The WHDload slave definitely says 0.5MB of other mem

31 January 2018, 17:34	#5
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	Really? I never had issues with Lionheart.

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