because when the game was made that was the average system that was in place (same reason why it doesn't support multi cores)

this game is older and was initally an indie game (read: made with very limited funds)

the fact that they can even due what they have been able to do is awesome

if they get around to Sins2 then they might be able to reach for the sky

The 32 bits limit is  4 gigs not 2 or i wouldnt be playing any game on my old system witch is 2 yaer older than sins. Hell sup commander makes me hit 3 gigs  and before 1,1 patch for vanilla i used to hit 3 gigs on this game with my setting to max there is a problem there 32 bit is 4 gigs and 64 bit is 4 or higher when it comes to ram usage  so i call this a bottleneck raise it to 4.

Is that why evry site i got to to buy ram that the limit for usage on 32 bit is 4 gigs and im talking windows xp  not mac.  before we get confused windows xp 32 bit to  windows 7 32 bit suports up to 4 gigs.  (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778%28VS.85%29.aspx ) and scroll down to windows xp 32 bit maximum for physical mem is 4 gigs  and 128gig for 64 bit scroll down until u hit the  physical mem limits and for all those its 4 gigs from xp to 7 in 32bit .the only time its lower  like 2 or 1 is in the starters wich is the  tryme versions anyone with a full version will use up to 4 gigs on 32 bit. the website proves my point

Skipping over the fact of whether or not 4 gigs is possible or not for moment...Assuming that it was, is changing something like that even within the scope of what can reasonably be expected from patches?

Seriously looking forward to a Sins 2 some day though.

Yes. That's for Windows itself, not programs running on it. Programs running on it can not address as much.

but seriously: since almost every game I play atm (Sins, CoH, SupCom) sooner or later hits the program's 2GB RAM limit, it's about time to deliver games in 64bit. Since Win7, most users have upgraded to a x64 OS, so I think there is a market for that.

How can you tell if your computer can run 64 bit OS's? im running windows vista home premium 32 bit with 2 GB ram and with 4 GB pagefileing

The only solution i can see at the moment is to not let the game use more than 2 gigs. If you are near the 2 gig point its time to nerf some settings. Unless the dev's come up with a more innovative workaround.

@Stress- I have a buddy who has had Sins use up to 12 GB RAM on his 64-bit Linux.

Of course, he's got multiple quad-core processors, so that probably helps.

well, according to Intel's website, you should be able to use an x64 OS: http://www.intel.com/products/processor/celeron/mobile/index.htm

i can not run 64 bit OS's on my laptop i dled the Intel(R) Processor ID Utility and it says i can not run it

I think RAM isn't the entire issue here. The issues has also to do with the graphic card that you also have. If you have crappy GPU, it doesn't matter if you have 20 gb of ram. The game will still run slow. BTW. the GPU makes all of the caluclations interms of where each pixel should be and applying and rendering he textures and such.

Yall know i was talkin about the hardcode 2 gig sins limit not the actual os and they didnt have the lagg  problems in sins until they turned the limit to 2 gigs and made us all go over it.  On original sins i would hit 3 gigs with my 32 bit system so doesnt it mean they need to up the limit to 3.50 gigs.  That way we can have a game on medium maps without the dumps like we could on the vanilla before the 1.1 patch never had problems until that patch  thats becouse the hardcode wasnt set to 2 gigs.    they got tired of people wining about mods bringing it to over 4 so they put the limit in. And for those saying programs wont push over 2 gigs i got 2 gigs of ram in my system sins pushes over it after 10 minutes into my game if i didnt have a 3072 page file of virtual ram it would say i had low  virtual mem but i fixed it with a pagefile.     Also i dont dump like most people i just get laggy as hell wich is bullshit when i spend good money for a game and the devs arent using it to fix the hardcode to 3 .5 gigs or 4gigs.       Wich is what my 32bit system is letting me use. I never had the slowdown until right before entrenchment so and its not the new stuff either it only happens when we go over the limit wich should be raised like i said to 3 gigs.        Hell vista uses 1 gig to run in 32 bit alone plus the 2 or 3  sins brings it up to. And i remember when i could play on vanilla pre 1.1 and not worry about lag until all 4 mass fleets were fighting in one sytem and had most there 2000 cap fleet  that stoped after entrenchment.    I havent siad anyhting about it since i saw the change but now i know what it is and whats couseing it.    I Believe the threshold on sins was over the 2 gig limit before entrenchment wich they could easily change it when they put the expansion out becouse u do work the hardcode to make expansions and they could have fixed it for diplomacy also but they didnot.     Also i dont think it uses much more than 3.50gigs thats where my pagefile ends at 1.50 of a gig plus the 2 gigs on my board so i would say the game uses 3.57  gigs in all so why is the hardcode set to 2 gigs to destroy our performanceand they also siad in  the 1.05 patch they wasnt setting the limit to the hardcode to over 2 gigs witch is also  means they could.    K now that we know why it dumps and gets jumpy as hell late in the games  raise the limit to 3.60 gigs already on the sins hardcode stop lying to us.    Also this is with me having the graphics down except the ships it still pushes the 2 gig limit  when they start jumping the big fleets in  Also just somthing for me to add WHERE IS THE FASTEST SPEED U SAY THE GAME CAN BE SET TO AFTER FASTER IN YALS LITLE VIDEO lol is its coming in the next patch becouse that false advertisement if it doesnt to the devs on impuls tv.    they got faster setting on dip but they say they got fastest also where is it if they do we await it. sorry for the anybad typing i use mostly ventrillo to talk with so i really hardly rarely ever  type lol so  its rusty.