512MB of memory, WP8.1 low-end mobile phone can't erase the pain

For WP users, the biggest impact is WP8.1 apps and games. When you open an application, first of all, the system occupies more than 100MB of memory in real time, while the application is open and runs at 312MB, which means that the memory occupied by the mobile phone is about 412MB.

The more complex an app or game is, the more memory it takes. Simple games, such as Wordament word games, do not have complex graphics and require about 62MB of memory, and other apps have 250MB of memory left.

Complex games such as Asphalt 8: Speed Rise require a lot of memory support with numerous geometry (drawing polygons, 3D models, etc.), shaders, effects, shadows, regular textures, and high-resolution textures. For example, to achieve the following effect, "Asphalt 8: Need for Speed" requires about 600MB of RAM.

So the question is, if "Asphalt 8: Need for Speed" takes up 600MB of memory at once according to the above high-definition design, then what about my 512MB device?

Generally speaking, game manufacturers will initially choose not to support 512MB memory devices.

At this time, for WP512 users with 8.1MB of memory, there are two options:

• Purchase a device with at least 1GB of RAM

• Hope that app developers can optimize their apps or games and launch versions that are suitable for 512MB of memory.

Fortunately, most developers will release a 512MB memory version after a certain amount of time, but now the question is, why didn't developers just support 512MB memory devices in the first place? Do you have to wait that long?

It's very simple, the original "Asphalt 8: Speed Tower" can easily use 600MB of memory on 1GB of memory, and on a 512MB memory device, the memory footprint of "Asphalt 8: Speed Speed" needs to be reduced to less than 300MB.

Obviously, games that originally occupied 600MB of memory to 300MB of memory will definitely sacrifice game quality and special effects or sound effects, textures, etc. The scariest thing about gaming is compressing image quality.

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What's even more frightening is that when the developer launches the 512MB low memory version, it actually has an impact on games with 1GB memory devices, and after the upgrade, players will generally reverse the shrinkage of movie quality, etc.

Most of the ways taken by other platforms are to give custom settings for the high, medium and low characteristics of the game, which can meet the needs of different levels, butWindows Phone 8.1Options are rarely given on the platform.

Microsoft Lumia's first modelSmartphoneThe Lumia535 comes with 1GB of RAM, which is a good thing, at least there are no restrictions on downloading games and apps. （via:MyNokiaBlog）