Bad graphics on games - Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've been trying some games on my GT p3110 and I've noticed the graphics are pretty weak compared to other devices', games such as The Dark Knight Rises, MC4 and others. I'm uploading some printscreens of Blitz Brigade I took while playing. Check out the outlines of the shapes..Are your graphics better than this or it's normal on this device?
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Our tab isn't the best option for games... maybe its normal for our tab.
the Nexus 7 with Tegra 3 is the best gamer tab!

Xintorrim said:
I've been trying some games on my GT p3110 and I've noticed the graphics are pretty weak compared to other devices', games such as The Dark Knight Rises, MC4 and others. I'm uploading some printscreens of Blitz Brigade I took while playing. Check out the outlines of the shapes..Are your graphics better than this or it's normal on this device?
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First of all post high res pics .
And secondly i have tried many games(almost all good ones)
I don't see any graphics issue leaving games like real racing 3 which set graphics intensity according to devices(which can be set to high with some patches after which it too works great).
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Droidlover123 said:
First of all post high res pics .
And secondly i have tried many games(almost all good ones)
I don't see any graphics issue leaving games like real racing 3 which set graphics intensity according to devices(which can be set to high with some patches after which it too works great).
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Some games allow me to increase or decrease the graphics quality.But, on Dungeon Hunter 4, for example, my only choices are Low and Very Low quality... why is that?

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Xintorrim said:
Some games allow me to increase or decrease the graphics quality.But, on Dungeon Hunter 4, for example, my only choices are Low and Very Low quality... why is that?
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I guess they read the device specifications and automatically they include only resolutions that the device would run

Xintorrim said:
I've been trying some games on my GT p3110 and I've noticed the graphics are pretty weak compared to other devices', games such as The Dark Knight Rises, MC4 and others. I'm uploading some printscreens of Blitz Brigade I took while playing. Check out the outlines of the shapes..Are your graphics better than this or it's normal on this device?
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hey ur pics arent normal i play blitz brigade on my tab 2 p3113 and its better than that

But if they choose the graphical options automatically, why our devices run the same games at differently? Also, when I was playing Dungeon Hunter I could only switch between very low graphics and low graphics....why can't I choose better graphics?
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Xintorrim said:
But if they choose the graphical options automatically, why our devices run the same games at differently? Also, when I was playing Dungeon Hunter I could only switch between very low graphics and low graphics....why can't I choose better graphics?
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I beleive there are files on the sd that u can change tge values of and get better graphics!
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Xintorrim said:
But if they choose the graphical options automatically, why our devices run the same games at differently? Also, when I was playing Dungeon Hunter I could only switch between very low graphics and low graphics....why can't I choose better graphics?
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U shud knw that the tab 2 isnt the perfect tablet it is faulty in many ways they said it had hdmi but no it doesnt plus its cheap overall it isnt tegra so u shud be satisfied by what u get for such a price it is a good bargain . Sry not helping u but dont try to mess with files or using apps that spoof ur device identity I tried and had tab was soft bricked

qazmed said:
U shud knw that the tab 2 isnt the perfect tablet it is faulty in many ways they said it had hdmi but no it doesnt plus its cheap overall it isnt tegra so u shud be satisfied by what u get for such a price it is a good bargain . Sry not helping u but dont try to mess with files or using apps that spoof ur device identity I tried and had tab was soft bricked
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I agree that our tab isnt the best one for gaming but my graphics seem to be running worse than they should.
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Xintorrim said:
I agree that our tab isnt the best one for gaming but my graphics seem to be running worse than they should.
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Ya

So, is there some script I can modify to increase my graphics ?
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Xintorrim said:
So, is there some script I can modify to increase my graphics ?
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Check this out!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38619429
U can probably do something similar with other games!
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If you run custom ROMs like CyanogenMod or flash a custom kernel such as KK, you realise that most graphic issues are resolved. The problem lies mostly with the outdated/poor implementation of PowerVR drivers in Samsung's stock ROM. Custom ROMs & kernels are using newer drivers.

HM I tried to do that with the game in example (Real Racing 3) and it worked but I don't see how to do that with other games
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Xintorrim said:
HM I tried to do that with the game in example (Real Racing 3) and it worked but I don't see how to do that with other games
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My idea was maybe u can change graphics like on rr3, I will have look for u this afternoon and let u know. Ok mate.
Mitchell
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There's some patching tool for Modern Combat 4 that can tweak the graphics if I recall. I think you can check in the HTC One X forum.
But that's beside the point, the main point being that the PowerVR SGX540 GPU is starting to feel a little underpowered as it shows its age. Even if you could force the games to run on high or max settings, performance would take a big hit, in some cases, the game slows to an unplayable pace.
The reason why there are patches, tools & mods to manually tweak graphics settings is because of the fragmented nature of Android, some devices have powerful hardware but have not been properly supported by the game developer yet.
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By the way, I have checked out the screenshots in this thread, they seem fine?
I would recommend the threadstarter to check out these games on other PowerVR SGX540 devices for a better comparison. If these games look better on other PowerVR SGX540 devices, then it would warrant further investigation.
As I mentioned already, the stock Samsung firmware for P31xx uses older PowerVR drivers according to various modders. By switching to custom ROMs or kernels that implement newer PowerVR drivers, users have reported better graphic performance/compatibility in games.

Well i had bad graphics with brotherhood of violence
I had installed brotherhood of violence game and was surprised to see the difference in graphics between s2 and tab2 for the same game. Graphics were soo terrible that i had tp uninstall the game from my tab and had to play on s2....
Well one possibility to have better graphics is to overclock the gpu(more computations per second) and then use patches for higher settings in games... as previously mentioned in the thread some developers ( mainly gameloff) seriously cap the performance...
u can use any custom kernel like kk's blackhawk/next kernel or dhollem kernel to overclock the GPU... see their respective threads for more info..
Our tabs GPU is clocked at 304mHz by default in stick and cm... these kernels allow overclocking 384mHz and 512mHz..
so the problem of frame rate drops when using patches can be solved by overclocking the GPU...
But we need to remember that Powervr540 is at least 4 yr old technology( i first saw it in galaxy s)... so we need to cut it some slack...
Cheers

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A question about games

I have a galaxy s3 and have games I've purchased for that phone on playstore so downloaded some games to my note 10.1 and although the screen wasn't smaller they seemed to play and look fine.
What I wanted to know is will the games look any different if I download the tablet versions of these games, are they modified any differently for the note?
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Samsungnooby said:
I have a galaxy s3 and have games I've purchased for that phone on playstore so downloaded them games to my note 10.1 and although the screen wasn't smaller they seemed to play and look fine.
What I wanted to know is will the games look any different if I download the tablet versions of these games, are they modified any differently for the note?
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Samsungnooby said:
I have a galaxy s3 and have games I've purchased for that phone on playstore so downloaded some games to my note 10.1 and although the screen wasn't smaller they seemed to play and look fine.
What I wanted to know is will the games look any different if I download the tablet versions of these games, are they modified any differently for the note?
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Sure . But U have to use the same google account . The games will not look any different ( some games maybe ) Playing games using tablet still better than playing on phone . This why i sold my gsii n bought this tablet
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reventongt said:
Sure . But U have to use the same google account . The games will not look any different ( some games maybe ) Playing games using tablet still better than playing on phone . This why i sold my gsii n bought this tablet
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Yeah use the same account and if I look at all apps then the apps are there.
Just thought the tablet versions might look a bit different but remembered playing a game through my hdtv it still looked pretty sharp.
Only had my note a day it's on charge, only played nova 3 on it though and apart from jagged little lines if you looked very very close it looked okay to me
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Ah after charging my note switched off after my battery died switching it on again after charge everything was reset to uk
Oh wrong topic
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Basically Play store detects your device to download the correct apk setup file for your device ..
Same game have many different apk files ( many versions ) for each screen / resolution / processor and/or graphic processor ..
But some games and apps doesn't .. =)​
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Basically Play store detects your device to download the correct apk setup file for your device ..
Same game have many different apk files ( many versions ) for each screen / resolution / processor and/or graphic processor ..
But some games and apps doesn't .. =)​
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I just made back up copies of my s3 games that I purchased from playstore then installed them on my note and they all worked and looked good too even though playstore said they weren't compatible
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some games do not work on tablets to smartphones .. but they are all bad

Need help

Hi.
Ive been playing real racing 3 on my sensation XE. The graphics are a bit low res for example
Is there any way that I could improve the graphics quality??
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phantom v said:
Hi.
Ive been playing real racing 3 on my sensation XE. The graphics are a bit low res for example
Is there any way that I could improve the graphics quality??
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if it's not in the app options settings then no. You can only make it run smoother and such with different ROMs/kernels/governors. some ROM's have graphic tweak but I don't know if that affects apps like real racing.
phones are still nowhere close to desktop perfomance

Modern Combat 4 & nfs MW......

guys, anyone tried mcw4 and nfs mw on i9003 .??......plz let me know
also send the download link........and what rom & kernel suits the best....
thanks in advance!!!!
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I had not played this games but for gaming this Rom is best http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192613
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in case u missed it, heres download link
nfs most wanted
modern combat 4
I own these 2 games. They run better on min 1gb ram devices. Not advisable on the i9003. Sad to say, It's not about the ROM.. It's about the device.
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guys, anyone tried mcw4 and nfs mw on i9003 .??......plz let me know
also send the download link........and what rom & kernel suits the best....
thanks in advance!!!!
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Played NFS:MW and the game is good on our device (small lag, not annoying). But, the game is feel good on this days phone.
Rich'Dawg' said:
Played NFS:MW and the game is good on our device (small lag, not annoying). But, the game is feel good on this days phone.
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Wow... You really must have good eyesight. I'm using a 10 inch for NFS and a 7 inch for MC4... I used to play games on my i9003 2 years ago but now it's just for calls & whatsapp.
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Lim Wee Huat said:
Wow... You really must have good eyesight. I'm using a 10 inch for NFS and a 7 inch for MC4... I used to play games on my i9003 2 years ago but now it's just for calls & whatsapp.
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Thanks. Well, I put some test while playing the game and the results are quite good (very good for 2011 phone). The game sometime freeze when you play it. Test it with X-Gamerz V.2.2.
The test on CM 10.1 is a same like X-Gamerz, but have the game is bit slow and the Kernel 3 doesn't make any good to the game. I never played MC 4 on phone because the SL is not good for 3D FPS and my SD Card memory almost out (2GB left from 7,65GB)
BTW, I played Real Racing 3 yesterday, when I start playing the tutorial mission 2, the game loading and suddenly close it self (sort of FC but without any message) Does anybody experienced this weird bug? Gonna test this bug on CM 10.1.
I played MC4 on cm10 alpha 4 and stock ddlf2,. Theres a random lags worst on ddlf2 so laggy. for now i used my sl for call, text and video playback. On other hand on my ipod touch 4g (my current gaming device) which is only 800mhz, higher resolution and a half less ram(256mb) compared to our sl. I got 60-125mb of ram on ios 6. Can run MC4 and other heavy games such infinity blade 2 etc flawlessly with no lags.
juztinlee said:
I played MC4 on cm10 alpha 4 and stock ddlf2,. Theres a random lags worst on ddlf2 so laggy. for now i used my sl for call, text and video playback. On other hand on my ipod touch 4g (my current gaming device) which is only 800mhz, higher resolution and a half less ram(256mb) compared to our sl. I got 60-125mb of ram on ios 6. Can run MC4 and other heavy games such infinity blade 2 etc flawlessly with no lags.
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I heard that Apple's apps written with the system native language. That's why there's no lag on iOS.
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x-gamerz rom. very smooth to play nfs mowstwanted. created by lolation.
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juztinlee said:
I played MC4 on cm10 alpha 4 and stock ddlf2,. Theres a random lags worst on ddlf2 so laggy. for now i used my sl for call, text and video playback. On other hand on my ipod touch 4g (my current gaming device) which is only 800mhz, higher resolution and a half less ram(256mb) compared to our sl. I got 60-125mb of ram on ios 6. Can run MC4 and other heavy games such infinity blade 2 etc flawlessly with no lags.
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I m not able to run mc4 on 4.0+ roms.. But can run it on gb???
Any suggestions???
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(App) Game booster for XL

Guys this is awesome booster for game lovers...
It reduces the lag in all hd games as the 4.2 update has some lag in game so use this.
Download:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.gamebooster
Now I'm playing all hd games with zero lag hurray enjoy
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I don't see any changes in games performance... Can anyone check this app?
aleksander002 said:
I don't see any changes in games performance... Can anyone check this app?
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This is not real game booster, it's just task killer with launcher... This program only clean the ram just before you start a game.For me is useless.
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[App][Share] Gl tools. Increase Gaming performance

Hello everyone
I found this app named GLtools it can increase gaming perfomance by decreasing quality I play gta 3 on.my xperia tipo lag is almost nill by using 0.5x resolution
It works same as chain fire 3d
Its an awesome app everyone should try it
I tried on xperia tipo on cm10
Heres the playstore link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ce=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=gltools
Feature list
- Change resolution and rendering bitness in any app, even if it doesn't support that by default.
- Change GPU name and enjoy enhanced graphics even on a noname low-end GPU.
- Take full control over textures: now you can decompress/recompress them (even if your GPU doesn't support that
texture format) and resize. Note that decompression feature is available only if you'll install a plugin (internet is
required to do that)
- Optimize shaders on-the-fly for optimal performance (the same optimizer is used in Unity3D engine by default)
- Enable MSAA or CSAA in any app to improve graphics quality (make sure that your GPU supports that)
- Measure gained performance with a nice onscreen FPS counter (or you can output FPS information to Logcat if you
are a pro)
Also attached my benchmark on xperia tipo
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What the???? 3k8 for the 3D Graphics !!!
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Best seting for gaming ??? Screenshot ... please !
A version for people on XDA by the dev: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2615514
DanielFlorin said:
Best seting for gaming ??? Screenshot ... please !
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U can see on playstore
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This thing is seriously effective; with this and Seeder, you won't see any lag while gaming!
The settings I use: AA is 4x non-Tegra (yes, I know AA makes it slower), textures downscaled to 0.5x, full resolution, fake GPU info of Adreno 320, no decompression or recompression of textures (I don't know how it affects performance).
NSDCars5 said:
This thing is seriously effective; with this and Seeder, you won't see any lag while gaming!
The settings I use: AA is 4x non-Tegra (yes, I know AA makes it slower), textures downscaled to 0.5x, full resolution, fake GPU info of Adreno 320, no decompression or recompression of textures (I don't know how it affects performance).
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Really? I was a bit sceptical, to be honest.
Surely going to try this!
Mats
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MatsPunt said:
Really? I was a bit sceptical, to be honest.
Surely going to try this!
Mats
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Asphalt 8 still lags, but otherwise for almost every game the lag's gone! Most Wanted works, Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing works, GTA: VC works (now at max settings). Just no Airborne.
MatsPunt said:
Really? I was a bit sceptical, to be honest.
Surely going to try this!
Mats
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I also play asphalt 8 theres no lag I have a class10 memorycard I swap 200mb ram using ram expander u should also try ramexpander
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NSDCars5 said:
This thing is seriously effective; with this and Seeder, you won't see any lag while gaming!
The settings I use: AA is 4x non-Tegra (yes, I know AA makes it slower), textures downscaled to 0.5x, full resolution, fake GPU info of Adreno 320, no decompression or recompression of textures (I don't know how it affects performance).
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+1
Only I use it with no AA, 0.5x resolution and no downscaling
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HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF I WAS OF ANY HELP
jhonny1525 said:
I swap 200mb ram using ram expander u should also try ramexpander
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Nope, not for me. Expanding RAM will decrease the life of your SD card. I paid 20 Euros for my Class 10 16 GB card, and I'm not in the mood to buy a new one soon... I am using swap in the system and cache partition, but that's because those aren't completely full and swapping won't have a negative effect(thanks to @[email protected] for the explanation)
Will try GLTools in the afternoon, looking forward to it.
Mats
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MatsPunt said:
Nope, not for me. Expanding RAM will decrease the life of your SD card. I paid 20 Euros for my Class 10 16 GB card, and I'm not in the mood to buy a new one soon... I am using swap in the system and cache partition, but that's because those aren't completely full and swapping won't have a negative effect(thanks to @[email protected] for the explanation)
Will try GLTools in the afternoon, looking forward to it.
Mats
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Do you still have the ZIP for swapping in cache and system? I can't find the thread.
NSDCars5 said:
Do you still have the ZIP for swapping in cache and system? I can't find the thread.
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Mods removed it by request of @[email protected](someone was hating and moaning...)
It's in my Dropbox, wait a second for the link.
Edit: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h1ny1lqmsjucz6d/RAM_SWAP_final_E_CM10.zip
Mats
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MatsPunt said:
Mods removed it by request of @[email protected](someone was hating and moaning...)
It's in my Dropbox, wait a second for the link.
Edit: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h1ny1lqmsjucz6d/RAM_SWAP_final_E_CM10.zip
Mats
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Will it work with xperia j cm10? Cause I need it too
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Will it work with xperia j cm10? Cause I need it too
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Well, you can flash it. It won't brick your device. But it's a different phone with different spaces in the partitions. I'm not sure if you will benefit from it.
Just make a back-up and flash it. See if you gain performance or if it doesn't make a difference.
For me, it does.
Mats
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Sonic Dash lags on my Miro
So what do I do after flashing it?
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Can someone explain why this happens with me if I reduce render resolution to 0.5x or to 0.25x
aakash1996 said:
Can someone explain why this happens with me if I reduce render resolution to 0.5x or to 0.25x
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Cause it tries to fill your phone's screen, even though you have set it to 0.25 times the resolution, so it just tiles itself?
Lowering resolution is the most effective framerate-wise, but the viewing experience is crap.
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Mods removed it by request of @[email protected](someone was hating and moaning...)
It's in my Dropbox, wait a second for the link.
Edit: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h1ny1lqmsjucz6d/RAM_SWAP_final_E_CM10.zip
Mats
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Ram swap for all? Or only XE?
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