Some notes from me:
1) When I installed 1.52, my patch wasn't loaded. I guess the update overwrites 'zlib1.dll'. Note for
Thamer: does it overwrite 'python24.dll'?
2) Mem-savings with 1.52 are better than with my fix (according to task manager), but speed and disk access (?) is worse.
3) Running my fix with 1.52 and MemSaver = 1 does not have any effect at all (except FPS/primitive_count meters) since now everything is created in video memory (current versions of my fix don't affect such allocations).
4) Running my fix with 1.52 and MemSaver = 0 crashes at start-up. I didn't see anyone having this, but at least I have. I will check this.
5) Globe view has become faster on its own (even with buildings enabled).
6) 'Disable buildings in globe view' works a little wrong - it hides city billboards instead of buildings
Anyway, it speeds things up.
7) Movies stuttering problem is still not solved, though I've told the reason in my fix thread. Basically, they stutter when there is some unexpected slow-down (e.g. swapping) when the movie starts. This was in 1.00, 1.09 and now in 1.52.