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Is my pc ready to go back to Spring?
Posted: 17 Sep 2007, 19:13
by rcdraco
Maker: E-machine
Processor: Celeron 3.2ghz
Ram: 1gb
Video Card: Ati X1650 pro 512mb video card
Monitor: Dell something, 1600 x 1200 @60hz max
Posted: 17 Sep 2007, 19:15
by imbaczek
should be fine.
Posted: 17 Sep 2007, 19:40
by manored
I think what spring needs most is just ram. I remember my pc used to lag in big games, then we doubled the ram and it never lags now.
Posted: 17 Sep 2007, 19:42
by Neddie
Your processor might have issues when confronted with large explosions and numerous units on screen. Celerons are fail.
Posted: 17 Sep 2007, 22:12
by AF
How on earth did a graphics card of that power get bundled with a cpu like that?
Hello, here's your abacus, it has 4 rows, 16 beads on each in the finest wood, you can get marble beads for 50 gold pieces extra, and we've added in a Core 2 Duo Extreme for added speed! Buy your abacus today at Rome Imperial market!
Posted: 17 Sep 2007, 22:49
by Cabbage
neddiedrow wrote:Celerons are fail.
He speaks the truth
Posted: 17 Sep 2007, 23:21
by Peet
AF wrote:How on earth did a graphics card of that power get bundled with a cpu like that?
rcdraco wrote:Maker: E-machine
Posted: 18 Sep 2007, 00:34
by rattle
Ewww... you'd have been better off with a cheap AM2/939 board and an X2 3800-4800, 1 GB more RAM and a good GF6 or cheap GF7.
well
Posted: 18 Sep 2007, 02:53
by rcdraco
60fps average in sauerbraten, on skycastle, with full settings, at 1600 x 1200.
While running a virus scan. >_<
Oh, and the video card thing. I put a $220 video card in a $300 pc. I've spent about $500 to play gmod alone.
Posted: 18 Sep 2007, 04:14
by SwiftSpear
It's not a benchmark buster, sure, but it should run small to medium size spring games fine. You'll probably find your maximum is around the 8 player range before CPU lag starts to frustrate gamespeed.
Specs don't count as players though, so don't worry about that.
[edit] It's worth mentioning that a map like speedmetal will be significantly more taxing due to the high number of projectiles and units in game at any given time. The 8 player estimate is intended for normal maps.
Posted: 18 Sep 2007, 10:20
by AF
replace that celeron with a cheap pentium D and it should be fine for all intensive purposes. Itll extend the viable lifespan of the PC by a few years at least.
Posted: 18 Sep 2007, 11:24
by clericvash
So is Pentium D actually worth gettin, and core 2 duo are madly expensive!
There are some amazing Pentium D deals on ebay at the moment.
Posted: 18 Sep 2007, 14:49
by AF
pentium D is only good because oftis price and overclock potential.
where possible get cheap core 2 duos.
Posted: 18 Sep 2007, 16:47
by Relative
AF wrote:pentium D is only good because oftis price and overclock potential.
where possible get cheap core 2 duos.
The prices C2Ds are at now its crazy not to get one. Buy a cheap C2D.
Posted: 18 Sep 2007, 17:29
by DJ
Be careful is you stick a pentium D in they run *hot
Posted: 18 Sep 2007, 17:52
by AF
depends which ones.
A pentium D 805 did me fine for a while, although XP wasnt to keen on me swapping out the mobo and cpu without reinstalling it. Ubuntu was zippy as hell though, no modifications required...
haha
Posted: 18 Sep 2007, 20:44
by rcdraco
My dell, the other pc, has a pentium D, [hyperthreading is amazing] It runs cool, thanks to some fancy fan setup, plus it's super quiet. This pc runs with the case off, since the video card gets no air otherwise. >_<