Are there any less graphicaly intensive MMOFPS's out there?

[Fenrys]

Its getting a bit dull playing with my graphics settings all at the minimum and the sound turned off (believe it or not, turning off the sound ~doubled my FPS), but now that I've been introduced to the genere I'm hooked.

1.4 GHZ Athelon
512meg PC133 RAM
64meg Ge-Force2 MX400
Mobo integrated sound card

PS plays smooth so long as I'm alone and in the middle of nowhere, but if someone starts shooting at me, my harddrive starts being accessed and the next frame I see is choosing a respawn location.

[_-Gunslinger-_]

This is the only MMOFPS around your fuc*ed!

[CptRugged]

I'll never understand why everyone always thinks Planetside was the first MMOFPS. I guess WW2 Online is what? an RTS? Oh a shooting RPG maybe.. No love for the WW2O.

Ah well, I guess theres some reason why its not an FPS and I just need enlightenment

[Ghryphen]

WWII Online is billed as a massively multiplayer online simulation. It has some FPS elements but is not a FPS in the sense that most are.

[Fenrys]

What would be the cheapest way for me to improve my comps performance?

[Nimbus]

RAM would be the cheapest way.
I'd recommend getting some larger RAM sticks AND a new vid card.

If the game is accessing your hard drive mid-play then it's most likely using a lot of virtual memory. That slows the computer way down and gives you bad lag. The more RAM you have, the less it has to do that and the faster your game runs.

Other things you can do that help are defragging your hard drive and making sure there are no programs running in the background.

[Hamma]

More RAM

[Indecisive]

Planetside is one ram hungry bitch.

[Zompton]

WAAAHAHAHA, yes she is. I think 1-1/2 ghz of Corsair TWINX XMS3200 DDR400mhz Duel Channel RAM will do fine though.

[Rbstr]

i would keep it at a gig(2x 512), or 2 gigs(4x 512), because you can't have dual channel with 3 sticks, and thats the whole thing behind the DDR technology.

[TeraHertz]

One of my outfit said he had 2 gigs of ram, I laughed and asked if planetsdie really needed it, and he seemed shocked and said "yeah, it uses about 1.3gig"

O_

That a lotta memory :scared:

2x1gig DDR333 is about �600 :S

[Zompton]

My motherboard has four DIMM slots. (2x512mb 2x256mb)

[DoomWarrior]

u could try Counter Strike

[DSSurge]

yeesh

*continues to love PS on a PIII 866*
My motherboards only graded to 1ghz, so overclocking is out of the question, and the ram in here (all 512 of it) is non DDR 133 i think.

..the only thing thats keeping me alive is my geforce 4 ti4200 :\

[Ait'al]

The bets thing to do it get 1 gig or 2. Corsairs Twin X Pro DDR 500 is only 358 per set!(1gig) thats only 708 if you want 2gigs. I thought that was one hell of a deal for 1 gig though!

Itll make your computer go Vroom Vroom!

[Madcat170]

Do what i do when PS doesnt run properly on my machine.

Kick it, Threaten it (With or without Axe is optional)

Works fine for me

Planetside is the queen ram whore of all the ram whores in the hole of the ram whore worlds, or something.

[Fenrys]

My mobo will only take 512 megs, but I could upgrade from 133mhz RAM to 266mhz for about ~$50.

A GeForce FX 5200 256MB is listed at $78.50 on pricewatch, and the RADEON 9200 256MB is $91.



What will give me the most bang for my buck? Faster RAM, or for 2x the cost a better vid card (than my current GeForce2 MX400 64MB).

[DoomWarrior]

so, is all everyone here gonna gloat about there CPU's or list some Games

[Daleon]

Ok Fenrys, dumping money into ram and video into your system is a real waste. You could spend a cpl hundred trying to get a little ram and minor improvement on video... but its only going to be a bandaid for the problem.

My suggestion to you... sell that junker. Find someone who needs a machine for their kid, or grandparent, or a linux box or something. Get as much as you can for it, $100-$150 hell $200 if you can squeeze them for it. Maybe even switch out the video card and keep yours and find some 8-16 meg vga card that will suit their needs. Then take that money, and the cpl hundred or so you would spend up minor upgrades and buy a decent starter system or build your own. You will come out with 10x more pc and a system that you can actually upgrade as time goes by without having to pay for out of date junk.

[DeadTeddy]

the good thing about AMD is you can usually upgrade, cept for the 64 bit ones.
you have SDRAM which pretty much sux, also your vid card needs a proper burial.
an AMD 1.4 ghz should be the equal of a 2.0 pentium. if you can afford it get a mobo that supports DDR and at least 512 MB of it. also an FX5200 would be enough.
I have a P4 2.4, dual DDR 266, and a GF4 MX 440 and PS runs smooth on it. since you don't get much improvement from dual DDR on AMD systems I suggest getting the RAM in one stick.

this solution is quite expensive though, about $300 if I'm not mistaken, don't know the prices where you live. if you can't afford it go for a vid card, more RAM, and buy a non integrated sound card, since integrated sound uses the CPU. also configure you virtual memory to always be at least one gig and set the max to even higher, cause windows probably increases/decreases it during gameplay causing you a slow down.