Hi im new to planetside

[CassH]

Well im not accualy new to planetside but i stoped playing after it had those lag problems and have a few questions.

Ok i am despritly trying to get my new computer up to gameing without alot of lag. i am geting 256 more ram and a new video card this week maby tommaro after i get a toth ripped out.

One more thing my inter net is on a wirless network thing and is thee anyway to get a better signal/stronger internet conection from it or do i just neeed to get like a 50 foot internet cable and get it downstairs to our main computer?.

thank you.

P.S
Vary sorry for spelling i am working on it, i hate learning disabilitys.

[Nalar]

Im not really sure what your questions are but I will assume you want to know if the new video card and more ram will help with your frames per second and if running a dedicated cable to your computer will improve the connection over a wireless connection.

So, to answer the first quesiton: More memory, no matter how much you have is always good for planetside. Depending on how much you have already in your system, 256MB could potentially make a huge difference.

To answer your second question: Depending on what kind of technology your wireless router uses, a dedicated line may or may not improve your internet connection. But in my experience, dedicated lines (ie running a cable from the router to the computer) will usually give you a cleaner signal with less loss and interference.

[hex222]

hey, welcome, i dunno what im goin on about though seeing that i dont have the game yet...

256 ram??? how much you got at the moment??? if you dont want any lag then get around 750 ram,im getting 1 gig, for my PC.

also, do wireless routers have a big effect on lag, its just i want a outer to hav the PS2 and PC and, soon hopefully, xbox, all online at the same time...

and don't worry about the spelling, its not that bad, i know someone who used to ask me how to spell swearwords.

[CassH]

Thanks and those where my questions.

i was just woundering mabout the wireless internet because i get 24mbps right know and i know that i cant play PS with that.
And again thank you hopefully i can get planetside working again and see you on.

[Cryptica]

The lowest card you should get for your computer is a GeForce 5700, anything below really is a waste of money. If you're willing to spend money on upgrading, then do it right. And don't get pulled in by the 256MB cards, they're not much better than the 128, and they're a LOT more expensive. I'd recommend the ATI Radeon Pro, 9700 I believe is the number...anyways, good luck.

[Rbstr]

hey cryptica listend to me the other night after all. good advice. For a mid range canr you want a 5700 ultra or a 9600pro(or XT) but you can get 9800pros for quite chep now and those are much better.

You wirless connectin is fine, it can only go as fast as your Internet connection anyway. And that won't be more than 3mbps, i have 3mbps cable slpit between 3 comps and i never have connection lag unless its server side.

[CassH]

Thank you im going today to look at what cards they have at the store i got my computer at i know the guy and ill try to see if he has any 9800pros or what ever it was.

And one more thing i cant get my microphone to work anyone have any ideas on how to fix it.

[Lartnev]

And one more thing i cant get my microphone to work anyone have any ideas on how to fix it.

Need a little more info than that :D

[CassH]

Sorry well it works on my computer downstairs but when i try to plug it in it wont work for windows recorder or any software that uses it. i have tryed both slots for it ( my computer has to slots for mic's i have no idea why, it also has 8 usb ports) and nether will reconise its there. is it because i only have a build in video card right now, i did not think video cards had anything to do with sound.?

[StrangeFellow]

no man, your video card has nothing to do with your sound, your sound card does though. make sure you have the latest drivers (that goes for everything in your computer) also i'm pretty sure your computer will never recognize that you have a microphone plugged in

well i was going to be the first person to welcome you back but Hamma just had to update the message boards but then i picked up my guitar and totaly forgot, ahwell

any way yeah...definatly consider a 9800pro and i'd go for a gig of ram instead of 512MB

I'm curious, what sort of processor do you have?

[CassH]

XP Pent 4

[StrangeFellow]

and the speed?

[CassH]

Where do i find that?

[TheN00b]

Where do i find that?

Oh dear Lord, you don't know your processor speed :huh: . Erm... :rofl:

[CassH]

ether 1800 or 1.47 GHz not a 100% sher.

[TheN00b]

1.5 Ghtz? Sorry, Planetside on that is gonna' be shittier than Ray Kroc's toilet.

[EarlyDawn]

To run consistantly playably, you want at least a gig of RAM.

[Cauldron Borne]

I have a 512 stick, It works fine. I never get below 20fps. I also have a Ge-Force FX5200. It runs fine, too. Those two things and my AMD athalon give me nore than enough power to run PS. I don't have the flora textures up on it, but then I wouldn't if I had the best system in the US. It gets in the way of my scope when I snipe.

PS: Athalon > Pentium by far. Cheaper, and more powerful.

Compaq > Dell. Dell = shitty plastic crap that fries itself after six months so you haveto go buy another one.

[StrangeFellow]

PS: Athalon > Pentium by far. Cheaper, and more powerful.
Dont be so sure...1000Mhz (800Mhz stock but it's really easy to get it up there) FSB really kicks up proformance plus athlons run alot hotter
but they are awsome for their price, i give you that

1.5Ghz? from what i hear, in planetside that's "OMFG I HATE THIS GAME" profromance

[tjmonk15]

Athalon>>>>>>>Pentium
can we say 64bit?

o...and on topic lol, ur processor doesnt seem to have as much of an impact on gameplay when compared to RAM.
if u have 1gb of ram, u could easily run PS on a comp wit 1.5ghz......ive done it lol full graphics

[Lartnev]

I believe you mean Athlon :P~

They each have their uses :)

[StrangeFellow]

I believe you mean Athlon :P~

They each have their uses :)
exactly

[CassH]

how do i get the speed up?

[hex222]

i've forgotten what its called, but you have to tweak the CPU, it's rather complex, i'd just get a better, faster CPU...

[Cauldron Borne]

Over-Clocking? Yeah it can really hype up performance in a big way. Unless you do something wrong, then you just fry your system and watch as you flush 1000+ dollars worth of hardware down the toilet.

It isn't THAT complex, but if you don't know where everything is in your computer (i.e. 'what's the RAM look like?') then you could have a problem.

[Marsupilami]

512 ram works fine, i have almost all details and stuff up to maximum and it`s running smoothly. though 1,5gigs isn`t exactly what u wanna have for playing multi player games online.