What will you be playing PS2 on?

[eebster]

Seeing that all of us are hoping that PS2 is released this year, what rig will you be playing the game on?

I would also suggest if anyone has any upgrade suggestions for someone else (ex. Someone planning on playing it on a decent pc with a weak card, one c an suggest a decent card that is on a decent price for that person. Or a person that lacks a lot of things, as in Video card, ram and cpu, allow the community to help that person out to prevent him from missing out or spending more money then he should).

I'll most likely be playing it on (unless someone suggests a worth while upgrade for something).

Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition
Asus Rampage II Motherboard
6 GB DDR3-2000?
2xGTX 480
27" Series 7 Samsung LED Monitor
Steelseries keyboard
Steelseries World of warcraft mouse or Razor Naga Epic (don't like the feel of the Steelseries mouse, but I'm currently using it because the Naga has an issue when playing Skyrim for some odd reason).

I may want to overclock my CPU (yes I was too lazy to ever do it yet), and get more ram since it feels like a bottleneck, and I remember back in the day of PS, when 1GB of ram was A LOT! and yet it used to get a little jerky when opening doors.
I'm interested if anyone knows any good FPS mice (mouse) both of mine are made more to cater for MMORPG games (with 109312904 buttons on them).

[sylphaen]

Console.
:evil:

[acosmo]

AMD Phenom II X4 BE 965
i forget my mobo, but best believe it's leet
4 GB DDR3
GTX 560ti
24" for video and 17" for comms
some salvaged keyboard
some salvaged intellimouse from ms.

:usa:

[SKYeXile]

Currently have a:
I7 950
6G DDR3 RAM
ATI 5970
300g veloceraptor
27" samsung 1920 x 1200 monitor.
use a Steel series Xai keyboard
and a wolfclaw keypad.

ill see how that goes in beta, but Ill may end-up upgrading to:

I7 3930K
8g DDR3 ram
ATI 7990
SSD drive
depending on if the 7990 is out.

[Tasorin]

Waiting another 6-8 weeks until the next round of hardware comes out to drive down prices on the current top tier.

Step 1) Find a case to bind them all...

Thermaltake Level 10 GT

[Coreldan]

AMD Phenom II x6 1090T @ 3,5ghz
ATI Radeon HD5770 1GB (the weakest link, pretty much, might upgrade if necessary for PS2)
Some Gigabyte mobo, fairly new and cool and all that :D
8gb of DDR3 1333mhz
Single 21" monitor at 1920x1080. I'd like another but no space and no money.

Razer Imperator
Belkin n52te

[Sirisian]

This should be moved to the tech forum.

I'll just be using my 17" laptop. i7-2920XM, 16 GB, 485m

Regarding mice, I like my 5 button Microsoft optical mouse. Probably the best mouse I've ever used.

Regarding decent builds for computers i5-2500k, 8 GB, and one of the newer video cards. I believe the GTX 560ti mentioned earlier is recommended.

[Zulthus]

FOXCONN 2A92 Motherboard
GTX 460 1GB
4GB DDR3 RAM
AMD Athlon ii x4 655 3.1 GHz
22" Acer P221w 1680x1050
Saitek Eclipse III
Razer Deathadder

I'm all set.

[Bags]

2500k @ stock atm (I have nothing that would benefit from it overclocking right now, everything I play is GPU bound~)
460 GTX OC'd
8gb DDR3 1600mhz 9-9-9-24
Z68A-G45-G3
1TB 7200rpm hd
24" monitor with 15" second monitor
750w psu

Unless I can play the game on at least low @ almost always 60 fps, I will be upgrading my GPU when the game comes out.

[BorisBlade]

Two places:

Desktop -
i7-2600k oc'd to 4.2ghz
gtx 580 oc'd
8gb RAM
47" 3D LED TV 1080p 120hz
5.1 sound setup + Razer Carcharias headset for voice chat.
Custom mechanical KB
Logitech G700 mouse (stomps a mudhole in the crappy Razer mice i had)
Logitech Driving Force GT force feedback wheel/peddles for when im driving

---

Laptop -
AMD Llano A8 (AMD 6620g built in graphics)
8gb 1600mhz RAM
14.1" 1366x768 screen
If im not on the desktop i use teh same wireless mouse on the laptop as above. (using both unifying wireless receiver or wired connections ftw)

---

Btw that laptop only cost me $389 and runs insanely well. I'm super impressed and thats sayin a lot comin from someone with a desktop like that, although im hard pressed to find that exact same setup for any less than $550 now, and most are $600 (hard to find that faster memory and higher end chip at a decent price). Holiday sales ftw i guess!

[Lorgarn]

My setup as of this very moment:

Intel i7-2600k
Corsair 8GB DDR3
Asus P8Z68-V/Gen3
Asus GTX 560ti
BenQ 24' LED
G15 Keyboard
Razer Megalodon 7.1 Headset
Razer Naga
Standard Logitech 2.1 Speakers

Additional upgrades that may happen at release:
+1 Asus GTX 560ti
+ Another 8GB of RAM.

[Shogun]

will my commodore 64 be sufficient for ps2? i built a sd card reader for it, so it has enough "harddiskmemory"
but i think i´ll need a network card,too hmmmmm

[Knocky]

FOXCONN 2A92 Motherboard
GTX 460 1GB
4GB DDR3 RAM
AMD Athlon ii x4 655 3.1 GHz
22" Acer P221w 1680x1050
Saitek Eclipse III
Razer Deathadder

I'm all set.


Good news Zul.....Foxconn is down to only 2 suicides per mobo now. Lets give it up for the Chinese sweatshops!

[Zulthus]

Hey, the thing has been working fine now for two years... I don't see it failing anytime soon either :p

[duomaxwl]

Phenom II x4 955BE @ 3.5GHz (not much higher than stock, but I'd rather a small bump and lower heat.)
8GB DDR3-1600 GSkill Ram
nVidia 560 Ti
Logitech G500 mouse.
Logitech G930 Wireless 5.1 Virtual Surround sound headset (the electronic love of my life.)
I just bought the additional 4gigs of RAM 4 days ago, and it makes a huge
difference for Battlefield 3. Just waiting for PS2 to release to see how big it is before I decide what size SSD I want. :cool:

[ThirdCross]

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition
Radeon HD 6950

You might want to take a look at the mouse I'm using.
Link (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826146021)

[Hmr85]

Just got all my new hardware in today.

I'm gonna be running a

Motherboard -ASRock 970 Extreme3
Processor- AMD FX 4-core Black Edition 3.8ghz..
Memory - 8gb of gskill ddr3
Graphics - 2 x EVGA 2g GTX550TI R in SLI
Monitor-24" Samsung 2Ms
Keyboard- Logitech G15
Mouse- Logitech G5

[Zulthus]

Graphics - 2 x EVGA 2g GTX550TI R in SLI


I don't want to be that guy but for ~$30 more you could have gotten 2x GTX460 1GBs and gotten much better performance. Just sayin'

[Hmr85]

Yeah, gonna keep them. I got them for a excellent price well below retail which made it worth it. It was a decent upgrade from my 9800gtx 512 I had. So I guess I can upgrade in the future again if needed.

[DayOne]

AMD athlon II quad core
8GB DDR3 133(something) Mhz
ATI radeon HD 5850 (with horribly broken drivers)
Terrible mouse, keyboard and motherboard (yay)

So long as PS2 doesn't use open GL i'll probably be okay! :D

[acosmo]

@everyone with sli/crossfire

you must have massive electric bills

[Jimmuc]

at the moment i have:

AMD Athlong 64 X2 4200 2.21GHz
ASRock A770DE+ AM2/AM2+/AM3
ATI HD 5770 1GB
2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
2 Seagate 250GB HDs

thinking on upgrading to:

AMD Phenom X4 970 BE 3.5GHz
4GB (2x2) G.Skill DDR2 800 but my mobo allows DDR2 1066 with an AM3 cpu so i might go for that instead of DDR2 800.

[Lonehunter]

AMD Phenom II Quad Core 3.2ghz
GeForce GTX 460 2GB memory
8 GB RAM
MSI AMD SATA-6GBs Motherboard

With that I can run Ultra graphics in WoW, Starcraft II, and Old Republic with very little lag. If I turn it down a notch no problems at all.
I'm willing to spend a few hundred on a better Graphics card for PS2

[Fate]

This is a stupid survey. There will always be someone with a better rig, and someone who's player on the PC their parents bought. My understanding is that the PS dev team wants the most PC's available to support the game. That being said, how do you know that your hardware will be the best? All you're doing right now is acting like a douche. MY MOM BOUGHT ME A $700 VIDEO CARD OMG. Tone it down, and wait for the game. For all you know it's optimized for a MacBook.

[SuperMorto]

This is a stupid survey. There will always be someone with a better rig, and someone who's player on the PC their parents bought. My understanding is that the PS dev team wants the most PC's available to support the game. That being said, how do you know that your hardware will be the best? All you're doing right now is acting like a douche. MY MOM BOUGHT ME A $700 VIDEO CARD OMG. Tone it down, and wait for the game. For all you know it's optimized for a MacBook.

Some people round here actually get off their chair and go to work.

I earned every penny for my desktop, let me show it off a little!

[SgtMAD]

this is what i am playing on

http://www.emperor1510.com/emperor.html

[SniperSteve]

PhenomII Hex-core 3.2GHz
8GB RAM
550Ti 1GB

[inigma]

This is my rig: http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38262

The PS2 Core Gaming Rig (https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=22674567): (newegg prices)

Case:$139 NZXT Phantom Black ATX Full Tower (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146068)
PSU: $220 Corsair Pro Series Modular HX1050W (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139034) (for future upgrade to 2 gtx 580s)
Mobo: $150 ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157265)
CPU: $320 Intel i7 2600K (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070)
Cooler: $45 Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099)
RAM: $90 Corsair Vengeance 16GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233143) *
SSD: $170 OCZ Agility 3 120 GB SATA III SSD (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726)
GPU: $590 EVGA 3 GB GTX 580 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130587)
BR Burner: $101 Pioneer Black 12X BD-R (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129066)

Rig Total:$1826 (newegg wishlist) (https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=22674567)


Monitor: $210 ASUS VS248H-P Black 24" LED LCD (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236153)
Keyboard: $19 Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109149)
Gaming Keypad: $68 Logitech G13 USB Advanced Gameboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126050)
Mouse: $68 Logitech G9x Black Two modes scroll USB Wired Laser 5700 dpi Gaming Mouse (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104261)
Headset: $25 KOSS SB45 3.5mm Connector Circumaural (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826263010)

System Total : $2214 (newegg wishlist) (https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?BundleExist=N&ID=22674627&ChangeQty=0)

Extra: Two 80GB SATA II HDDs in RAID0 configuration for Data and other apps (PS2 gets installed to my SSD of course!)

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/9349/dsc05541v.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/560/dsc05541v.jpg/)

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/2571/dsc05539p.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/dsc05539p.jpg/)

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/2244/dsc05552h.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/810/dsc05552h.jpg/)

The bottom PC is obviously the newer one. The top pc is my older one I'm replacing with the new one. I just got the RAID0 done last night and transferred over my files from the old comp to the new. Now the computer is just sitting and waiting for PS2.

[Tasorin]

This is a stupid survey. There will always be someone with a better rig, and someone who's player on the PC their parents bought. My understanding is that the PS dev team wants the most PC's available to support the game. That being said, how do you know that your hardware will be the best? All you're doing right now is acting like a douche. MY MOM BOUGHT ME A $700 VIDEO CARD OMG. Tone it down, and wait for the game. For all you know it's optimized for a MacBook.

I slug it out 10+ hours a day at a Fortune 50 Corp job as a Sr. Analyst. Keep your generalizations for the X-box generation to yourself please.

[Arrow]

Intel Core i7-2600K Oc'd to 4.2 GHz
16GB RAM Corsair vengeance
GTX 560 2GB

[duomaxwl]

I earned every penny for my desktop, let me show it off a little! .

[Grognard]

will my commodore 64 be sufficient for ps2? i built a sd card reader for it, so it has enough "harddiskmemory"
but i think i´ll need a network card,too hmmmmm

Wow, I had one of these... I thought I was the BOSS when I got my 128... lol

[CyclesMcHurtz]

will my commodore 64 be sufficient for ps2? i built a sd card reader for it, so it has enough "harddiskmemory"
but i think i´ll need a network card,too hmmmmm

Overheating may be a problem, unless you have the lower-power C64C

[Brusi]

Some people round here actually get off their chair and go to work.

I earned every penny for my desktop, let me show it off a little!

Some of us sit in our chair all day at work and browse forums...

Then get a $4.5k rig as a bonus, w00p w00p!

[SKYeXile]

Some people round here actually get off their chair and go to work.

I earned every penny for my desktop, let me show it off a little!

What makes you think he does not work?

[inigma]

I waited and saved 10 years before I finally pulled the trigger to build the PS2 Gaming Rig I posted. It replaced an equally old computer and tube. Great fun to build. Wonderful learning experience. Would do it again if I ever cobble the funds again to do another one. I almost cried at the difference. In fact, the monitor quality is so good, I questioned the fact that my backups were transferred successfully as the images from my camera were just so grainy. Turns out my settings on the camera weren't right - yet I never knew this for the past 5 years I've had the camera because my old computer and tube just missed those details. I can see things in pics and stuff I've never seen before, and the speed... wow. 14 second boot up from power button to Google. 4.3 minutes with the old machine.

Its dedicated to music development and PS2 when it comes out. I don't think I will wait that long again before building another.

[Shogun]

Overheating may be a problem, unless you have the lower-power C64C

it´s the first version the "brotkasten" (bread bin)
but i must have the other version that looked almost like the amiga somewhere in the attic as well. but i fear the forgelight engine will have a little trouble with the low resolution ;-)

@ grognard: did you ever use the 128 mode? i had a 128 D and i always switched it back to c64 mode so it was kind of a waste.

figured out that there even are network modules out there for the c64 and you could even use a browser ;)

Hurtz! if you make ps2 compatible to the c64 you are my hero!
now if that´s not a challenge, what is one?:evil:

[Draegon]

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~4.2GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Hard Drive: 128 GB Corsair SSD Performance
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6990
Monitor: Samsung 27" LCD Syncmaster P2770H
Sound Card: ASUS Xonar Essence STX
Speakers/Headphones: QPAD® QH-1339
Keyboard: G15 Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: G9x Gaming Mouse
Mouse Surface: Qpad|CT Gamingpad
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2, X58, Socket-1366
Computer Case: NZXT Phantom Big Tower

[Princess Frosty]

Current rig is:

2600k @ stock (will OC this once I actually need to)
16Gb RAM PC3 12800
MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr II
OCZ 120Gb Vertex 3 SSD
8TB HDD space
30" 2560x1600 monitor

I've been PC gaming off my projector recently, I have a 1080p LCD projector in the living room at about 120" so I'll probably put PS2 on that and play some games from the sofa, that's a lot of fun!

[CyclesMcHurtz]

Hurtz! if you make ps2 compatible to the c64 you are my hero!
now if that´s not a challenge, what is one?:evil:

I'm afraid the schedule doesn't allow for changing the laws of physics this time around.

[Espion]

2500k @ 4GHz
16GB gskills
2x120GB SSD raid0
SLI GTX570
P8P67 Pro

[Tasorin]

I'm afraid the schedule doesn't allow for changing the laws of physics this time around.

I still have my 386DX set up and running. Gotta get my DOS game fix from time to time and the emulator's on a quad core 64 bit system just don't cut it. Too much zooming around the screen and monsters warping from the end of a hall to right on top on you.

Go-Go SSI games.

[EVILoHOMER]

Just ordered two 7970s so I hope SOE don't pay Nvidia all the attention!

[SKYeXile]

Just ordered two 7970s so I hope SOE don't pay Nvidia all the attention!

Who cares, your cards wont self destruct.

[Zulthus]

His outlets and/or power supply will however. And his wallet.

[Rbstr]

I waited and saved 10 years before I finally pulled the trigger to build the PS2 Gaming Rig I posted.

If you've got to save 10 years to buy a new computer, you should look into your career options.

[Zulthus]

Maybe he was focusing on more important things, such as buying a house, furniture, food, etc. A gaming rig is on the bottom of any list.

[RedKnights]

Maybe he was focusing on more important things, such as buying a house, furniture, food, etc. A gaming rig is on the bottom of any list.

I know quite a few people who think otherwise... <.<

[Zulthus]

As do I...

[SuperMorto]

What makes you think he does not work?

Does he?

[Xaine]

This is a stupid survey. There will always be someone with a better rig, and someone who's player on the PC their parents bought. My understanding is that the PS dev team wants the most PC's available to support the game. That being said, how do you know that your hardware will be the best? All you're doing right now is acting like a douche. MY MOM BOUGHT ME A $700 VIDEO CARD OMG. Tone it down, and wait for the game. For all you know it's optimized for a MacBook.

As someone mentioned, having a job is cool.

I'm sorry people comparing PC specs offends you enough to write a paragraph about it.

[SKYeXile]

Does he?

err yes? you think people who write rants dont have jobs? some people even get paid to rant...

[Xaine]

Some of us sit in our chair all day at work and browse forums...

Then get a $4.5k rig as a bonus, w00p w00p!

Wat.

Can has?

I'm a student so my job is shit, but I get £6 an hour to work in a place that's so cold, I have to run my hands under a tap every 20 mins just so I can feel them. We don't get any designated breaks, we usually have to run the place on our own. Answer phones, handle stock, serve customers, restock the place. No incentives, no overtime, no hourly increase on inconvenient days. (Worked boxing day and new years day at the same rate)

Honestly, I can wait to get out of Uni ad get a job where I can feel my appendages.

[SKYeXile]

I know quite a few people who think otherwise... <.<

Yea gaming rig & car... top of list....other stuff: bottom.

[Aractain]

Theres something in life other than gaming rigs and games?

[EVILoHOMER]

His outlets and/or power supply will however. And his wallet.

Last time I bought GPUs was in 2010 so it was time for an upgrade from my ageing 5870 crossfire system. I prefer ATI over Nvidia because the cards run cooler, not as loud, generally use less power and I have never had an ATI card fail on me. However every single Nvidia card I've owned has gone bad....

I just wish ATI had better drivers so I hope SOE pays them extra attention as normally they partner with Nvidia.

[Tikuto]

dat Sunderer is damn freaking saucesome tbqfh. O_

I got my Core i7. Just need water-cooling system as an upgrade to this 3-year old system I have, which still runs like a high-ranked system, to prevent expected future bluescreens that i get fom the game Brink. OVerheating bluescreens is baaaad.

SOE got to watch out for overheating systems. Could be devastating with their new Forgelight, you know. business market be like 'D: O CRAP NO WAI!' if all world's PCs explode cuz of PlanetSide 2.

[FastAndFree]

I thought I will upgrade before PS2, but I have since then reprioritized all of my money as well as anything I have that isn't nailed down towards more lofty goals, so my 8800GT/Core2Duo E8400 will have to do

[inigma]

If you've got to save 10 years to buy a new computer, you should look into your career options.

Haha. I never got around to it since my old rig was working just fine. Got married, had kids these last 10 years so gaming wasn't high on the list. Have other savings priorities. Now kids are older, I've got some free time, larger paychecks and more savings, and motivation (PS2) to get a new rig. :)

What a difference 10 years makes. As I said, I don't plan to wait that long next time before the next upgrade.

[HeadCracker]

2500k
Radeon 7970 FTW!
16GB corsair @1600
128gb samsung 830 SSD

[Gimpylung]

I'll be playing it on an AMD Eyefinity setup with triple screens. Least I hope I will if PS2 supports superwide resolutions. Looks at Hurtz beseechingly.

BF3 is epic in superwide and its has full superwide support. HUD centered on middle screen etc.

[Metalsheep]

My setup by the time Planetside 2 comes out will be this:

AMD Phenom X6 1100 Thuban 3.3-3.7 Turbo Core Black Edition; Possibly overclocked to 5 or 6 depending (Watercooled)
Asus M4A97XTD Evo Mobo
16Gb DDR-3 1600 G.Skill RipJaws
100GB SSD
500G Western Digital Caviar Blue
1TB Storage
x2 Sapphire Radeon 6870 Crossfired (OR 1 Radeon 6870 and 1 Nvidia 560 ti with PhysX hack)
Logitech G500 Mouse, Microsoft Sidewinder x6 Keyboard.
Turtle Beach Earforce headset. (Not sure what version mine is.)

I think that's all the relevant gaming specs of my compy.

[TheBladeRoden]

Good news Zul.....Foxconn is down to only 2 suicides per mobo now. Lets give it up for the Chinese sweatshops!
Well now i know why that CSR stopped responding to my support ticket :(

[Oryon22]

EMACHINES

[Knocky]

Well now i know why that CSR stopped responding to my support ticket :(

RIP....:(



Anyhoo....

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
i5-2500K
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB
eVGA GTX 460sc


I imagine PS2 should run just fine, least I hope it does since I have no intention of upgrading anything.

[BlazingSun]

I haven't even heared about some of the components that you guys post. Whenever it's time to buy a new PC (which I usally delay as long as possible), I'm pretty good informed, but as soon as I have the new machine, I don't give a damn about the new stuff. The last time was 3 years ago so ....

I sure hope the game will run on my PC as I'm not interested in buying a new one any time soon.

[inigma]

I finally got it all together. this is what PS2 will be played on at my place:

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7703/inigmastudio.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/85/inigmastudio.jpg/)

[BigBossMonkey]

Most likely what I'm on now:

AMD Phenom 2 x4 925
ATI 6790 (1gb)
7gb RAM

[TacosWLove]

Intel 2600k
MSI P67 -GD65 Mobo
570GTX - MSI twin frozr II
Curcial m4 128GB SSD
WD VelociRaptor 600GB data drive
16GB G Skillz Ripjawz
Corsair 800w PS
A900 Case
Win7 64bit
2 x 24" samsung LED Monitors

*Which better be Ultra settings compatible with little lag. But I even drop PS 1 down to 16 bit textures on this rig as FPS is EVERYTHING in a FPS(Pun intended) :D