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Gonzo · 2012-08-11, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Goku

The CPU and GPU should be up for the game. I just don't know if the drivers are going to be quirky when you are trying to play the game. You really need this for classes? I'm surprised TBH.

Well, I went over the minimum the school recommended, but architecture classes involve a lot of modelling and rendering that can take a fair amount of computing power.

Goku · 2012-08-11, 01:14 PM

They were actually recommending quadro cards? I wasn't expecting that. When I was doing Civil Engineering as my major I checked with professors and they said the modeling for that wouldn't require anything insane like a CAD card. I think it was solidworks and another program, though I never had to use it as I switched out. Different major I know, but I wasn't sure what so expect which is why I went around asking. If anything really needed that much power I would of likely just went to the lab to work on it.

I'm sure the card will run the game. Like I said before you may run into odd issues as these aren't meant for gaming. I don't think these cards getting any game optimization drivers whatsoever.

Gonzo · 2012-08-11, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by Goku

They were actually recommending quadro cards? I wasn't expecting that. When I was doing Civil Engineering as my major I checked with professors and they said the modeling for that wouldn't require anything insane like a CAD card. I think it was solidworks and another program, though I never had to use it as I switched out. Different major I know, but I wasn't sure what so expect which is why I went around asking. If anything really needed that much power I would of likely just went to the lab to work on it.

I'm sure the card will run the game. Like I said before you may run into odd issues as these aren't meant for gaming. I don't think these cards getting any game optimization drivers whatsoever.

They didn't have a card specified, just processor and ram recommendations.

Thanks for the info though.

Goku · 2012-08-11, 05:49 PM

You're welcome. At least you will likely make everyone else's jaw drop with how much better your card is, while in class for rendering. I bet you many will still be using the IGP on the Intel at best being the HD4000.

Maddox · 2012-08-11, 06:27 PM

Any chance of this running 1680x1050 minimum settings at reasonable (30+) framerate? Kinda worried about the CPU.

CPU: Intel Core2Duo e8400 @ 3GHz
RAM: 4GB
GPU: GTX460 1gb
OS: Win7

Goku · 2012-08-11, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by Maddox

Any chance of this running 1680x1050 minimum settings at reasonable (30+) framerate? Kinda worried about the CPU.

CPU: Intel Core2Duo e8400 @ 3GHz
RAM: 4GB
GPU: GTX460 1gb
OS: Win7

You probably will be able to run the game. You have the GPU power, but the CPU is a serious bottleneck. May get luck with some settings above low as well.

KimJongLulz · 2012-08-13, 05:52 PM

Alright long story short.

Friend was out of town on my birthday, he got back in town on friday. Gave me a copy of windows 7 ultimate as a late birthday present.

I installed it, got SP1 up. My EVGA precision tool shows random spikes of the clocks and what not when on Chrome, sometimes it happens sometimes it doesnt. Of course went playing youtube videos. I played a few games (BLR and Space Marine) the GPU usage skyrockets to like 90/95 and so does the temperatures. I know 100 is like the max the card can use and I try to keep things under 80c but it gets close to it sometimes. I did install drivers for it.

IS my 9800gt just not good with windows 7 ultimate or is it just showing signs of age?

Other than that...my CPU is doing fantastically in Win7, been seeing my CPU hit like 38c or so when just idlng and looking around on the internet with stock fan/heatsink too. I don't know I just might be being a little on the overly safe side...funny to see my speccy reading my CPU at 38c, my Motherboard at 44c and then heres my graphics card at like 51c just going around the internet or idling around.

Terran · 2012-08-16, 12:05 PM

CPU: Intel i3-2120
RAM: 4GB DDR3
GPU: Radeon 6770
OS: Win7

Will the i3-2120 run Planetside 2?

Breadman · 2012-08-16, 12:20 PM

CPU: AMD Athlon(tm)IIx4 620 Processor 2.6 GHz
RAM: 6 GB
GPU: NVidia GeForce GT 240
OS: Win7

Might as well start fresh huh?

KimJongLulz · 2012-08-16, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Terran

CPU: Intel i3-2120
RAM: 4GB DDR3
GPU: Radeon 6770
OS: Win7

Will the i3-2120 run Planetside 2?

Smedley said the game is CPU intensive, so dual cores will be rather...not ideal. I think everything else is good, the 6770 is pretty good on the hierarchy. I would switch out the dual core if anything, but you will be playing maybe low/medium depending on how much room they plan to give dual cores.

Originally Posted by Breadman

CPU: AMD Athlon(tm)IIx4 620 Processor 2.6 GHz
RAM: 6 GB
GPU: NVidia GeForce GT 240
OS: Win7

Might as well start fresh huh?

That graphics card is...yeah, thats the weakest link in the build. The Athlon might be alright...it is a quad core but not exactly the fastest. Not a clue but as far as I know that GPU is in dire need of upgrading then maybe the CPU next down the road if you get the feeling to. As for playing...I have no clue...you'd probably have a hard time on low with that graphics card regardless if the game is CPU intensive.

JoCool · 2012-08-18, 12:25 PM

My current system is:
Intel Dual Core 2 E6600 @2.4GHz
4GB DDR3 @533MHz
Geforce GTS 250 1GB clocks: core702MHz, shader 1502MHz, mem 1k MHz

With that system, what do you recommend me to upgrade first - will the CPU or the GPU be the harder bottleneck?

KimJongLulz · 2012-08-18, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by JoCool

My current system is:
Intel Dual Core 2 E6600 @2.4GHz
4GB DDR3 @533MHz
Geforce GTS 250 1GB clocks: core702MHz, shader 1502MHz, mem 1k MHz

With that system, what do you recommend me to upgrade first - will the CPU or the GPU be the harder bottleneck?

I'm sure replacing the dual core will be best, seeing the game is "CPU Intensive"

BulletExodus · 2012-08-22, 04:57 AM

Since my last thread on graphics advice, I've decided to go all-out with a new computer since my laptop can't currently run the beta. Here are the specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 @3.4 GHz
RAM: 16GB DDR3 @1600 MHz (I was thinking 16 way over the top considering, but I needed another's opinion)
OS: Win7
GPU: Nvidia GTX 660 1.5GB

What do you think? Will I be okay?

Ailos · 2012-08-24, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by JoCool

My current system is:
Intel Dual Core 2 E6600 @2.4GHz
4GB DDR3 @533MHz
Geforce GTS 250 1GB clocks: core702MHz, shader 1502MHz, mem 1k MHz

With that system, what do you recommend me to upgrade first - will the CPU or the GPU be the harder bottleneck?

In all reality, that CPU will be causing issues, and will be a big bottleneck. The GPU is actually not too bad - it should be able to give you decent performance at medium-to-low settings. You can make your own thread to get more advice on this, but between the need for a quad-core and faster, higher-capacity RAM, I'd recommend swapping those 3 things out to something like an i3-2120 with 8 GB of DDR3-1600 RAM.

Originally Posted by BulletExodus

Since my last thread on graphics advice, I've decided to go all-out with a new computer since my laptop can't currently run the beta. Here are the specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 @3.4 GHz
RAM: 16GB DDR3 @1600 MHz (I was thinking 16 way over the top considering, but I needed another's opinion)
OS: Win7
GPU: Nvidia GTX 660 1.5GB

What do you think? Will I be okay?

Should be good.

MightyJellyFish · 2012-08-31, 09:50 PM

CPU: E5300 @ 260GHz (only a wee dual core :/)
RAM: 2G
GPU: GeForce 9500GT
OP: WinXp 32bit (might be able to get a hold of Win7 64bit)

Obviously some upgrading required but my problem.... where do I start?
New GPU, CPU or RAM?

P.S I can run Tribes Ascend, Mass Effect 3 and Arma II OA fine on medium... not sure how though.