Yo! Quick question bout Ultra mode and my current hardware. - Printable Version +- Drunkard's Walk Forums (http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums) +-- Forum: General (http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=1) +--- Forum: The Legendary (http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=14) +--- Thread: Yo! Quick question bout Ultra mode and my current hardware. (/showthread.php?tid=5413) |
Yo! Quick question bout Ultra mode and my current hardware. - Terrenceknight - 04-01-2010 All right, for thoes of you who have gotten to play with the new Ultra mode, What are its system requirements? I'd like to max out COH's graphics when it comes out so if anyone could tell me what i'll all need to upgrade (Besides graphics card) it would be appriciated. Windows Vista 'Home Premium' 32 bit Operateing system (..fucking vista >.>) Quad Core 2.4 Gig 3 gigs of Ram 8600GTS if any more information is needed/wanted...I'll try to provide as asked. - Logan Darklighter - 04-01-2010 Well the core of your system is not bad at all. Quad Core is excellent. Is that an Invidia card or ATI? (I'd go with the absolute latest Invidia if I were you.) Your RAM is good for current applications. But you might want to upgrade. Do you have the slots for 8 Gigs? If so - max it out. Or go with 6 Gigs if you need to be more economical. With RAM, always follow the teachings J.R. "Bob" Dobbs - "Too much is always better than not enough!" Other than that it looks good. - Sofaspud - 04-01-2010 I have a 9500GT, which, despite the higher model number, is actually not quite as fast as the 8600GTS, according to specs. But I have more onboard video ram (1GB vs the 8600GTSs 256 or 512), which might help with the textures; then again, the 8600GTS has faster memory, so it could be a wash. All that said, I can run Ultra Mode (on the test server), and I don't appear to be having any problems, so I'd imagine you can too. I haven't run it extensively yet, though, so I'll update after work when I have time to play. The rest of your system is pretty awesome. If you do plan on upgrading, either more RAM or a better video card would be your best bet. The RAM is going to be cheaper, but you won't likely notice much improvement other than your load screens might be shorter. If you do go with a new graphics card, go Nvidia, both because they tend to have better compatibility and because the CoX developers design for Nvidia hardware. I'll update sometime after work when I get a chance to stumble around on Test. For the record, my current gaming rig is as follows: Alienware (ie, Dell) custom system 1.75GB RAM Pentium 4 3.0Ghz (single-core, bleh) NVidia 9500GT, 1GB RAM --sofaspud --"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs - Terrenceknight - 04-01-2010 Its a Nividia 8600GTS Atl. Anyways With tax returns..slowly sneaking up on us..I'm eyeballing going for a new graphics card..unfortunatly I have no idea how to find out how much ram I can stuff into this thing lol, I'm not very computer saavy. Gunna try and get one in the 3-450$ range unless I can get a better overall preformance increase from a slightly lesser card with increased ram. - Ankhani - 04-02-2010 From Posi: Quote:After demoing the Ultra-mode at HeroCon, one of the most frequentlyWith a 32-bit OS (such as yours), the ultimate-absolute-no-two-ways-about-it-maximum RAM you can have is 4GB, just so you know. You simply can not use any more than that with out upgrading your OS to a 64-bit. This, however, is System RAM; which may (or may not, I'm not sure) be distinct from on-board-graphics RAM. --- The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself." >Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI - Sofaspud - 04-02-2010 With any high-end graphics card, that is indeed distinct from system RAM. These days only the cheapest cards (or integrated graphics chipsets -- stay away!) use system RAM. That said, it's not common to see more than 2GB of graphics memory, even on high-end cards. Not yet, at least. 1GB or less is the common standard. I'd advise against anything less than 512MB, personally. --sofaspud --"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs - Terrenceknight - 04-02-2010 I will have to take these things into consideration , the ram should be dirt cheap then since I already have 3 gigs, so..its allll about the card really *Will likely be spending 200+ easy* - Sofaspud - 04-02-2010 First one is Ultra Graphics mode, Water Effects at max, Environmental Reflections maxed, Ambient Occlusion set to On in Performance mode (no blur); the Shadows are set to Shadow Map. Noticeable framerate drop, but still playable. This one is all the same settings as before, except I dropped shadows back to Stenciled. The framerate went back up to what I usually play at. Conclusion: a 9500GT runs Ultra Mode very acceptably; max pretty on all settings would likely take a bit more CPU and RAM horsepower than I have, but the graphics card can handle it. --sofaspud --"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs - Terrenceknight - 04-02-2010 oh man..thoes are some sexy..sexy graphics... /drool! yep gunna deffinatly want an upgraded card and 4 gigs of ram...unfortunatly I think I may also need to upgrade my power supply >.< as well lol. Currently useing a 500 watt supply. - Foxboy - 04-02-2010 500 Watts? Unless you have beast of a Sound card that should be fine for some of the newer cards, AFAICT. ''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.'' -- James Nicoll - Sofaspud - 04-02-2010 Well, more is generally better, but I'd look at the card you intend to buy before you decide on upgrading your power supply. Take this with a grain of salt -- after all, I bought a passive-cooled card specifically because I didn't want to worry about power issues -- but I'm running just fine on a 400w supply right now. Check out this link: http://www.antec.outervision.com/PSUEngine It allows you to specify everything you have and will give you an estimate of the minimum wattage you need. My system chimes in at 271w, for example -- 331 if I throw in the recommended capacitor aging factor. --sofaspud --"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs - Terrenceknight - 04-02-2010 WHoo, thanks for the link there spud, I'll take a peek..and see what i'm spendin..vs what I got lol |