can I run it?

(LyndonL) #41

So long as your PSU is 600W+ you’re sweet.

(ktr) #42

Depends on the video card and your current power supply.

(Seyu) #43

It’s good to do some research before buying computer equipment. When looking for a cpu to buy, I came to know that AMD Phenom II dual core cpus can be unlocked to function as quad cores, that saved quite a bit of dough.

(A.i) #44

Here is what I’ve used to calculate power for all my water cooling needs :slight_smile:

(hamstein) #45

9800M GTS
4GB of RAM
Core 2 duo 2.26 2.27.

Please can someone tell me if I can do at least low.

(DarkangelUK) #46

Curious how my graphics card is below recommended, when it’s the recommended one. Any way… I’m sorted.

(Auzner) #47

master[mind] likes to think he sees inside the black box.

[QUOTE=Kbrury;277969]9600 GSO 2GB
4GB RAM
Q6600 @ 2.4 GHZ

Will I be ok? Thanks for your input.[/QUOTE]
9600GSO is slower than a 9600GT. Upgrade your video card. Your system is perfect for it too. You might need a new power supply to. When it’s all done you’ll run Brink on high though. Don’t change anything and you’ll be doing low at XGA.

[QUOTE=Kryptyk Samurai;278008]I know I can run it…it’s just a question of how well.

Rig:

q6600 (stock)
8800 GT (x2 in SLI)
4 gig ram[/QUOTE]
Buy a 6870 first and see how that runs. 8800GT SLI is still pretty powerful though.

No, build a desktop. Unless you want to play it at 20-30fps at 640x480 using cvar tweaks.

Can’t read minds. My first speculation would be that it’s impractical for you to do either. Unless you have a something like a 31/33/35/38/41/43/45/48 chipset. And you’re buying everything used. Because if you’re replacing 3 parts solely for the “awesome” motherboard you have maybe you should just start over on a new platform. I don’t see how you would have an “awesome” motherboard in the first place given that you’re here asking this.

[QUOTE=hamstein;278181]9800M GTS
4GB of RAM
Core 2 duo 2.26 2.27.

Please can someone tell me if I can do at least low.[/QUOTE]
Yes, but don’t expect any battery life. Build a desktop! You’ll probably run it decently on low XGA or SVGA.

(dommafia) #48

[QUOTE=AmazinGLarrY;277852]In fairness, not everybody knows which processors are better than others… it definitely takes some knowledge where some Core 2 Duo’s are on par with something else and blah blah. I’m talking out of my ass really, because I haven’t kept up with any of the latest news, but that didn’t stop me from picking up an i5-2500k today. Stupid friend talked me down from an i7-2600k.

I need to pull an Eric Cartman, and have someone freeze me until it’s May 10th. Of course, I need not be forgotten.[/QUOTE]

that’s a good friend. I have been doing my research for a while now and the i5-2500k is defo the way to go unless u just have cash to burn and dont mind expending more for not that much extra performance. the 2500k is an overclocking beast

(SpacePig) #49

AMD Athlon II X3 435 Processor, ~2.9GHz
4GB DDR2
ATI Radeon HD 5770

? :rolleyes:

(master[mind]) #50

Heehee, besides having actually messed with the code of two different game engines, and messed with shader code(GLSL), I’m making more of a guess as to this engine. I’m more familiar with iDtech 1. Like I said, I’m guessing from the screenshots, it appears that the game is taking serious advantage of the “MegaTexture” feature of the engine with the actual shader cores left for lighting and shader effects(e.g. the water). That’s why I’m thinking the memory bandwidth won’t have a huge impact, I mean, that is kinda the point of “MegaTexture”. But, there could be far more texture lookups per cycle on the shader cores than I’m expecting, though I would think it would maintain the textures in the register for all the passes combined on that texel. Based on the hardware dependency(console), there seems to be a heavier dependence on vertex shading(look at the particle effects, some of it looks to be rendered geometry and not a shader). That saves some GPU time and cuts memory use(untextured poly’s).

TL;DR: Something does something with something and we get something that looks like a game…

Bleh, I’ll quit speculating, The 9600GT will probably end up being faster anyways and I will end up being wrong. Oh well… :stuck_out_tongue:

(jfunk) #51

[QUOTE=DarkangelUK;278206]Curious how my graphics card is below recommended, when it’s the recommended one. Any way… I’m sorted.
[/QUOTE]

There are quite a few GTX460’s out there, which is yours?

192-bit/768MB, 256-bit/1GB, SE?

(A.i) #52

There is also factory OC’ed 460 that I have

(voodooboy) #53

I wouldn’t worry about it mine is over the recommended and it still looks under
http://clients.futuremark.com/gom/gameometer.action?gameId=10455&sysInfoId=5602511

(DarkangelUK) #54

[QUOTE=jfunk;278309]There are quite a few GTX460’s out there, which is yours?

192-bit/768MB, 256-bit/1GB, SE?[/QUOTE]

Gainward 460GTX Golden Sample 256-bit/2GB

(jfunk) #55

I’d have to conclude that their meter is either wrong (a rating from different card) or was sampled on some monster of a test machine with a highly overclocked 460.

(Auzner) #56

[QUOTE=SpacePig;278238]AMD Athlon II X3 435 Processor, ~2.9GHz
4GB DDR2
ATI Radeon HD 5770

? :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Yes, whoever built that for you knew what they were doing.

(Kbrury) #57

Will a 9800 GT at 1280x1024 be able to run it well? It’s on sale for $60 on Tigerdirect.

My current system:

9600 GSO
Q6600 @ 2.4 MHz
4 GB RAM

Thank you for your help.

(A.i) #58

I don’t think its worth the money going from 9600gso to 9800gt, Ive seen 460 for $125

(Auzner) #59

It’s not. 9000, 200, 400, 500. You never “upgrade” in the same generation when there are 3 after it. Used cards are ideal if the buyer and seller are both honest. Otherwise $150 for a nice new one.

(hamstein) #60

Wonder how this game will look/run on consoles being so demanding for the PC.