Is Yor Computer Ready For ET:QW?? ~Free DIY Upgrade Help!~

#41

Baiten: I think your graphics card is good enough. I have the same, except for that it has 256 MB memory (and AFAIK it can’t even use all of it). I can play Doom 3 on high, and with some tweaking probably even on ultra. I’d be worried about your CPU, but I guess it’s good enough.

(Moriarty) #42

Its probably the low bit rate of your vidcard memory (im guessing 64bit)

The higher the bit rate of your vid-card memory the better. Most high end cards have 256bit memory that is easily overclockable. the Geforce 6800xt 256mb vidcard is easily found for about $200 shipping included, and comes with 128bit memory (which isnt to shabby). Always look for a brand with a lifetime warrantee.
ive played games on the identical card you have and it is definately worth upgrading to at lest a 6800 series card (or even the new geforce 7600, or other 7 series geforce cards)

(SCDS_reyalP) #43

bit rate :weird:

I guess you are talking about the width of the GPU/memory interface.
You can find a comparison table of the 6 series GPUs here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce6_techspecs.html
If you are getting a new card, you probably want to look at the 7 series: http://www.nvidia.com/object/7_series_techspecs.html

The 6600 GT is a previous generation upper/mid range card. It plays games like doom3, quake4 and bf2 acceptably, but not with all the eye candy turned up.

If you are planning to upgrade just for ET:QW, the obvious thing to do is to wait until the game (or public test) comes out, since things are only going to get cheaper, and no one can tell you how it will perform.

(Moriarty) #44

wow its amazing that people actually repeat the same things I post… but in dfferent words… nice links though… quite handy for everyone…

and on a side note… isnt it also amazing the amount of ET:QW posts since quakecon2006 and since activision put ET:QW on thier front web-page?

(kamikazee) #45

Have you seen the E3 post breakout or the delayance-incident?
Post counts vary a lot these days.

(Moriarty) #46

Does anytone actually need help with thier comp or is this topic just a waste?

(Eddmarkus) #47

Me! P4 3,2ghz HT, 1gb ram and a really bad vidcard: Leadtek GeForce FX5500 256mb AGP… do u think it will be able 2 play ETQW with deasent settings and fps? i can run doom3 gd, with medium settings… but prey on lowest with some lagg and its an modified d3 engine… what do u think?

(Diecast5) #48

If I can run Quake 4 on my PC , Well then Im good to run ET-QW on my PC then LOL. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

(kareem3210) #49

would this game work if i were to get a computer with:

prosseser: intel pentium 4 prosseser 524 with HT technology ( 3GHz, 1mb L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
OS: genuine windows xp media center edition 2005- windows vista capable
memory: 1gb shared dual channel ddr2
hard drive: 80 gb hard drive

IF NOT WOULD THIS WORK:::

processer:intel pentium d processer 805 with dual core technology (2.66GHz, 2mb L2 cache, 533MHz FSB)
OS:genuine windows xp media center edition 2005- windows vista capable (premium ready)
memory: 1gb shared dual channel ddr2
hard drive: datasafe 80 gb hard drive (secured storage and data recovery)

dont tell me which is better, tel me which computer would etqw operate on. and if u can tell me why … plzzzzzzzzl

(kareem3210) #50

oh yea its flat panel (just saying)

(Desoxy) #51

Hmm… I don’t think any of these would work. Afaik ETQW still requires a graphics card… :wink:

But with an adequate graphics card the processors as well as the memory should be fine. :slight_smile:

(Rhoades) #52

Ok, I have a question. In dxdiag under system, my CPU says “Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.6ghz (2 CPUs)” Does this mean I have dual core? does that mean its 64bit? wtf? I never knew I had that.

(kamikazee) #53

64 bit and dual core is not the same. A 64 bit processor is a different architecture, dual core just means that they place two CPU cores on 1 die.

However, I believe that Hypertreading simulates one CPU (so it’s a virtual one) along the effective one.

(RemyMartin) #54

I’m fairly certain that your CPU is hyperthreaded and showing up as 2 CPUs and not dual core. I believe all HT CPUs are 64 bit as well, but I could be mistaken

(kamikazee) #55

It could be true that modern 64 bit processors support HT, but I got a HT processor which isn’t 64 bit. :wink:

(kareem3210) #56

uummmm the video card is a intel GMA 900

(kamikazee) #57

Your card will most probably not allow you to run a graphics-intensive game like ET:QW. Have you tried before with other games, and if so, which?

For upgrade instructions, the type of motherboard slots (PCI, AGP, PCI-E) could be interesting to know.

(ponka) #58

Yes, altruism is very unpatriotic and liberal !1 but whit that said;
a good agp8x gfx update which should be standard sized (some bling bling this-beats-pciexpressstuff have big fans and shit), and not need too much power (I want an option that works without any hassle).
Current specs: P4 3ghz, 2 gig of ram (ddr400 2-3-3-6) and a radeon 9800 pro 128 mb.

What i’m thinking right now is a; GeForce 6800XT 256MB.
(XFX GeForce 6800XT 256MB GDDR3, 128bit, AGP8X, Tv-Out/Dual-DVI, “Black Edition”)

Any thoughts?

(kareem3210) #59

ok look guys i may get a little annoying with the “what if i had” questions but i wanna know if it will work before i get it

Processor
Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB)

Operating System
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition

Memory
512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz (2x256M)

Hard Drive
80GB8 Serial ATA Hard Drive

Graphics
128MB PCI ExpressTM x16 ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory

(SCDS_reyalP) #60

As stated many times before in this thread, no one knows what the final specs for ET:QW will be. However, I’d say what you have listed is severely under-spec’d for any new game.

The CPU wasn’t a great performer, but is decent value since Intel are phasing them out. However, dual core doesn’t currently help you much in most games. It isn’t clear how much benefit ET:QW will get.

512 megs of RAM isn’t really enough to play new games well.

The “hypermemory” ATI cards (and “turbocache” nvidia cards) use system memory for the video card, and this results in terrible performance. Avoid them like the plague.

You should really look at some computer enthusiast web sites. Many of them have guides on what the best value/money for a given performance level is. Here is an example http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2791