1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted July 25, 2008 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Hi Dogz, Dxdiag Jul08.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold_Gambler Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Hi Pooka, until recently my rig was: AMD 2500+ Barton OC to 3000+ (ie: 2.2 GHz) (so a weaker CPU than his) ATI X850pro (not sure, but I think it is better that the 7600GS) 1 gig ram (don't recall specs now) As for sound card... depending on his board he may not need one. The SoundStorm on my Asus A7N8X deluxe was fine, but if he doesn't have a dedicated sound processing chip on his board he'll probably want to pick up a card so that his CPU doesn't have to assume that load. As for the RAM... I'm kind of split on that. He'd have to dump two good 512 sticks for 2X1 gig sticks for not all that much of a performance increase (given his other components)... on the other hand DDR2 prices are pretty low these days, even for matched pairs of 1 gig sticks. In my opinion he'll definitely be able to fly online with us with his current specs... on "excellent" settings, but not on perfect, and still be able to get 20-35 fps in 95% of the missions we fly in coops. If a coop is overcast skies with lightning etc... the machine will struggle. If there are multiple objects + ships' AAA firing (think the Italy SEOW with the battles over the aircraft carriers) his machine will grind to a near-halt (5fps).... but those, honestly, are the rare exceptions with which many of the DDz with quite decent machines will have problems keeping up. So, in summary, if money is an issue- his machine, as is, will definitely allow him to join up with us or on HL but he will have to accept that "perfect" is not an option. If he doesn't have a sound chip on his Mobo, that would be my first upgrade option given how cheap they can be had nowadays (he doesn't need anything fancy like an X-Fi). Hope this helps, C_G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH_RitterCuda Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 I had very close to the same machine two years ago. hook it up and give it a test I ran mine on "good" setting and on dail up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldtimer Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Hi Pooka, I was running IL2 on: Epox 8HMM1-A Mobo Sempron 3000 754 pin cpu Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra 256Mb AGP Audigy 2 sound card 1Gb DDR 400 ram. With a bit (well, a lot actually) of tweaking and no goodies - Water=0, no AA, no AF etc. I managed to get about 32fps average with the BD track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted July 25, 2008 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Don't try to run it with 4 sticks of RAM, that is a world of trouble there as the AMD64 memory controllers can't handle 4 sticks at default speeds. I personally don't think 2Gb is better than 1Gb for IL2 anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snacko Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Maybe I'm missing something here, but have you just tried it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonar Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 HI Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted July 25, 2008 Author 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Thanks all for the responses and yes he does fly now but not online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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