hardware?!?!?

[Sanlord]

we'll play 1 whole year till they change the engine... shame... they can make something to improve our actual situation...

[Morganna]

Hello everyone! I plan on buying a new computer next week and was wondering if this is a good one to start with. I'm on a budget and wanted to start with something that could play the game on at least medium settings while I upgraded necessary parts. What do y'all think?


AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.3GHz
8GB
Hard Drive
1TB
Optical Drive 1
24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Graphics
Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 1GB
Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply
700W
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Memory Speed
DDR3 1333
Memory Spec
4GB x 2
Memory Slot (Total)
2

[PrettyPrincess]

Hello everyone! I plan on buying a new computer next week and was wondering if this is a good one to start with. I'm on a budget and wanted to start with something that could play the game on at least medium settings while I upgraded necessary parts. What do y'all think?


AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.3GHz
8GB
Hard Drive
1TB
Optical Drive 1
24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Graphics
Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 1GB
Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply
700W
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Memory Speed
DDR3 1333
Memory Spec
4GB x 2
Memory Slot (Total)
2

That is very good!

[Morganna]

That is very good!

Oh good! I was hoping so. Been stressing for the past week over this. lol Will be ordering it in 1 week. I can't wait! I play on a laptop right now and get 15-20 fps on low settings but meh, it's ok. I dont even attempt to party up but for soloing or for crafting it isn't bad. lol I'M SO EXCITED NOW!!!! MWHWAHAHAHAHA!

[leomike35]

For some reason MSAA needs to be set to none. My laptop has DoF on textures and shadows on high but and the other on standard (8). Basically ambient needs to be off and in some cases MSAA as well.

[Morganna]

For some reason MSAA needs to be set to none. My laptop has DoF on textures and shadows on high but and the other on standard (8). Basically ambient needs to be off and in some cases MSAA as well.

Thank you leomike35 I will definitely try that tomorrow when I am able to play again. Much appreciated.

[Soukyuu]

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.3GHz
8GB
Hard Drive
1TB
Optical Drive 1
24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Graphics
Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 1GB
Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply
700W
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Memory Speed
DDR3 1333
Memory Spec
4GB x 2
Memory Slot (Total)
2

Depends on the price. Also, I don't like that AMD CPU. I have one myself and I'm regretting not having bought Intel instead. The reason is simple; yes, the CPU is cheaper, but it gets hot easily, getting over it's temp limit with a boxed cooler. So you have to spend more on an aftermarket one - and a big one at that, which possibly won't fit into your case anymore -> new case needed. Another point to think about is power consumption, AMD CPUs are hot AND power hungry, which makes the more expensive in the long run.

The mainboard matters a lot, too. If what you list is a pre-built system, then chances are they are going to save money on the mobo, potentially crippling your system. As an example, my AMD board has a SB750 chipset, once i turn that one on, my windows boot takes me 30 seconds more to complete.

For some reason MSAA needs to be set to none. My laptop has DoF on textures and shadows on high but and the other on standard (8). Basically ambient needs to be off and in some cases MSAA as well.

My MSAA is @ 4x and I've got no performance issues with a 260GTX, which is an older card

[Laraul]

I believe AO isn't hardware optimized under DX9 which is what the current game engine is based on. Will need DX10+ or 11 (don't remember which) for it.

This isn't a hardware feature or part of the D3D runtime library. The PS2 did AO without issue with many games including FFXI.

[PrettyPrincess]

Depends on the price. Also, I don't like that AMD CPU. I have one myself and I'm regretting not having bought Intel instead. The reason is simple; yes, the CPU is cheaper, but it gets hot easily, getting over it's temp limit with a boxed cooler. So you have to spend more on an aftermarket one - and a big one at that, which possibly won't fit into your case anymore -> new case needed. Another point to think about is power consumption, AMD CPUs are hot AND power hungry, which makes the more expensive in the long run.

The mainboard matters a lot, too. If what you list is a pre-built system, then chances are they are going to save money on the mobo, potentially crippling your system. As an example, my AMD board has a SB750 chipset, once i turn that one on, my windows boot takes me 30 seconds more to complete.

My MSAA is @ 4x and I've got no performance issues with a 260GTX, which is an older card

In that case she would just need to get this then
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103065

It is a wonderful heatsink. I overclocked a phenom II x4 from 3.4 to 3.6 ghz and it runs a wonderful 48c :3

[Soukyuu]

I have something like this (a mugen2) and mine is still at ~54° on max load in summer, but my room is on the top floor so maybe that's why. Had to put a lot of fans into my case to get it down to acceptable temps.. and i even had to undervolt my Phenom II X4