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Old Dood

Middle-Age-Man

Join Date: May 2005

Lansing, Mi

W/Mo

08 Aug 2005 at 17:52 - 321

Quote:

Originally Posted by termite

P4-2.4 with HT on DFI LanParty 875B with built-in sound
1.5GB RAM
60Gig HD Space
Radeon 9600XT
17" Sony Trinitron screen
3/768 DSL

Don't think other stuff really matters for this game.

I agree with your statement. It boils down to your Processor, Ram, HD/Space & Speed, Vid Card, Display, and your connection speed.

Yes you can build or even buy a Tricked out system but it will not matter all that much in the long run. These super systems are nice, however a good solid system will do the same job. Mine is a run-of-the-mill Dell with added in Ram and Video card. It has been a real durable system. Never has it failed me. Not like the old days when we use to overclock everything and ALWAYS had some darn problem. I do not see the need to overclock in this day and age.

BTW Termite, Do you say S-Words or Swords?

kleps

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/Mo

08 Aug 2005 at 18:13 - 322

amd64 3500+
asus a8n-sli mobo
1gb ram
2-74gb wd raptors
xfx 6800gt
17" samsung tft-lcd
soundblaster audigy 2 platinum pro
logitech mx1000
thermaltake 550w psu
coolermaster case

originally bought for CS:S, which i hardly play now.

Omega Complex

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Arlington, TX

08 Aug 2005 at 18:39 - 323

P4 3.2GHz HT
MSI P4P800 (SE)
2 GB RAM
1x 120GB WD
1X 160GB WD (My Graphic Design Drive)
1X 400GB Segate (Storage)
Sapphire Radeon 9800 256MB (OEM)
19" Viewsonic LCD
Integrated RealTek Sound (I need the Audigy ZS)
Logitech 8 bttn mouse
Viewsonic Flat keyboard
Lian Li Black Aluminum Mid tower (Great cooling)

Originally made for HL2/Dawn of War/GuildWars

sorcees

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Netherlands

LowLandLions [LLL]

P/W

08 Aug 2005 at 21:53 - 324

AMD 2000+
512 MB
120 GB
Geforce 4200Ti
19" CRT
MX310
MS keyboard
Labtec's

I think its minimun for smooth operations!

Thank GOD i do not have to upgrade (yet).

silent333x2

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Eternal Sorrow

W/

09 Aug 2005 at 03:18 - 325

I plan on upgrading in a few months again. Just to see how much I can overclock 2 high end 7800gtx cards in sli. I wana break 10,000 on 3dmark05. Muhahaha.

Araloth

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Netherlands

Dark Edge

R/Me

09 Aug 2005 at 12:16 - 326

a crappy one thats under minimal system requirements.

Zakarr

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Finland

09 Aug 2005 at 16:43 - 327

AMD Barton [email protected]+
Abit NF7-S rev 2.0
768 MiB HyperX PC3200 (going to 1.5 GiB soon)
Connect3D X800 XL 256 MiB
160 GB Samsung SP80 SATA
17" Samtron CRT ([email protected])
Grado SR-80 headphones
MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 optical
8 Mbit ADSL

AznDVL

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

PCNC - Planet Command & Conquer

R/E

09 Aug 2005 at 16:49 - 328

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @1.8Ghz S939 Venice Core
ASUS A8V Deluxe Motherboard.
PQI Turbo 512MB DDR 400 + PQI Power 512MB DDR 266
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB 256Bit (manufactured by Sapphire) OCed past XT speeds
Aerocool Aeropower II Black/Silver Line 450W PSU
Custom watercooling
Samsung 80GB 7200RPM IDE HDD
Maxtor 40GB 5400RPM IDE HDD

(Pic is a lil outdated)

severin

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Denmark

Nordic Daners

R/Mo

09 Aug 2005 at 19:08 - 329

Plll 1000 MHz CPU, 512 MB Kingston Value SDRam, Nvidia GeForce 5700 128 MB DDR2 gfx-card, Intel Fayetteville motherboard i815EPFV, i815EP Solano chipset, ADSL 2048/512 connection, stripped Windows 98SE, Maxtor 80GB HDD.

Baratus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Elizabethtown, NC

Deathkings of The Dark Citadel

D/Me

09 Aug 2005 at 19:48 - 330

Primary:
P4/3.6/800/HT
1GB DDR4000
120gb Native SATA
Pioneer 40X DVD-Rom
Sony DVD+/-RW
SB Audigy II ZS w/7.1 Speakers
500watt PS
GeForce 6800 Ultra 256mb
Seven fans total, YS-Tech TMD on CPU
ASUS Mobo

Secondary:
P4/2.8/533
4GB DDR3200
40gb ATA133 Seagate
Pioneer 40X DVD-ROM
Sony CD-RW
SB Audigy II
GeForce FX5700 256mb
420watt PS
Six total fans, YS-Tech TMD on CPU
ASUS Mobo

Other:
P3/866
1GB PC-133
40GB Seagate
52X CD-ROM
SB PCI 512D
GeForce IV Ti4600 128mb
ASUS Mobo

Other:
Celeron 333
512mb PC-133
8GB ATA100
Nothing else (Linux Server)

Other:
P2/233
256mb EDO
3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI 16mb
3.2gb ATA66
Ensoniq Audio PCI
32X CD-ROM
Win98SE

Other:
P200
256mb EDO
6GB ATA66
Nothing else (Linux Server)

Other:
486/SX (25MHz)
8mb (it's older than EDO, dunno' what)
130mb IDE
SB16 ISA (THE ORIGINAL!)
8bit ISA SVGA Card
DOS 6.22/Windows 3.11

Other:
286/12MHz
5mb RAM
30mb IDE
DOS 6.22/Windows 3.11

Extra:
8086
Atari 400
Atari 800
Atari 1000
Commodore64
Every console ever made except X-Box (ew!)

*EDIT*

Forgot two more I recently acquired and restored!

P3/800 (Slot1)
512mb PC-133
100GB ATA133
SB Live! 5.1
GeForce II 64mb
48X CD-ROM

P200
256mb EDO-DIMM
S3/Virge DX 8mb
SB AWE64
32X CD-ROM
5gb ATA66

Mashu

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

10 Aug 2005 at 09:13 - 331

Shuttle SK83G XPC
AMD64 (S754/Clawhammer) 3700+
2x512MB Ballistix DDR400 (2-5-2-2)
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800XT 256MB (Driver v5.7)
SBLive! 5.1 Player
Sony CRX320E 52x32x52x16 CD/RW & DVD IDE Combo
Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 9 80GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
19" Hyundai L90D+
WinXP Pro X32 & X64

I get huge CPU throttling (NOT GPU) in the Iron Horse mine due to all the snow. I wish ANET would let us turn the snow off! :-(. Otherwise everywhere else is constant max FPS.

Mr. Matt

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

R/Mo

10 Aug 2005 at 10:31 - 332

AMD Athlon64 FX-55 CPU
Asus A8V Deluxe Motherboard
2GB DDR400 Dual-Channel RAM (Corsair)
Gainward GeForce 6800 256MB Ultra Deluxe (AGP 8x)
16x/48x DVD ROM (Samsung)
52x/52x/32x CD RW (Samsung)
120GB Western Digital Caviar Hard Disk (7200rpm) (C:\)
250GB Western Digital Caviar Hard Disk (7200rpm) (D:\)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 Sound Card
17" LG Flatron monitor
Coolermaster Wavemaster case (black)
Antec TruePower 550W PS

Gustav Gloomp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Sydney, Australia

10 Aug 2005 at 10:39 - 333

p4 3.2ghz
2x512mb kingston ram
120gb seagate 7800rpm hdd
creative audigy 2 zs
logitech x620 6.1 speakers
ati x800 pro
lg l1730s lcd monitor 17 inch
microsoft intellimouse explorer 3.0

Deacon Brodie

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

KoA

Mo/E

10 Aug 2005 at 12:39 - 334

A64 3000+
DFI LAN Party UT nF3 250Gb motherboard
2x512 Patriot XBL DDR 400
Albatron 6800GT
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value
74 GB Western Digital SATA hard drive
Windows XP Home SP2

Play it at 1280x1024 but can't remember the other settings. Never bothered to check the FPS as it plays well.

Killion

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

10 Aug 2005 at 12:58 - 335

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deacon Brodie

A64 3000+
DFI LAN Party UT nF3 250Gb motherboard
2x512 Patriot XBL DDR 400
Albatron 6800GT
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value
74 GB Western Digital SATA hard drive
Windows XP Home SP2

Play it at 1280x1024 but can't remember the other settings. Never bothered to check the FPS as it plays well.

If you play it without hops, probally 38 FPS, unless looking at the floor.
GW has something with 38, always stick to that.

John Waffletord

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Baltimore, MD, USA

10 Aug 2005 at 13:12 - 336

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
1.5GB DDR400 Ram
160 GB SATA drive
40 GB IDE drive
GeForce 5700+ 256 MB
onboard sound
blue light up case fans

Nothing special.

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

10 Aug 2005 at 14:41 - 337

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
2048 MB Corsair XMS DDR RAM
Asus A8V Deluxe Motherboard
BFG 6800GT OC 256mb

evillorderic

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Maryland

Orphans of Kukai (OOK)

Me/A

10 Aug 2005 at 16:21 - 338

Asus P5GD2 Premium Intel Socket 775 ATX Motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz
1GB DDR2 RAM
Seagate 250GB HD (7200 rpm)
GeForce FX 5500 Graphic Card
16x DVD+R/-R/52x CD-RW
17" LCD Balance Monitor

I'd show you a pic but my camera sucks and wouldnt do it justice.

EDIT: Its not good quality, but here is one just to give an idea...

Mr Zun

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Twin Dragons

E/N

10 Aug 2005 at 16:22 - 339

Tyan -- S4882UG2NR-D -- Thunder K8QSD Pro - 8131 Video/GB-LAN/USB/SATA/SCSI/DDR-400/E-ATX - Quad 940pin ZIF sockets - Supports up to four AMD Opteron 800 series processors- Supports Single & Dual Core

2- AMD Opteron 865 Dual-Core 1.8GHz 1MB (per core) 64/32 Bit

2- 2GB Kit PC3200 DDR 400MHZ Ultra Dual Channel Series NonECC Un-Registered Ultra Dual Channel 2GB Kit PC3200 DDR (2x1024MB) 6 Layer Lower Noise PCB

Western Digital Caviar SD 400GB Serial ATA - 16MB Cache 7200RPM

PNY Quadro FX4400 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Dual DVI

2 Pioneer DVD+RW slot 16x Dual format dual layer.

All of it encased in MEGAn BLACK 500W Power supply ATX tower case.

And 4 Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW Grey 20in LCD Monitor - 1680x1050 - 75Hz - DVI

Witch gives my the whole 180 degree view of the field its the best feature of my whole system i think.

What can i say in my circle of friends u got to have the best or u hang with the rest.

GossamerSolid

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

10 Aug 2005 at 22:56 - 340

My Newest one:

P4 3.0 GHZ with HT tech
512 MB (not sure of details)
128 ATI Radeon (not sure of details)
19" flat screen monitor
Sound-Blaster Live! 24 bit
DSL 1.5 Down/364 Up

Older Comp:
P4 2.4 GHZ
256 MB (not sure of details)
64 MB Geforce 4 MX
17" Flat screen Monitor
Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
DSL 1.5 Down/364 Up

And Oldest shitty shit computer

P2 355 MHZ
256 MB Ram (not sure, some generic)
ATI Rage Pro 16 MB Video Card
17" Regular Monitor
Generic Sound Card
DSL 1.5 Down/364 Up

MadOnion

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

10 Aug 2005 at 23:33 - 341

A64 3000+ (skt939)
MSI K8N neo4
1GB DDR400
ATI X800XL
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case (god I love it)
Audigy2 ZS and Sennheiser HD280 headphones
Blah blah, dvd burner, 520w psu etc

LivingDeadGrrl

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ohio

N/Me

12 Aug 2005 at 21:31 - 342

I should put my system specs in my signature, but this is an interesting thread, indeed!

AMD Athlon XP 3000+
Asus A7v600-X mainboard
SoundBlaster Audigy 2
ATI All in Wonder 9800 Pro
1GB Kingston RAM PC400
120GB Maxtor HD
60GB Maxtor HD
DVD/R+RW
CD/R+RW
Thermaltake 500W power supply

But the best part of my system isn't in the case - I have a 20" flat panel Sharp Aquos HDTV for a monitor. It's pretty...

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

14 Aug 2005 at 04:10 - 343

I love these type of threeds

Gigabyte GA-K8VNXP Motherboard (Bios Rev F12 Via K8T800 chipset)
Amd Athlon64 3400+ (754 pin / 1024 L2 Cache / Clawhammer Core)
1gb PC3200 DDR (2x 512 Corssair CMX512-3200LL running at 2-3-2-6 single channel)
Geforce FX 5700 Ultra 128mb (eVga - Nvidia)
Audgy 2 ZS Sound Card (Creative Labs)
160 GB Western Digital IDE hard drive (8 mb Buffer)
40 GB Western Digital IDE hard drive (8 mb Buffer)
8x Dvd Burner (Lite-on SOHW-832S) +R/-R/+RW/-RW/+R(Dual Layer)
52x Cd-R (Lite-on LTR-52327S)
Zip 250 Drive (External USB Powered)
APC Active UPS (Battery / UPS can run 20 min without power with PC/Mointer/DSL Modem)

Running Windows XP SP2 (With DEP/Indexing Services off for nice speed boost

Was using the Windows XP64 SP1 trial version but wasn't worth it (for now anyway)

Nothing overclocked / running at stock

Ghost3

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

N. Carolina

Band of Mystical Brothers

Mo/R

16 Aug 2005 at 02:53 - 344

*sigh*

3 yr old Dell Inspiron 2600 Laptop
1.06Ghz P3(?)
upgraded to 512Mb RAM
Intel Graphics controller - nonupgradeable

*light of my life*
With a Microsoft Trackball Explorer

system runs on lowest graphics setting possible, but still 2x Anti-A

Of course, when I can kick the wife off her own comp, I play on:
3+ Ghz, 512 Mb RAM, GeForce 4 Dell Desktop.

Computer requirements for Gaming have officially fallen behind the 3D CAD requirements. Look'em up for SolidWorks 2005

Hard to get a CAD comp for home anymore

P1atinumGQ

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

W/Mo

17 Aug 2005 at 20:58 - 345

Just upgraded recently...

Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.01 ghz
1 gig Corsair XMS Dual Channel DDR 3200 @ 2.5/3/3/6
MSI Neo4 Platinum SLI Motherboard (Nforce 4 chipset)
MSI Geforce 6800 @ 400/701 (possible SLI coming soon)
SB Live! 24-bit onboard sound (gotta love the Neo4 Platinum)
160 gig Maxtor IDE Hard Drive 7200 rpm (8 mb buffer)

This runs the game silky smooth at 4x Anti-Aliasing, 4x Anisotropic Filtering @ 1184x864 res, except for big towns like LA(dist1) and Ascalon(dist1) where there's a little bit of lag.

Darriths Novastar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Dragons Avatar

E/Mo

17 Aug 2005 at 21:04 - 346

AMD Sempron 1500 (1.3Ghz)
ATI Radeon Xtasy 9600
512mb Ram

Billiard

Doctor of Philosophy

Join Date: May 2005

Pacific Northwest

Team Love [kiSu] www.teamlove.us

17 Aug 2005 at 21:48 - 347

AMD Athlon 64 3500+
2048 MB Dual Channel - Forget Brand
Asus A8V Deluxe Motherboard
eVGA 6800GT 256mb
SynchMaster 191T

For Traveling:
Dell M610 Laptop
Intel 740
1GB Dual Channel
64MB X300 Mobile

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

17 Aug 2005 at 22:15 - 348

You spent the bug bucks on the 3500+. you spent the big bucks on 2 gigs of Dual Channel DDR RAM...you spent the big bucks on the asus motherboard....and then bought an eVGA video card? what were you thinking?

Apoc

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Montreal, Canada

Quebekers Alliance [QKA]

W/

17 Aug 2005 at 22:22 - 349

AMD Athlon 1Ghz
384MB RAM
ASUS A7V Mobo
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB
SB Live! Value (Altec Lansing 4 speakers + subwoofer)
19" Samsung SyncMaster 950p (CRT)
Logitech MX510 mouse
Generic keyboard

eternal_drake

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

No Lazy Fools

17 Aug 2005 at 23:16 - 350

Rofl, my specs. Well you asked for it:

40g Harddrive
17" Micron Monitor 1024x768
NVidia GeForce 4400x (I think thats what it is)
Bellsouth 56k Dial-Up
48x16x48 CD-Drive
Stock Keyboard/Mouse/Sound Card/Speakers (They all suck)
Windows 98
512 SD RAM

Pharoke

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Washington THE State(Not DC)

W/Mo

19 Aug 2005 at 05:08 - 351

Well hopefully very soon (as in the next week or 2). My second system will be a Sager 3880V laptop with the following specs.
2.0Ghz Pentium M (Centrino)
1GB [email protected]
100GB Hard Drive @ 5400RPM
nVidia Geforce Go6600
15.4" WUXGA 1920X1200 Screen
8X Dual Layer DVD Burner
I am also getting a Logitech MX518 mouse for those gaming moments.

bizarresk

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

19 Aug 2005 at 06:54 - 352

Athlon XP (barton) 2600+
1024 MB DDR400
Asus A7N8X v2.0
MSI geforce FX5900xt 128MB
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
40+80GB Seagate, DVDRW Teac
17" LCD ViewSonic 8ms (1280x1024)
Windows XP SP2, Logitech mouse and keyboard

dagnar_the_paladin

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Michigan

Eyes of God

W/Mo

20 Aug 2005 at 14:20 - 353

Athlon XP 1900+ (OC to 2000+)
768MB PC2100 DDR
80GB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM HDD
ATI Radeon 9700 (OC to 325/280) 128MB
ECS K7S5A Pro Mainboard (Rev. 5) with C-Media Onboard Sound
Sony Multiscan 100ES Trinitron Monitor (15")
Windows XP SP2

Not blazingly fast, but good enough to run 1024x768 with all settings maxed...

Frank The Tank

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

W/Mo

20 Aug 2005 at 16:16 - 354

Dfi Nf4 Sli-dr
Amd 64 3700+ San Diego
1 Gig Ocz Pc4800 Tccd Oc'd To 300fsb 2.5-4-4-8
256mb Xfx 7800gtx
2 Wd 78gb Raptors In Raid 0
1 Seagate 200gb
1 Plextor 716
1 Plextor 52x Premium Cd-rw
1 Ocz Powerstream 600
Lian-li Pc1200
Little River Storm G4 Waterblock

Works Like A Champ

Old Dood

Middle-Age-Man

Join Date: May 2005

Lansing, Mi

W/Mo

20 Aug 2005 at 18:02 - 355

Some really nice systems posted here. My spiffy little box was on it's way to the cemetary. I noticed that it was getting a little louder after running a while. So I figured it was time to take it apart and clean out the dust. No easy feat since it is a real pain in the buttocks to unhook everything.

I took it out in the breeze way opened it up and was shocked at how much dust and fuzz was built up inside. I just cleaned it 6 months ago. I also have a nice little set of vacuum tools designed for computers. I had to use every last one of them to get all the dirt out of this thing. I took out all the cards, Ram chips, pulled the hard drives. My fan on my ATI 9800 pro was a real challenge. It was still working but the dust was almost cemented in the fins.

Since I did this yesterday my little box is running real quiet and I am sure it is running much cooler as well.

Rosenkreuz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Dark Corner of my mind..

CrucifiX Order

E/Mo

25 Aug 2005 at 08:57 - 356

allright here goes..

AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
160GB SeaGate Barracuda 7200RPM
1024MB RAM ---> I forgot the manufacturer..
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Samsung SyncMaster 710m

umm I dont have to put my DVD and CD drive right..?

Puddin Tame

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Wouldn't you like to know

Pretty Horsies Arouse Greatly

R/

25 Aug 2005 at 09:01 - 357

Uhhh, 2.4 ghz processor and 256mb of ram. I load so damn fast.

Old Dood

Middle-Age-Man

Join Date: May 2005

Lansing, Mi

W/Mo

25 Aug 2005 at 10:50 - 358

I just ordered....

3.4GHZ 650 800 FSB (The Dual Core chipsets are not worth the extra Dollars)
1GB Ram DDR2 400MHZ
160 GB Hard Drive 7200RPM
ATI X600 x16 PCIe video card <--it will do for now
DVD/CD X16 player
DVD/RW X16 +/- Dual Layer Burner
SB Audigy2 5.1 sound card

Leddy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Hell's Circus

E/Mo

25 Aug 2005 at 11:28 - 359

(3 year old Laptop)
2GHz P4-M
Mobility Radeon 7500
512MB RAM
40GB HD
1400x1050 15" LCD

Lukozer

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

IRG

25 Aug 2005 at 19:52 - 360

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 (powerful but runs too hot, not happy with it)
Abit AX8 motherboard (hate this thing)
1gb Corsair XMS PC3200 DDR
ATI Radeon X850XT PE vid card
Audigy 2 ZS sound card
Viewsonic 17" LCD monitor
Logitech Z-640 5.1 speakers
Logitech keyboard and MX1000 mouse
NEC 3500A Dual Layer 16x DVD RW
Western Digital 160gb & 120gb hard drives
all powered by an Enermax Noisetaker 600watt PSU
Windows XP Pro x64