Will my new pc run SH4?

[panzer 49th]

Moniter: Samsung 2220WM-HAS 22" Widescreen 1680 x 1050 5ms

Video Card: 2 x XFX 8800GT 512Mb 256-Bit GDDR3 PCIe 2.0

PSU: OCZ GameXStream 12V 700Watt

MainBoard: MSI P7N Diamond LGA 775 nForce 780i

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz

Case: APEVIA X-Jupiter-BK ATX Full Tower

KeyBoard: Logitech G-15

Mouse: Logitech MX518

RAM: G.Skill 2Gb (2 x 1Gb)

OS: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 64-Bit


What do you think? any suggestions and help will be appreciated.

(All this for $2,064.00)

[Slick Wilhelm]

Bloody well right it will!

I am so jealous! :arrgh!:

If you don't believe me, you may also try this site, which tests your system.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/ubi_srl?registration_option_id=4368

[panzer 49th]

I am not actually using it yet as I am ordering the parts at the end of the month i was just checking.



(my first pc build)

[Digital_Trucker]

Well, if that system doesn't run it OK for you, I'll trade you my 3200+ Socket A/EVGA 7800GS system for it:rotfl: (it runs it OK, so I would hope your new build would eat the game for lunch and not even burp:up: )

[Quillan]

If that system won't run SH4, you may have to upgrade to a Cray! :rotfl:

You should have no problems with that, in fact you should be able to do almost anything with it.

[Linavitch]

What do you think? any suggestions and help will be appreciated.

(All this for $2,064.00)

Spend $500 less and spend the rest on hookers.

[Slick Wilhelm]

What do you think? any suggestions and help will be appreciated.

(All this for $2,064.00)
Spend $500 less and spend the rest on hookers.

Ask for Kristen! :rotfl:

[AVGWarhawk]

You computer will run this game with three monitors attached. It will dive, plan the attack course, set your torpedoes and fire while you are watching TV. It is capable of taking control of all major ICBM arsenals in the Continental United States. Find primary targets around the globe and when exhausting this task will find secondary targets followed by targets of opportunity.It will them initiate Defcon until all it's demands are met. In the task manager you will see it running in the back ground, flight control for the Space Shuttle. Furthermore, all satellites, foreign and domestic, will be under its control. However, it will not do windows around the house.

Enjoy your rig:up:

[Torps]

The more appropriate question would be can you handle the game :hmm:

[panzer 49th]

Ok so i should have this by the end of the month to next month maybe.

[rebel5555]

Moniter: Samsung 2220WM-HAS 22" Widescreen 1680 x 1050 5ms

Video Card: 2 x XFX 8800GT 512Mb 256-Bit GDDR3 PCIe 2.0

PSU: OCZ GameXStream 12V 700Watt

MainBoard: MSI P7N Diamond LGA 775 nForce 780i

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz

Case: APEVIA X-Jupiter-BK ATX Full Tower

KeyBoard: Logitech G-15

Mouse: Logitech MX518

RAM: G.Skill 2Gb (2 x 1Gb)

OS: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 64-Bit


What do you think? any suggestions and help will be appreciated.

(All this for $2,064.00)

I would add another gig of memory because you can never have to much. By the way who are you ordering the parts from?

[simpliciter]

I hate when people come in and ask if their new computer can run a game thats been out for like a year. Comon dude, you weren't saying that to brag at all even slightly? you can admit it. You damn well know any computer sold as new would run a game that isn't brand new just fine. Since you are building custom you have to know that you are buying decent stuff or you wouldn't bother doing it yourself. You could buy all stuff outdated by a year and still run this game fine. Sorry for the rant. I admit I'm just jealous that I am running on a 1.83ghz with 1gig of ram and an X800. Hey it runs. Just takes forever to load a save game... and the fps suck in port. Otherwise I'm happy! ;)

[seaniam81]

You computer will run this game with three monitors attached. It will dive, plan the attack course, set your torpedoes and fire while you are watching TV. It is capable of taking control of all major ICBM arsenals in the Continental United States. Find primary targets around the globe and when exhausting this task will find secondary targets followed by targets of opportunity.It will them initiate Defcon until all it's demands are met. In the task manager you will see it running in the back ground, flight control for the Space Shuttle. Furthermore, all satellites, foreign and domestic, will be under its control. However, it will not do windows around the house.

Enjoy your rig:up:

Just remember if it tryes to launch the nukes the password is Joshua and you need to make it play a game of tic-tac-tow until it realizes war is futile... or something like that. Thank You Wargames

[skwasjer]

Be prepared for a higher electricity bill :dead:

[Marko_Ramius]

May i say you won't run anything at all ?!!

Why ? ---> Because i don't see any hard disk :rotfl:



More serious, it seem it's a very good rig you will have :up:


Howewer, may i suggest one thing or two :

Do you really need quad-core ?

SH4 will be happy with just two cores, and more important : with the new intel core2 duo, (E8400 @ 3ghz, 6 Megs Cache, for exemple), the cpu will perform better than Q6600 in all apps which is not massively multi-threaded. And i think the E8400 is cheaper.

For the graphic card :

Well, same thing : Do you really need SLI ? SH4 will be ok with only one ; And with the bucks, you can order a more powerfull one.


But it's up to you ; You do what you want with your money :up:

[Slick Wilhelm]

I hate when people come in and ask if their new computer can run a game thats been out for like a year. Comon dude, you weren't saying that to brag at all even slightly? you can admit it. You damn well know any computer sold as new would run a game that isn't brand new just fine. Since you are building custom you have to know that you are buying decent stuff or you wouldn't bother doing it yourself. You could buy all stuff outdated by a year and still run this game fine. Sorry for the rant. I admit I'm just jealous that I am running on a 1.83ghz with 1gig of ram and an X800. Hey it runs. Just takes forever to load a save game... and the fps suck in port. Otherwise I'm happy! ;)

It's ok, simpliciter. Let the man brag a little. We've all wanted to share the joy of a new computer with people who might care. In fact, I insist that you post on here whenever you build your next gaming rig. I promise that I'll be suitably jealous of you, too! :rock:

[Knotical]

Nice Rig Panzer, nothing wrong with bragging, very similar to my new rig (see below), should be around $1800 if I get all my rebates (all from MWAVE.com).
Had it about 2 weeks so far, I intend to load up SHIII GWX2.0 on it as soon as I'm done with CRYSIS, OMFG its fast!

(2) CORSAIR TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX 2gb kit (1gb x 2) pc26400 800mhz matched pair 4-4-4-12 240-pin ddr2 dimm ($40 Mail-In Manufacturer Rebate Available from 3/08/08 till 3/14/08)
$186.50


1 EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 nForce 780i SLI, ATX, Intel 775, 3 x PCIE 16x, Dual GB Lan (Retail) VGA OPTION
CORE 2 DUO E8400 3.0G (1333Mhz) $479.89


1 THERMALTAKE armor plus VH6000SWA (silver) aluminum super tower no power supply w/ see through side window front i/o, 230mm fan x 1 & 120mm case fan $226.95

1 APEVIA ATX-ib680w-bl 680w iceberg ul & fcc aluminum power supply for ATX cases $114.00

1 WD 150gb raptor x wd1500ahfd 10000rpm 16mb SATA-150 3.5" w/crystal-clear lens (retail) $279.89

2 BFG BFGE88512GTOC2E GF8800GT 512MB OC2 PCI-E w/HDTV & DVI $299.00 $598.00

1 MICROSOFT Windows vista 32bit home premium 1pk DVD (dsp)#66i-00715 $99.84 $99.84

[maerean_m]

That Windows XP Media Center Edition 64bit is the WORST possible choice.

You should stick to the common OSs: WinXP Pro SP2 32bit or the Vista 32bit.

XP Media Center is a nightmare for programmers as it raises all sorts of stupid exceptions from the usual use cases of an OS, including for the installation.

[walrusbomb]

sweet rig. couple of suggestions:

1. dump 2x 8800GT(s), that's a huge waste of money from a price-point perspective. ***ONE*** 8800GTX/768 will EAT your 2x GT(s), and then you're not stuck down the road with two "weak" cards and can buy a second GTX when the prices naturally come down.

2. dump Media Center if you plan on playing games.

3. DO NOT RUN STOCK HEATSINKS (unless you plan on UNDERclocking): get a serious aftermarket CPU and GPU heatsink. Artic Silver 5 grease FTW.

4. Use Prime95, ATITOOL (works with Nvidia), and SPEEDFAN to monitor CPU and GPU temps. You might find you need more casefans! Or just upgrade your case to an ANTEC 900 (such a mighty cool case).

[Rockin Robbins]

If you want to have a prayer or running SH4 1.4 TMO, SH4 1.4 RFB, SH4UBM and SH3 concurrently on separate monitors you need a stand-alone soundcard to unload your microprocessor for acceptable speed.:rotfl:It might also be helpful not to run Photoshop, Firefox, Excel and avoid doing a rigorous virus scan while you're playing the game(s).

If my system were half that good I'd be a happy camper.

[panzer 49th]

According to my research it seems that a 8800 GT will get near gtx speeds overclocked

Ok ill go with xp Professional.

I like having 2 8800 GT's it means if one breaks I still have the other one.

Yes my build also cost $1,820 + $210 for shipping.

No I am not bragging, im not a hardware techie, I just build pc's for myself and fix other peoples.

I might get an extra gig of ram I am still considering.

Any other questions comments will be answered to as fast as possible.

Thanks for the suggestions.

[Rockin Robbins]

Be careful. You'll find that 3 1 gig modules are slower than 2. Either buy 2 512s (puts you in RAM prison. To upgrade you would have to throw away RAM) or go all the way to 4 Gig with 2 x 1 gig. That way you keep your dual channel operation going. As soon as you unbalance your chips in the slots your speed takes a nose dive.

[Zantham]

I agree with the comment - skip anything XP-64 bit. Go XP 32 bit or if you want to run 64-bit go with Vista. If you are running XP 32 bit 2GB RAM is plenty enough, unless you plan an upgrade to Vista 64. You require a 64 bit OS to take advantage of 4GB RAM, in XP you'll get about 3GB with 4 installed, the 4th is sortof wasted because of 32bit limitations.

And also note that SH4 and most other games do not really take advantage of a quad-core yet. You will get better performance out of a faster dual-core for the same price. However, going quad will make your machine more future-friendly.

Also the question of SLI... there are a surprising number of games that really don't get much benefit from SLI. SLI has the most benefit when running heavy antialiasing, and very high resolutions (1920x1200 and above). A single 8800GT is more than enough to run SH4 at 1680x1050. My 8800GTX is only a touch faster than an 8800GT, and I run 2560x1600, which requires double the video processing power 1680x1050 requires. I run with no AA and I get minimum 30fps. Course for the price of the 8800GT's it makes SLI very affordable.

Also there is a whack of new CPU's coming out soon. These will be faster and require less power to run, and generate less heat. This will also push the prices down on the current CPU's. Also coming soon is the GeForce 9's (the 9600GT is already out). Might want to wait and see what thes new series do to the prices of the current ones, and what the actual performance of the new 9800's will be.