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02-02-10, 12:05 PM | #1 |
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Who still runs single core?
March 4 is too soon for me to buy a new PC.
I will have to muddle along with my current rig: 3.2 P4HT 800Mhz bus, 2GB 667Ram, 525MB7950GT 500Watt PSW. I skiped my usual update cycle which would have been this summer, since my current rig runs everything:Il21946, rfactor, GTR2, SH4 very nicely at full details on my 24" widescreen. So I figured why upgrade if it still works. I play SH4 TMO no problem except I droped the texture detail down a notch. So when they say E4400 dual core minimum do they really mean dual core only, since my P4 has a higher clock speed even than the E6850? Like does the game needs both cores to operate? I dont reallly understand dual core technology, but I do think a game has to be coded to take advantage of it. Now does this mean such a game is not backward compatiblle? Is anyone here in a similar boat? "Well she is a rather ageing man o war." "Nonsense, She's in her prime" |
02-02-10, 12:11 PM | #2 |
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Oh my god. No mention of DRM? No "funny" screenshots? No baseless rants about assumed features (or lack thereof)? I LOVE THIS THREAD ALREADY!
On topic... from what little understanding I have: your CPU has hyper threading so in theory it should handle the (presumably multi-threaded) game, though it might chug.
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02-02-10, 12:12 PM | #3 |
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if you have two cores running at, say, 2.5 GHz (2x2.5=5?), or one core at 3 GHz... wich one is better - faster - meaner - more capable?
(simplified) and i guess that, being in 2010, all games use multiple cores, at least two... you buy a new rig? go for quad core or octacore... 6 or 8 Gigs of Ram, a recent 64 Bit OS, one 128GB SDD, and a Terabyte HDD, 1024 MB Video memory, or 2048 if you can. but dont forget a 1200Watt PSU, or bigger! and enough fans to cool the thing down! ...and NO, you are NOT advised to show the price tag to your wife...
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02-02-10, 12:16 PM | #4 |
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Ironically, I recently purchased a new Laptop, and part of the decision making process was that it would have to be able to run Silent Hunter 5.
Now I'm not even buying the game. Too funny. |
02-02-10, 12:27 PM | #5 |
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My single core ran SH4 ok. However, my quad core at 2.5 Ghz REALLY plays SH4 without issue. Time to upgrade sir and have fun!
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02-02-10, 12:32 PM | #6 |
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Beside this PC , I have an old that I used to play on it before I bought this one , and even sh4 worked on it.
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02-02-10, 12:43 PM | #7 |
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I have two single core PCs, but they are just used as a mini render farm now.
One runs at 3ghz and the other at 900hmz
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02-02-10, 07:57 PM | #8 |
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02-03-10, 12:18 AM | #9 |
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He probably meant SSD (solid state drive i.e. basically a hard disk made of RAM)
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02-03-10, 05:38 PM | #10 | |
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Ah ok, thought there was another initialization I had to learn. Thanks
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02-03-10, 12:19 AM | #11 |
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I think he means SSD
Solid state drive Like a big flash card http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive |
02-03-10, 06:39 AM | #12 |
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SSD...
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02-03-10, 10:04 AM | #13 |
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On the new Win7 machine I built last year, I have two RAID-0ed Intel SSDs as my OS drive (along with important programs (games)), and you can pry them from my cold dead fingers!
The machine is very fast to boot up, nearly instantly drops to the desktop, and I can immediately click all of the programs in the taskbar and they all quickly open up. SSD drives are probably the best general performance upgrade you can make for your PC... They make everything snappy! |
02-04-10, 12:16 AM | #14 | |
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But even clunky old games like IL-2 work better on a multi-core CPU. The game is bound to one of the cores, and all the other OS processes can use the other core(s), and it flies. You don't have to do all that stupid stuff like shutting down all services to reduce CPU usage.
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02-04-10, 12:09 PM | #15 |
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Thanks. I'll have to wait and see. I am still looking forward to SH5, but now I dont think Ill get it on day one, and will take a wait and see approach. But if Im flush on March 4 -- what the heck. Im not going to change my update schedule for just one title. After Battle of Britain SOW comes out (which is way behind schedule) and rFactor2 I will see whats on the market hardware wise and see who here is runnning SH5 on full settings and make my buying choices then.
Im only looking forward to SH5, rFactor2 and Oleg's BOBSOW, Im a simmer at heart and sim relases guide my hardware requirements. Also I want my next rig to support a 30-32" monitor at max frame rates and Id like to get a SSD and the other new tech. So I will wait and see how these sims run in the real world. |
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