The Rig Thread
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Was playing on an AMd 3700 (single core) with 1gig of ram and a 6800gt. Got about 30-40 fps on average from that with every setting turned off which, while playable, could be pretty frustrating at times. Just upgraded to a E7200 though with 2 gigs of ram and an ATI 3650, which has made a hell of a difference. Its alot easier now to stay alive in those big firefights and to hit some of the tougher shots, like mid air rockets.
Thinking about trying to send to graphics card back next week though, as havent been impressed with that.
Thinking about trying to send to graphics card back next week though, as havent been impressed with that.
I no this is a relatively old topic, but hey. Considering the problems that some of you had, im amazed my pc can even run the game (having said that atm, mid-game at random intervals, the pc powers off completely, need to unplug for a bit to restart 
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I got:
AMD Athlon (tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (2.00GHz)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT
512MB RAM
150GB Hard drive (almost full)
Windows XP Home Premium
Creative Inspire P580 speaker system (should be surround but 1 speaker dont work)
Think thats about it, im prity useless when it comes to hardware knowledge, took me ages to find all that lot, not sure where i should have looked, ended up going through system device manager. I will be getting a new laptop soon, so maybe i can take all those video settings off minimum.
P.S. now you know y i lag.
). I got:
AMD Athlon (tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (2.00GHz)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT
512MB RAM
150GB Hard drive (almost full)
Windows XP Home Premium
Creative Inspire P580 speaker system (should be surround but 1 speaker dont work)
Think thats about it, im prity useless when it comes to hardware knowledge, took me ages to find all that lot, not sure where i should have looked, ended up going through system device manager. I will be getting a new laptop soon, so maybe i can take all those video settings off minimum.
P.S. now you know y i lag.
Hi all,
My rig atm:
Intel dual core E660 2.4Ghz (overclocked to 3.0Ghz)
4GB RAM
2x 30GB raptor 10,000RPM HDD (in raid config) 1x 250Gb HDD
Nvidia Gforce 8800 GTX
Winows Vista Ultimate 64bit
Runs Crysis at max settings in 1280x1024 between 30-60fps
Runs TF2 at max settings at between 150-200fps in the same res
My rig atm:
Intel dual core E660 2.4Ghz (overclocked to 3.0Ghz)
4GB RAM
2x 30GB raptor 10,000RPM HDD (in raid config) 1x 250Gb HDD
Nvidia Gforce 8800 GTX
Winows Vista Ultimate 64bit
Runs Crysis at max settings in 1280x1024 between 30-60fps
Runs TF2 at max settings at between 150-200fps in the same res
My PC is working again! Roar!
Core 2 Duo E7200 (@ 2.53GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 motherboard
ATI Radeon x1650 Pro AGP 256mb
2GB Crucial DDR2 Memory (PC5300)
80GB Maxtor SATA2 hard disk
XP Home, Service Pack 3.
Everything running at recommended speeds, no overclocking here. Had some hassles with the Realtek HD Audio and ATI graphics drivers that crashed TF2, but after a lot of work everything's running fine for hours now. Unlike Mailman, CityLink never quite deliver the goods - it was a nightmare arriving but I'm thankful it got here in the end.
TF2 (and the other games I've tried so far) look amazing. Shiny. Shiny shiny.
Cheers,
Tom
Core 2 Duo E7200 (@ 2.53GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 motherboard
ATI Radeon x1650 Pro AGP 256mb
2GB Crucial DDR2 Memory (PC5300)
80GB Maxtor SATA2 hard disk
XP Home, Service Pack 3.
Everything running at recommended speeds, no overclocking here. Had some hassles with the Realtek HD Audio and ATI graphics drivers that crashed TF2, but after a lot of work everything's running fine for hours now. Unlike Mailman, CityLink never quite deliver the goods - it was a nightmare arriving but I'm thankful it got here in the end.
TF2 (and the other games I've tried so far) look amazing. Shiny. Shiny shiny.
Cheers,
Tom
Still working on my computer 
next upgrade is a new motherboard that supports quad core and a Intel quad core. A while till I save up that much tho.
Intel Core 2 CPU 6300 1.865GHzX2
4GB's of RAM
1TB SATA2 Drive
2x 250GB SATA2 Drive (upgrading to a second 1TB drive)
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 1GB
1 22" monitor
1 19" monitor
Windows XP Pro & Windows Vista Home P (Dual boot) (And a few sever OS as well just for the hell of it)
next upgrade is a new motherboard that supports quad core and a Intel quad core. A while till I save up that much tho.Intel Core 2 CPU 6300 1.865GHzX2
4GB's of RAM
1TB SATA2 Drive
2x 250GB SATA2 Drive (upgrading to a second 1TB drive)
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 1GB
1 22" monitor
1 19" monitor
Windows XP Pro & Windows Vista Home P (Dual boot) (And a few sever OS as well just for the hell of it)
ATi 3850 512mb (Factory OC - though I can OC both the clocks by about another 10%, there's nothing I run that needs it)
AMD 64 X2 5000+ (2.6Ghz)
4096mb OCZ DDR2 6400-C4 RAM (3.25Gb is usable, because I'm on XP 32bit)
500Gb WD Sata drive (An older 250Gb recently died )
21" Widescreen monitor.. 1680x1050
AMD 64 X2 5000+ (2.6Ghz)
4096mb OCZ DDR2 6400-C4 RAM (3.25Gb is usable, because I'm on XP 32bit)
500Gb WD Sata drive (An older 250Gb recently died
)21" Widescreen monitor.. 1680x1050
XP Pro 32bit
ATi 3450 512Mb
Sempron 3400+
2Gb DDR2 RAM
250Gb SATA drive
17" Iiyama ProLite E435S TFT Monitor at 1280x1024 (although I run the game in a window at 1152x864 with everything high. No anti-aliasing though... and I always prefer low shadows... something nice about blob shadows
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ATi 3450 512Mb
Sempron 3400+
2Gb DDR2 RAM
250Gb SATA drive
17" Iiyama ProLite E435S TFT Monitor at 1280x1024 (although I run the game in a window at 1152x864 with everything high. No anti-aliasing though... and I always prefer low shadows... something nice about blob shadows
)Find me on XBox Live as Salith. Halo Reach!!!
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HappyDavid
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Ok, this is my new computer, I got it two days ago! 
Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit (I already don't like it...
)
CPU: intel core 2 DUO E8500 @ 3,17GHz
Hard drive: Seagate 500GB
Graphic card (ATI): VGA sapphire HD4870 512MB
Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3
4GB RAM
I can't find words to describe how awesome is this thing, compared to my old computer. Ok, I knew gameplay wasn't as smooth as it should be, but when I first ran TF2 on this new beast I was immensely surprised, because things were -so much faster-.
The graphic is eyeball-popping, the speed is leg breaking and I'm crying every time I turn it on. 
To quote heavy weapons guy: "I AM VERY HAPPY!"
Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit (I already don't like it...
)CPU: intel core 2 DUO E8500 @ 3,17GHz
Hard drive: Seagate 500GB
Graphic card (ATI): VGA sapphire HD4870 512MB
Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3
4GB RAM
I can't find words to describe how awesome is this thing, compared to my old computer. Ok, I knew gameplay wasn't as smooth as it should be, but when I first ran TF2 on this new beast I was immensely surprised, because things were -so much faster-.
The graphic is eyeball-popping, the speed is leg breaking and I'm crying every time I turn it on. To quote heavy weapons guy: "I AM VERY HAPPY!"
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Shogun
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- Location: Orkney Isles, Scotland, UK
Just noticed this was here...
Windows Xp 32 bit
Processor: AMD 64 X2 3Ghz
Memory: God knows what make but there's 2GB of it
Graphics:Nvidia 240GTX
Power Supply: 1000watts (god knows the make)
Hard Drive: 500Gb
And as for the other bits and bobbles, I am to incompetent to know
PS I know my systems bottlenecked cos of the Gcard, but I'm spending 400 quid on it nexy January
Windows Xp 32 bit
Processor: AMD 64 X2 3Ghz
Memory: God knows what make but there's 2GB of it
Graphics:Nvidia 240GTX
Power Supply: 1000watts (god knows the make)
Hard Drive: 500Gb
And as for the other bits and bobbles, I am to incompetent to know
PS I know my systems bottlenecked cos of the Gcard, but I'm spending 400 quid on it nexy January
My new build
keyboard:g15
mouse:g9
mousemat: ALLSOP
ram:kingston 4gb
processor:64 x2 6400+ 3.20GHz
gfx:8800gtx x2 (i know sarg:)
1.700 tb over 4 hard drives
motherbord:m2n-sli deluxe
liquid cooled:Bigwater 735
case:Cooler Master Cosmos S
monitor :samsung syncmaster 2232BW
Last edited by carlos on Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
We need a 'Green with Envy' emoticon I think. Best I can find is 
CPU: P4 EE 3.2Ghz
RAM: 3 Gb Kingston Hyper-X
Mobo: ASUS P4C-800E Deluxe
Gfx: Saphire Radeon X1950 Pro
HDs: 2 Seagate 400Gb drives in Raid 0, One 160Gb Seagate on it's own (it's raid mate died )
OS: XP Pro
Other Stuff: Logitech G15 Keyboard, Razer Copperhead Mouse, Viewsonic VG2021m screen and a custom built light controller to handle the various fan lights, tubes and custom front panel lights.
CPU: P4 EE 3.2Ghz
RAM: 3 Gb Kingston Hyper-X
Mobo: ASUS P4C-800E Deluxe
Gfx: Saphire Radeon X1950 Pro
HDs: 2 Seagate 400Gb drives in Raid 0, One 160Gb Seagate on it's own (it's raid mate died
)OS: XP Pro
Other Stuff: Logitech G15 Keyboard, Razer Copperhead Mouse, Viewsonic VG2021m screen and a custom built light controller to handle the various fan lights, tubes and custom front panel lights.