Pentium 4 3.0ghz
512ram
nVidia 6800 256mb
dell 19" flat panel

btw its all a dell and i run IL2 on fairly high settings hehehehe

*edit* does anyone know where i can get some cheap ram for my dell i need at least 2 gb and im in aus thanks

No idea mate.This sort of question is best asked on the ubi 'community help' forum.

MoBo: Abit AN-7 Nforce2 Ultra400 (Zalman Passive NB)
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (Rocker PRO cooler)
RAM: 1024mb RAM PC2700 (2x512mb DualChannel)
Graphics: MSI Geforce 6600GT 128mb (Zalman VF700-CU)
Power: Hiper Type-M 530w PSU

Getting a little old, but i'm not giving up on it yet!

This is my gaming computer:
Antec 900 | E6850 | Nforce680i SLI | 4GB RAM | 8800GTX-SLI | Seasonic 700W | Raptor 150 | Seagate 750 | Creative XFi | Vista x86

New high end graphics cards from Nvidia are expected in February, btw.

I put my present gaming computer together in early Spring 2006, when it became apparent that my 4 y/o P4 2.4Ghz that had soldiered on with IL2FB was now straining under the new release IL2-1946.

The new rig was still a budget rig, with no intentions of requiring it to meet the needs of the SOW series. I expect that i'll need to replace my rig entirely a year or so after SOW:BoB is released - until then, i'll continue playing the IL2-1946 sim. I simply can't afford to, nor justify replacing my primary gaming computer until 3-4 years has passed, so i'll have to sit SOW out until then.

The present gaming rig (only used for 1946, really).

Pentium 4 - C2D E6300 - Intel 965 mobo
2 GB DC Ram
NVidia PNY 7600GS 512mb PCI-E video
Dual 19" BenQ LCD panels
X52 Hotas and pedals
Nostromo N52 gamepad
TrackIR3
Full simpit

.. and not a lick of personal flight talent to hit the broad-side of a barn with bullets or airplane after 4+ years. Go figure.

amd 3700 6800ultra oc 2g patriot
 

Great idea, here’s my homegrown specs:
Windoze xp sp2 home
Viewsonic vx922

2.04m IL-2
OPEN GL
1280X960X32
ATTEMPT STENCIL BUFER

VIS DISTANCE – HI
OBJECT LIGHTING – MED
OBJECT DETAIL – EXCELLENT
LANDSCAPE LIGHTING – HI
LANDSCAPE DETAIL – EXCELLENT
CLOUDS DETAIL – MED

CONFIG.INI LOCKED WITH
WATER =0

NVIDIA NFORCEWARE DRIVERS VER 6.14.11.6921 12-5-07

THE BLACK DEATH
10 SEC 40 FPS
20 SEC 55 FPS
1.07 SEC 15 FPS (*)

(*) This is the lowest point, at the time of explosion you can see the fps really drop to a crawl approx 1 min 7 seconds.

Vid Card settings are application controlled with VSYNC forced OFF. Things look pretty good all around. At perfect settings the visual quality is not noticeably better but FPS definitely drop. So this is how I run, I don’t seem to lose visuals but the FPS are more playable – smoother.
Prior drivers were 6.6.9.3 and 7.1.77, I think my FPS @ 1.07 might have been 17-18 with the 6.6.9.3 drivers. I may revert.

IBM PC XT
processor 8088 @ 4.77 MHz
8087 math coprocessor
256 kB RAM
20 MB Hard Disc
Floppy Drive 5.25", 360 kB
MDA Video Card
Green phosphors monitor
PC-DOS



Any chances? :-)

So what will the optimal system be in a year when BoB is released only taking in to account what we know today?

Opsys = 64 bit

CPU = 3 or 4 core 64 bit

GPU = eg G92 ,1G DDR, OGL 3, displayport

RAM = 4G ddr3

MB = PCIe 3.0, DX 10.1 sound, legacy free

HD = SSD, SATA 3

Screen = displayport, 1080p

Just rambling what I can recall reading on the net. Anything else or any corrections.

BTW if I will be able to run SoW BoB on my present computer I doubt that I will by it.

Intel 6850 @3 gigs
Corsair DDR2-1066 4 gigs
Nvidia 7900GTX waiting for BOB to upgrade to a next generation video card

I've overclocked the cpu from @ 3.2 , 3.6, 3.8, and 4 gigs. I was getting huge frame rates in the black death track. At one point during a 4 gig test my system crashed and I restored the BIO defaults. Since then when I overclock the cpu and test with the Black Death track my frame rates actually fall. Cpu Z shows the proper overclock, and all the cpu heat tests I run show that the cpu isn't over heating. The only thing that I found different is the Windows task manager shows IL-2 using only 50% of the cpu and I thought IL-2 used almost 100%. I have the Speedstep disabled in the BIO's and the cpu doesn't seem to be downclocking when running a intensive app. I'm at a loss. It don't need the speed now but would like to overclock again when BOB comes out.

~Salute~
Chivas

No eye deer , my brother built it.......