Maddox Games computers

Al Schlageter · #1 05-08-2011, 12:03 PM

I would like to upgrade my computer.

Could someone from Maddox Games give me the specifications of their computer that ran a 40-50 airplane combat scenario at low level over London?

Thanks

addman · #2 05-08-2011, 12:39 PM

The most expensive one you can afford at the moment, I wouldn't spend 5 cents on any upgrades until this game is finished. Good luck though!

squidgyb · #3 05-08-2011, 01:48 PM

Right now an i7 2600k clocked to 4.5GHz and upwards coupled with a GTX 580 is pretty much the top end, because radeons have all sorts of problems and that CPU will be the fastest available.

addman is correct though - there's no point upgrading right now. tidying up the code and a generation or two of hardware will be what it takes to play coD with lots of planes/city scapes below.

For some kind of reference - I tried to max out one of the new quick missions last night - I had 116 'planes in the air - I wouldn't call it playable, but neither was it a complete slideshow. That was with max settings all round, except SSAO and epilepsy filter, at 1920x1200.

Vengeanze · #4 05-08-2011, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by squidgyb

Right now an i7 2600k clocked to 4.5GHz and upwards coupled with a GTX 580 is pretty much the top end, because radeons have all sorts of problems and that CPU will be the fastest available.

addman is correct though - there's no point upgrading right now. tidying up the code and a generation or two of hardware will be what it takes to play coD with lots of planes/city scapes below.

For some kind of reference - I tried to max out one of the new quick missions last night - I had 116 'planes in the air - I wouldn't call it playable, but neither was it a complete slideshow. That was with max settings all round, except SSAO and epilepsy filter, at 1920x1200.

Buy another GTX for SLI and try that mission again.

ElAurens · #5 05-08-2011, 03:25 PM

I believe Mr. Schlageter was having a bit of a joke here.

ATAG_Bliss · #6 05-08-2011, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ElAurens

I believe Mr. Schlageter was having a bit of a joke here.

Oh I imagine he is too, but if you wanna get some serious hardware, then you need to get one of these. 2 x HEX core Xeon CPU's @4ghz and 4 x 580GTX's. (our dedicated server minus the GPU's)

That should run it quite nicely! Don't forget you'll need 2 x 1500w PSU's as well.

ElAurens · #7 05-08-2011, 03:41 PM

Why does a dedicated server need all those graphics cards?

In IL2 a dedicated server only passed Positional and other info between the player computers. All graphics processing was done client side. Decidedly low spec machines worked well as a dedicated host.

ATAG_Bliss · #8 05-08-2011, 03:47 PM

Who said a dedicated server needed GPUs? I clearly said ours didn't have any "(minus the GPU's)". That is a home system being shown.

ElAurens · #9 05-08-2011, 04:46 PM

Ahhh....

Thanks for clearing that up.

gwpc · #10 05-08-2011, 05:03 PM

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I would like to upgrade my computer.

Could someone from Maddox Games give me the specifications of their computer that ran a 40-50 airplane combat scenario at low level over London?

Thanks

+1

I'm afraid that your subtle irony is wasted here, good try though. Wouldn't it be great if someone from Maddox games actually responded