SoW specifications

[Tigertooo]

I know it's too early officialy, i know this thread wont give me an official answer,above all i dont want to rush things.
But as i am going for ROF that will come out before SoW, i want to do a serious upgrade on my OS rather soon, but it would be handsome to have a clue to what standards i should upgrade my PC for ROF and for SoW as well, as i will go for SoW as well, obviously.
Is there some "unofficial" point of view?Are there some serious ,unofficial ideas on this matter,from people who have much more knowledge on future hardware than i have?
Only wondering, no need for discussionsonly serious answers
Thanks

[Chivas]

Since ROF is optimised for multicore cpus and a quad core cpu runs ROF 40% faster than a dual core then the newest Intel cpus should be a very good choice. Especially with the new 1366 socket as you will have upgrade path for next generation Intel cpus that will use the 1366 socket.

Here is a link to a high end computer guide at Sharkyextreme
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/...le.php/3806051

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by Chivas

a quad core cpu runs ROF 40% faster than a dual core ]

Never knew that!

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by Tigertooo

I know it's too early officialy, i know this thread wont give me an official answer,above all i dont want to rush things.
But as i am going for ROF that will come out before SoW, i want to do a serious upgrade on my OS rather soon, but it would be handsome to have a clue to what standards i should upgrade my PC for ROF and for SoW as well, as i will go for SoW as well, obviously.
Is there some "unofficial" point of view?Are there some serious ,unofficial ideas on this matter,from people who have much more knowledge on future hardware than i have?
Only wondering, no need for discussionsonly serious answers
Thanks

Yeah, like Chivas said go for quad core if you are making a serious upgrade, Oleg has already stated in the PC Pilot interview that SOW will definitely utilise the technology, so looking good. I bought a Corei7 940 in November last year and I am very happy with it......Runs DCS Black Shark fantastic too. Great to see that developers are now making a serious effort to use their potential, another example is the RTS game "Empire:Total War", It was a little bit of a gamble buying the Corei7 in retrospect, but it has paid off

[Feathered_IV]

A 2010 calendar or greater will be necessary to run SoW.

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

A 2010 calendar or greater will be necessary to run SoW.

+1

[Bobb4]

+2

Oh, that is the funniest thing I have read on these threads in a while.
Sadly he is most likely right

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by Bobb4

+2

Oh, that is the funniest thing I have read on these threads in a while.
Sadly he is most likely right

Oh yee of little faith!!! Hehehe Yes, I too eagerly await the arrival of the 24 core Codename "Behemoth".....powered by nuclear fusion, cooled with liquid Nitrogen and requiring a legion of miniature computer Elves to install........

Originally Posted by Chivas

Since ROF is optimised for multicore cpus and a quad core cpu runs ROF 40% faster than a dual core ......

absolutely not true...I asked one of the Neoqb guys about that and he said ROF is optimised ONLY for c2duo (dual cores)....btw, new chipset could be easily an old one soon....i7 is not better for gaming than c2duo....

heres what they told us, for smooth play at 1680x1050 you will need:

c2duo 2,8 Ghz (lets say E8400 on stock is more than enough, overclocked even better)
Ati Radeon 4850 or Nvidia 9800GTX/GTX+ (for 24" monitors and 1920 res ill choose 4870 or GTX260)
3-4 gigs of RAM
app. 6 Gigs of free HDD space
Access to the Internet: At least 512 Kb/s ( opp. I think 2mbps would be optimal)

[hedge]

Originally Posted by Tvrdi

absolutely not true...I asked one of the Neoqb guys about that and he said ROF is optimised ONLY for c2duo (dual cores)

According to VikS, the more cores the better. Here it is, straight from the horse's mouth:

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...2678817/2.html

Hedge