As the thread originator, Thanks to all the thread participants thus far. Very informative, both technically and philosophically (Upgrade philosophy).
[As an aside, to shed some light on my personal perspective, I'm on the far side of 67. So, when I do an upgrade, there is always the possibility that the upgrade will be my Last...if you get my drift. Sooo, postponing some aspect of upgrading in anticipation of a forthcoming Advance in 6-12 months might well mean that I'll never get to see/experience the Maximum thrill which current cutting edge state-of-the art might allow]
But, back to the the main thread subject matter, I wonder why Oleg/1C can't now provide some very specific information on minimum necessary and maximum usable/desirable specs. Surely by this point they know how their engine will, or will not, use multiple Core technology. Will dual core be a minimum for effective BOB performance, even if not 'required' ? Will quad-core be the 'main' approach??? Will Six-core, up to 12 thread be a total waste in Oleg's opinion? Will RAM of 6GB, let's say, be the max that Oleg can see being usable for BOB on release?
It just seems that by this point, with BOB Release seemingly likely within the next 4-6 months, Oleg and his team certainly must for some time have been using some Top-of-the-Line, Cutting Edge computers for development and now Beta testing...if only to see how far they can push their engine/performance...or could push it in the near future. This would seem the opposite end of development/testing from their effort to determine just how low they might go for "Minimum specs" statement on the release package.
I can see why early in development, or even a couple of years ago, they would have been reluctant to commit to any 'recommended' specs....but now...Why not?
[Again, as a personal aside, I will not upgrade until at least I have a BOB installation DVD in my hand. I can then read the manual, and the forums, for a week while my Rig is being upgraded. I'd just like to be prepared now, in advance, for making the upgrade component choices. Someone suggested waiting to try BOB on my current rig to see if I might be satisfied...and therefore discover that I might need NO significant upgrade. No way, Jose. I have a Core 2 dual core, 8800GTX/768Mb, 4Gb RAM with only Vista usable 3GB. Surprisingly it runs IL2 (and Rise of Flight) superbly at moderate, though acceptable graphics settings and intensity...for a 3 1/2 year old Rig. At that time it was absolutely cutting edge, and expensive...but I've gotten more than my money's worth. However, now there is No possibility of it running SOW:BofB to my satisfaction.]
Thanks for listening...
11-08-2010, 10:30 PM
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