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!

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

[Chivas]

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)....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)

MY statement was Absolutely True...

Posted by =FB=VikS at 06:54 AM April 24th 2009 at SimHQ ROF forum

"ROF have separated threads architecture, so two/four cores will work. Actually we have exact numbers of trials of core duo vs core quad, and core quad works 30-40% faster than core duo with ROF."

Also you have an upgrade path with the new Core I7 1366 socket that the next generation Intel cpus will use. Your upgrade path is basicly dead if you stay with dual core 775 socket.

The system that you suggest will run ROF fine but if your building a new system why not build something that will run ROF and SOW better with some future proofing.

[SlipBall]

"ROF have separated threads architecture, so two/four cores will work. Actually we have exact numbers of trials of core duo vs core quad, and core quad works 30-40% faster than core duo with ROF."



I like to get a look at those number's if possible, I'll go look around at the Sim HQ

i will check this with the team....btw, which CPUs they compared? Its not the same quad i7 920 on 2,4 Ghz and 8500 c2duo overclocked at 4 Ghz......btw, the higher the resolution the less impact CPU has on the performance....


EDIT: argh now i saw Viks post at simhq...how I missed that post....shh....anyway my info is older so...amazing, ROF is using 4 cores....but still thers not mention of which quad is better of which c2duo.....and at what speed and resolution...

[Forgottenfighter]

Lets not forget about the Core i5 which should be out in March I think, we're talking 8 cores now.

[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