Friday 2010-10-15 Dev. update and Discussion

#1 10-20-2010, 05:21 PM

To those of you building new systems for SOW.

Single video card is the best way to go . . . UNLESS!

1. You are going to be playing at some crazy-huge resolution. Say around 2560x1600 or larger would be a good example of this. At these resolutions your single video card is going to be lagging because there is just too much area to cover itself. In an instance like this, having more than one video card would be beneficial.

2. You have More than one monitor. Lots of the extreme simmers like the idea of having three monitors to give them better peripheral vision. This is basically running into problem #1. Lots of area for one card to cover, and the new problem of maybe not having enough places to plug all them in.

In 90% of the other cases (single monitor, reasonable resolution) buying a single video card will be better than going the Multiple/SLI route. If you look at video card development, it usually only takes a year or so for a new card to be able to outperform two of the previous kings in pair. Buying a single card not only results in better performance (if you wait) but also it saves you a lot of money.

Just some food for thought.

F19_lacrits · #2 10-20-2010, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by speculum jockey

To those of you building new systems for SOW.

Single video card is the best way to go . . . UNLESS!

1. You are going to be playing at some crazy-huge resolution. Say around 2560x1600 or larger would be a good example of this. At these resolutions your single video card is going to be lagging because there is just too much area to cover itself. In an instance like this, having more than one video card would be beneficial.

2. You have More than one monitor. Lots of the extreme simmers like the idea of having three monitors to give them better peripheral vision. This is basically running into problem #1. Lots of area for one card to cover, and the new problem of maybe not having enough places to plug all them in.

In 90% of the other cases (single monitor, reasonable resolution) buying a single video card will be better than going the Multiple/SLI route. If you look at video card development, it usually only takes a year or so for a new card to be able to outperform two of the previous kings in pair. Buying a single card not only results in better performance (if you wait) but also it saves you a lot of money.

Just some food for thought.

It's way too early to predict hardware requirements.. But your guess is as good as any ones

Don't forget that like with many other games you can probably tweak alot of visual settings in SoW. Also you will have the uncertainty how the game will run on CF/SLI/Hydra systems on release.. It might need a few months maturing with driver updates from AMD/Nvidia. So, your average midrange to high end GPU will not hold you back from experiencing the game.. Though it might hold you back from running it with all visual effects turned on and maxed out.. But who knows, I sure don't and Oleg ain't telling at this stage.
Further, getting two new Fermi GF104 GTX460's and running them in SLI provides you more GPU horsepower than getting one GF100 GTX480.

If you want to upgrade for SoW I suggest wait until there are some reviews out and it's at least been flown by a good bunch of the community before deciding how to spend your upgrade money.. It could turn out that CPU and RAM is more important than having the highest end GPU.. Who knows?

major_setback · #3 10-20-2010, 10:57 PM

I want to ask - what is the best equipment to use with something that hasn't been made yet?
Reply for any question you like; and any answer will do.
But I neeed to know!!

Abbeville-Boy · #4 10-20-2010, 11:37 PM

necessity is the mother of invention, we will find a way

#5 10-20-2010, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by F19_lacrits

But who knows, I sure don't and Oleg ain't telling at this stage.
Further, getting two new Fermi GF104 GTX460's and running them in SLI provides you more GPU horsepower than getting one GF100 GTX480.

If you want to upgrade for SoW I suggest wait until there are some reviews out and it's at least been flown by a good bunch of the community before deciding how to spend your upgrade money.. It could turn out that CPU and RAM is more important than having the highest end GPU.. Who knows?

What I'm getting at is that SLI/Multiple card setups are really only logical for people with multiple monitors or people playing on 30" Dell screens at full resolution. You get more horsepower out of two cards, but you waste a lot of money and efficiency if you're playing on a typical monitor at regular resolutions. If you get the two G460's you spend "x" amount, if you wait 4 months you'll be able to get a card for that same amount or less, that will run the game better (at regular resolution on a single display).

Anyways, I'm going to wait about 6 months after the game is released (buy it on the first day still) and then build my system to play it. Given the way the market goes, waiting 1/2 a year is usually enough for a new flagship line of cards to be released and the previous "front-runners" who can still run the game all maxed out to drop in price dramatically.

When I play SOW I want it to look as good as it possibly can (at 1600x900 resolution).

ARGH · #6 10-21-2010, 01:33 AM

like i said, i built this i7 / gtx 480 rig for the future games. i watercooled it's components with a corsaid H50 on cpu and the new Coolit OMNI on the gpu for silent running because i do not like loud systems. it's also sporting a mild overclock on the cpu and gpu.

i built this system specifically for final fantasy 14 (too bad the game sucks right now, jesus!) and storm of war. it completely maxes out final fantasy 14 including 16x AA, Dof & AO enabled.

the graphical fidelity of this game pretty much the same as wings of prey, although it will have more geometry and better damage model. i know wings of prey can almost be maxed out with a 260 GTX and the GTX 480 is over twice as fast so i am confident that it should max the game out. maybe oleg will state what the recommended system specs will be to play the game in ultra to high settings at 1080p?....