min specs for SOW

[furbs]

Originally Posted by zapatista

this has already has been extensively discussed in another thread here recently, and there are a number of specific reasons why that generalization i made there indeed likely to be correct

you persistently seem incapable to process normal logical information in a rational manner. "indications" of release time are based on oleg's stated intent at the beginning of this year on meeting the BoB anniversary date, the financial pressure the company is under to release without additional delays, and that the last 9 months of weekly screenshots and video's show the project coming together nicely (with a few glitches, which is to be expected for a project as complex as this)




most points there are largely irrelevant, try and use some critical thought based on known facts instead

irrelevant?? if you review all the updates over the last 12 months the ONLY thing i can see thats almost finished is the plane models and some of them still need more work(weathering on most of the types)

When we start seeing finished screens of updates(everything on screen is not WIP or placeholders) in DX11 then we can guess we are maybe a few months away from release.

I would love you to be right...im looking forward to SOW just as much as anyone.

[icuucme37]

Must of had a brain fart when i started this thread and not list the graphics card. As you can see I edited now with it listed.
Someone said to wait untill SOW releases, then upgrade computer, but seeing how old computer went up in smoke, that is not a option.

New computer specs are............Window 7

Radeon ATI HD5770 1 gig card

Intel Core i7-920 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Low Voltage Desktop Memory

ASUS Rampage II GENE Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

OCZ Promod 600w 2 rail SATA, PCI-e ready power supply

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by icuucme37

Radeon ATI HD5770 1 gig card

nice gfx card in the "bang per buck" category, but for the new high end cpu you have the gfx card will be a bottle neck in more demanding games. i bought the same card here recently when my own pc went belly up a few months ago, but i have it paired with a much lower spec'ed midrange intel i3 cpu at the moment.

if you already spent your money, dont fret and just wait for BoB's release. at that point i suspect you will need to get a better gfx card if you are using a HD monitor and want the eye candy turned up

[swiss]

HD5770?

This card get's its butt whooped by the end of production GTX260.

It ok however, when you consider you'll need a new one for SOW anyway.

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by swiss

HD5770?

This card get's its butt whooped by the end of production GTX260.

It ok however, when you consider you'll need a new one for SOW anyway.

Not to mention all the future driver issues with ATI cards, doesnt anyone remember all the problems with ATI cards and lack of driver updates??

Do that many people have money to burn on overpriced intel hardware??
Save a couple hundred bucks and get a quad core Phenom or hex core for much less and get basically the same performance.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

Not to mention all the future driver issues with ATI cards, doesnt anyone remember all the problems with ATI cards and lack of driver updates??

Do that many people have money to burn on overpriced intel hardware??
Save a couple hundred bucks and get a quad core Phenom or hex core for much less and get basically the same performance.

Just finished AM3 conversion and bought

-MSI M65 mATX mobo
-955 BE
-4GB DDR3 (VR)

GPU is still a galaxy 260/216OC and I am very well aware I'll need a new one(Nvidia it will be) for SOW.
Took the mobo because it potentially could take 2GPUs, although they wouldn't fit in the current case I guess.
[Nvidia chipset would have been even cooler, but there are no mATX mobos on the market in this configuration]


Maybe s.o. can explain the advantages of an Itel CPU - because I really cant see any(other than mentioning it in the sig)

[hellbomber]

Radeon ATI HD5770 1 gig card is nothing to laugh at

i had a 5770 running eyefinity on 6000x1200 ... granted i could only have aa on in a few games and most games were at medium / low settings.... on a single screen it doesnt do bad, but you certainly wont be maxing the settings without some lag, depends whats important to you, if your short on cash then i would just stick with the 5770 and whenever you get a present or something maybe ask santa clause for a 5870, 5770 have good resale value i actually sold mine for more than i bought it for on ebay