astr0creep Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 I can run Oblivion fine with this: P4 1.8 512 RAM Radeon 9600 256 40Gb Matrox 7200 WinXP Pro Will NWN2 run? http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
taks Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 cool. i'm due for an upgrade myself, but i have about a half a dozen other things i need, all in the $300+ range. pooter gets to wait. it'll probably be summer before i get to upgrade anything other than extra memory. given the issues with my mobo (8237 HDD controller died), i'm probably going to do a complete wipe and do the duo. taks comrade taks... just because.
Deraldin Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 I can run Oblivion fine with this: P4 1.8 512 RAM Radeon 9600 256 40Gb Matrox 7200 WinXP Pro Will NWN2 run? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's about as close to the exact same specs that I have as you can get. I've been running at 1024 with everything off (except textures at medium) and I'm getting 10-15FPS in most situations. There are a couple things that just horribly kill my framerate, one of them being big spell battles and the other being the winter room in the temple of seasons.
angshuman Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 Semaphores, and Mutual exclusion, stuff like dekkers algorithm, are surprisingly simple. Deceptively simple concepts, yes, but it's a b*tch to write complex and efficient programs with them and reason about their correctness. Lock-free approaches (such as transactional memory) greatly simplify the programming and reasoning process.
astr0creep Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 I can run Oblivion fine with this: P4 1.8 512 RAM Radeon 9600 256 40Gb Matrox 7200 WinXP Pro Will NWN2 run? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's about as close to the exact same specs that I have as you can get. I've been running at 1024 with everything off (except textures at medium) and I'm getting 10-15FPS in most situations. There are a couple things that just horribly kill my framerate, one of them being big spell battles and the other being the winter room in the temple of seasons. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So if I play at 800x600 with everything on the low I should be able to get 20-25 FPS? http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 Semaphores, and Mutual exclusion, stuff like dekkers algorithm, are surprisingly simple. Deceptively simple concepts, yes, but it's a b*tch to write complex and efficient programs with them and reason about their correctness. Lock-free approaches (such as transactional memory) greatly simplify the programming and reasoning process. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Conceptually, I agree... I haven't had to work on such a system yet so... To me it's all theory, but i certainly understood the principles easily enough. "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
Deraldin Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 So if I play at 800x600 with everything on the low I should be able to get 20-25 FPS? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Turn v-sync off with everything on low at 1024 and you should be able to get 20FPS in most areas. Outdoor areas just wandering around I seem to get around 24fps, but indoors and during relatively large fights I get around 10fps. I haven't noticed any difference in FPS going from low to high textures.
metadigital Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 I think I'll put this into Skeeter's ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
taks Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 btw, i did notice tearing in some of the movies (during startup) with v-sync off. it is unnoticeable during in-game cut-scenes, however. taks comrade taks... just because.
Blank Posted November 16, 2006 Posted November 16, 2006 (edited) I don't know if anyone has suggested this, but if you wonder about your computer meeting the game's requirements, I suggest: http://www.systemrequirementslab.com Edited November 16, 2006 by Blank
Sammael Posted November 16, 2006 Author Posted November 16, 2006 My new rig is here, and I am now in pursuit of NWN2. There are no doors in Jefferson that are "special game locked" doors. There are no characters in that game that you can kill that will result in the game ending prematurely.
taks Posted November 16, 2006 Posted November 16, 2006 i've got everything on "high" (high textures, linear mapping) with no shadows, no bloom, no water using 1024x768 @ 85 Hz and i'm getting up to 60 fps outdoors and around 20-30 indoors. it dips a bit when there are a lot of critters/NPCs running about. massive spell fights also dip, but not quite to slide-show mode. (i've got a vanilla 128 MB 6800 with the extra pipes turned on). good luck on your adventure sammael. i'm envious of your new system. looking at what it will take for me to do the same came up to around $1500 for a mid-level system. ugh. taks comrade taks... just because.
Sammael Posted November 17, 2006 Author Posted November 17, 2006 $1500 is about how much this system cost me with VAT (18%... UGH). Plus another $250 for mouse (MX Revolution) and keyboard (G15). And it pains me to admit that it's still considered a mid-level system. There are no doors in Jefferson that are "special game locked" doors. There are no characters in that game that you can kill that will result in the game ending prematurely.
astr0creep Posted November 18, 2006 Posted November 18, 2006 Well, I can run it! systemrequirementslabs.com says only my CPU is below minimum reqs so I borrowed a copy, installed and patched it and it runs. Slowly. I have the character shadows on medium and in the advenced tab all the windows in which you have 3 otions including "Point" are set to the middle option. Everything else is at minimum with resolution at 800x600. So I'll lower some settings and see what happens... http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
metadigital Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 It doesn't recognise my CPU, either, and says it fails. That's because I have a Pentium M, which was never sold cheap enough to become mainstream. But it is quite adequate to play NwN2. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
astr0creep Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 It doesn't recognise my CPU, either, and says it fails. That's because I have a Pentium M, which was never sold cheap enough to become mainstream. But it is quite adequate to play NwN2. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have a P4 1.8... http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
Deraldin Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 It doesn't recognise my CPU, either, and says it fails. That's because I have a Pentium M, which was never sold cheap enough to become mainstream. But it is quite adequate to play NwN2. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have a P4 1.8... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You are .1 ahead of me. 400FSB motherboard sucks. I can't upgrade anything on it except the graphics card.
astr0creep Posted November 20, 2006 Posted November 20, 2006 (edited) It doesn't recognise my CPU, either, and says it fails. That's because I have a Pentium M, which was never sold cheap enough to become mainstream. But it is quite adequate to play NwN2. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have a P4 1.8... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You are .1 ahead of me. 400FSB motherboard sucks. I can't upgrade anything on it except the graphics card. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Without changing my MB I can still upgrade up to P4 2.4(s478) and to 1GB of RAM, of which I have half now. I think I'll start by adding RAM, see what that does. I just want an increase in FPS, I don't mind the horrible graphics for now. Edited November 20, 2006 by astr0creep http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
Deraldin Posted November 20, 2006 Posted November 20, 2006 Without changing my MB I can still upgrade up to P4 2.4(s478) and to 1GB of RAM, of which I have half now. I think I'll start by adding RAM, see what that does. I just want an increase in FPS, I don't mind the horrible graphics for now. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There used to be 2.4GHz P4's with a 400FSB that would overclock real well, but unfortunately for me I haven't seen any in at least 2 years now. I've got the two memory slots. Both are being used right now although one has a 256 while the other is a 512. I could bump that up, but considering the rest of the computer I don't really see much point in it right now.
astr0creep Posted November 20, 2006 Posted November 20, 2006 I won't overclock. Ever. http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
metadigital Posted November 23, 2006 Posted November 23, 2006 It doesn't recognise my CPU, either, and says it fails. That's because I have a Pentium M, which was never sold cheap enough to become mainstream. But it is quite adequate to play NwN2. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have a P4 1.8... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The Pentium M is quite competitive with the AMD chips, and definitely much better than the burst architecture of the pre-Core 2 Duo Intel CPUs. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
astr0creep Posted November 24, 2006 Posted November 24, 2006 It doesn't recognise my CPU, either, and says it fails. That's because I have a Pentium M, which was never sold cheap enough to become mainstream. But it is quite adequate to play NwN2. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have a P4 1.8... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The Pentium M is quite competitive with the AMD chips, and definitely much better than the burst architecture of the pre-Core 2 Duo Intel CPUs. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I understand everything you just said. Oh yes. I do. Honest. http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
angshuman Posted November 24, 2006 Posted November 24, 2006 I'll summarize... Intel Core 2 = Good Intel Pentium M = Good AMD Athlon64 = Good Intel Pentium 4 = Bad Intel Pentium D = Bad
astr0creep Posted November 24, 2006 Posted November 24, 2006 I'll summarize... Intel Core 2 = Good Intel Pentium M = Good AMD Athlon64 = Good Intel Pentium 4 = Bad Intel Pentium D = Bad <{POST_SNAPBACK}> P4 is bad? I thought it was more like average. Where does a Celeron stand? Worst? http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
Deraldin Posted November 24, 2006 Posted November 24, 2006 I'll summarize... Intel Core 2 = Good Intel Pentium M = Good AMD Athlon64 = Good Intel Pentium 4 = Bad Intel Pentium D = Bad <{POST_SNAPBACK}> P4 is bad? I thought it was more like average. Where does a Celeron stand? Worst? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Celerons don't deserve to be on the same list. *kicks old computer* <_<
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