Pyro - Performance Survey?

[FT_Animal]

I thought I read a post *somewhere* where you had asked for stats on memory or FPS or something.

I don't remember where it is and probably won't take time to look . But I don't think I'll be playing AH2 anytime soon.

FPS on my end is unplayable. The highest I can get is 11, in the air. So it looks like an upgrade is due on my end, so far. Average is 7 fps.   :-(

System:
PIII 450
256mb Mem
Western Digital 40 GB HDD
Geforce MX 420 64 (pure junk, my worse purchase to date)
DSL Connection
Windows XP Pro.

[_Schadenfreude_]

Geez I've never seen the specs of a steam driven computer before!!

[ergRTC]

no kidding.  I think my mac classic could beat that thing.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

I've flown worse. I was flying with a K6-III 550+. Was not getting more than 20 FPS in AH, it died before AHII beta came out.

On the bright side, my new rig was affordable and is fast, never drops under 75FPS even in AHII. Cost me a total of about $700.

[FT_Animal]

Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
Geez I've never seen the specs of a steam driven computer before!!

It's not the size of the tool, it's how you use it.

AH2 and Lock On are the only games it won't run well. 27-48 FPS in Ah1, since a VCR is like 24 fps I'm right in there. You'll upgrade your PC 2 times before I will upgrade mine once. ;-) 5 years on a 450, I think I got my money's worth. The next upgrade will last another 5 years, and you will have upgraded twice again.

BTW, my wallet's empty, if you'd like to fill it up I'll go upgrade right now. ;-)

[FT_Animal]

Just jabbin ya ...

What's holding me up is finding a MB that will handle a Raidon to it's fullest. My bro-in-law just upgraded with the same card and it's not compatible with the MB. So he's hot shopping for a new MB. I'm kinda watcing what happens on his end before making the same mistake. But the Raidon is my main target, and streamline signal (less machine latency) is my theory. Package machines are usually full of bottlenecks IMO.

Anyway it's good for them to know what the true "Minimum Requirements" are.

The bottleneck on my machine is the vid card, I didn't research it properly, a hasty buy. Otherwise this machine spits nails. But, it is ready for gaming retirement.

[_Schadenfreude_]

Originally posted by FT_Animal
It's not the size of the tool, it's how you use it.

AH2 and Lock On are the only games it won't run well. 27-48 FPS in Ah1, since a VCR is like 24 fps I'm right in there. You'll upgrade your PC 2 times before I will upgrade mine once. ;-) 5 years on a 450, I think I got my money's worth. The next upgrade will last another 5 years, and you will have upgraded twice again.

BTW, my wallet's empty, if you'd like to fill it up I'll go upgrade right now. ;-)

$60 a month or 1.5 hours minimum wage each week will get you a decent Dell - personally I upgrade every two years (video card & memory) and buy a new system every four.

If all you use a puter for is to play AH1 a 450 might be ok - but if you want to use it for anything else it would be a struggle.

[ergRTC]

no kidding.  You can get ghz chips with a motherboard for under 100 dollars.  I always just buy off the back end of the bleeding edge (you know, right when the 700 dollar chip drops to 200 dollars).  Personal taste I guess.  I am now just waiting for a decent video card to show up.  My gf3 is coughing too much at ah2. Getting a minimum of 30 and a max of 70 fps.  I prefer a steady 70.

fyi your vcr fps is not comparible to a games fps.  The frame in most games do not include 'motion blur' causing your brain to detect frames up to around 60 fps.

[Pyro]

We're looking at a min processor around 800-900 mhz.  It's difficult to say because so much of that depends on the video card.  But I don't think a 450 will be able to cut it regardless of video card.

[Nath[BDP]]

800mhz?  Tell them to go back to Zimbabwe.