Hi everyone, I am new to Aces High II and haven’t been gaming a whole lot until recently. So far, I really like this game, and see a long future of me doing my best to master it. My problem right now is that I am playing it on my laptop for school, and I know I am missing out on a lot of eye-candy.
I am going to be putting my own system together in the next month or so, but as I have been shopping around for parts I see that there are a lot more choices than there used to be, and I don’t recognize many of the brands, so I hardly know where to begin. I haven’t put a system together in about 10 years, and I remember how much money goes wasted when you don’t do your homework first.
I wanted to start a thread to get some input from those who are knowledgeable and experienced with gaming hardware, as well as with this game specifically. I see that there are already hundreds of threads about hardware, and I plan on going through all of the relevant ones to get as much info as I can on my own, but in the mean time I wanted to get a thread started for my build. I also want to try and make this thread useful to anyone else in my situation.
Basically, my objective is to be able to max out the graphics and get exceptional frame rates in AHII, and that’s pretty much it. The system I build will probably be 100% dedicated to AHII, so anything that isn’t absolutely essential to running this game, I think I will go with cheaper/lower-end parts. However, crucial parts like processor and graphics card, I want to get what ever is optimal for this game, without cutting any corners. But again, I don’t want to go and spend double on a part that won’t provide a noticeable benefit in AHII. I don’t need, and can’t afford, any type of over-kill. I will also be using a headset, no speakers at all. And I am about to order the TrackIR, if that means anything.
I would really appreciate it if people could post up their recommended build’s parts-lists. If you have built a system recently tell us what you used, and how it is working out. If I see that 90% of people recommend a certain part, then that will be a huge help for me, and anyone else too.
Thanks in advance for all of your help. As I read though all of the previous posts in this topic, I am going to be taking down notes and getting a general idea of what I need. Later I will post up my proposed system and ask for feedback.