Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: mason22 on January 28, 2003, 02:22:54 PM
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too early yet?
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We're developing using something like a P900 / GEForce 2 as our benchmark system. So requirements will go up, but we're not yet ready to say what the minimum will actually be.
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Pyro,.. I might augment that a bit. The video card is a GF2 Ultra.
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Originally posted by Oedipus
I wonder if I plug my PIII600 into 220vac will it overclock to 1.2GHZ? ;)
Thank you for the timely heads up as I have a couple of qtrs to do a decent upgrade. I'm looking forward to testing and helping in a beta.
Oed
Yeah, but you'll need to fill it up with water first to make sure it doesn't overheat.
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i hope they dont drop the origional AH then....or im sunk...my sheety p2 266 wont run it then...and ive been wanting a new pc for years...and so far...no gots
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What is a "P900"? Is that a Pentium 3?
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Originally posted by Mickey1992
What is a "P900"? Is that a Pentium 3?
Yes...a Pentium III 900MHz.
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Originally posted by Pyro
We're developing using something like a P900 / GEForce 2 as our benchmark system. So requirements will go up, but we're not yet ready to say what the minimum will actually be.
Pyro, I'd like to suggest an idea that kind of harks back to the days of early Warbirds. Back then the default artwork was 640X480 but you had the option to download to download the high res (1024X768) cockpit art. I've seen some of the high res skins players have done for Warbirds III and it gave me a thought. I know you have to keep the amount of polys down so that frame rates are acceptable for the median machine of your player base, but how about some Hi Res art packs for those that have the higher end machines. These would be an optional download for those who want the extra eye candy.
I know that would involve extra work for the artwork folks but I know I for one would really like AHII to have beautiful new art work to go with all the new features.
Thanks for listening
Sharky
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We actually had a separate hi-res pack for AH back in the early versions, but eventually dropped support for low-res and made the hi-res the default.
With AH2, we're looking to do something similar to that but in the software. We ship one set of high-res textures to everybody, and then step it down in the software if it exceeds the capabilities of your video card. That's one of our options if needed.
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Originally posted by Pyro
With AH2, we're looking to do something similar to that but in the software. We ship one set of high-res textures to everybody, and then step it down in the software if it exceeds the capabilities of your video card. That's one of our options if needed.
have you thought about running on of those login surveys to find out what cpu most people are running?
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Originally posted by Shane
have you thought about running on of those login surveys to find out what cpu most people are running?
Oh now this is a good idea. Grab the specs of peoples machines. Now this may not be good if the average is lower than 900 but if that average is above then it may give yall some breathing room.
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dude! a p266? Man, 2 months isp costs could buy you a better computer thant that. Go get yourself a 1.4ghz amd, 128megs, and motherboard for 160. (accessmicro.com)
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told ya it was sheety.....SHEETY SHEETY PC