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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Dowding on December 10, 2000, 01:06:00 PM
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Here's my bid:
P166
8mb Voodoo 2 Card
64 Mb RAM
FPS:
300 yrds from a plane/dogfighting = 6-7 FPS
Landing = 6 FPS
Normal Flying around = 13 FPS
Close to a buff = 3-4 FPS
Smoke = I avoid it at all costs!
PS. the CPU is MMX, which of course makes all the difference. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
Anyone regularly play AH on a worse machine?
[This message has been edited by Dowding (edited 12-10-2000).]
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WOW
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I had a brief stint on my brother's computer when I was there for Thanksgiving. That was 32M ram, though it was a celeron 500, the graphics card was a generic 4meg onboard. I couldn't even read the text, icons or chat, and talk about spray and pray... (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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(http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) I briefly though of saying I manage to fly using a Tandy TSR-80... but .... a Pent 166? Yikes!
-Westy
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how the hell did you tweak 13 fps outta that thing?
Btw you win.
My old Cyrix 233 w/32 MB Ram and a 4MB Monster 3D got about the same.
- Jig
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Ouch. Now... HTC says the minimum system requirement is a 233...?
Mine's a 350... I get about 20 fps with it (on a clear day) and that is just enough for me. I'm getting greedy for a better one soon (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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I think Dowding should get an award for this.
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Dowding,
Wow! Since I had P166 how many cpu's, video cards, sound cards, cdroms, ram, operating systems, speakers, subwoofers, joysticks, throttles, rudders, microphones, hardrives, modems, ISP providers, baud rates, DSL, motherboards, floppy drives, cases, zip drives, printers, scanners, fans, and how much money have I spent? What is depressing is how much more I am likely to spend.
Think how much you have saved.
Big Mac
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Sometimes, I even get 20 FPS - but only if I'm at 25k, looking straight up at the sky. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif) Dogifighting is really hard; it's like there's a really bad internet lag. It's a good job my connex is pretty good, else I'd be screwed.
I was in the Afrika campaign, and the frame rates there are even worse - I couldn't dogfight at all.
And to think it was cutting edge in 1997. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
But I'm upgrading soon (or rather building a machine from scratch), with a budget of about £1600. Should be able to get an Athlon 1.2 GHz and a Prophet II card with that. Should take a couple of months to get everything together. Or I might wait a bit longer until the P4 is out.
Whatever I buy, it's bound to be out of date within 6 months. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)
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Heyas Dowding!
Please...let me know where you are while online so we can fight (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
Cyas Up!
Ice
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lol Ice (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
I fly knights under the handle 'Koba'. I fly the La-5 or tiffie mainly. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Just look for the plane that's gets on your six, but just can't seem to make a kill. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
[This message has been edited by Dowding (edited 12-11-2000).]
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LOL Westy and Ice! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
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wohoooooo! I dont have the worst machine (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
p2-266
64 ram
12 mb voodoo 2 card
85 mb free hard drive (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
the rest is ful of films and mp3's (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
some day I will have a better one ,maybe at 3.0 AH when we have some jeeps (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
[This message has been edited by terracota (edited 12-11-2000).]
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Terra I got you beat!
P-200
32 megs RAM
16meg Banshee vid card
3.2 gig HD
512k cache
That cache and vid card is the only reason I'm playing still!
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"For yay did the sky darken, and split open and spew forth fire, and
through the smoke rode the Four Wurgers of the Apocalypse.
And on their canopies was tattooed the number of the Beast, and the
number was 190." Jedi, Verse Five, Capter Two, The Book of Dweeb
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damn I will have to get back my 133 mhz to fly and this way I will be the winner (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
the crapiest pc player of that community
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wow dowding your setup sux for a smart guy (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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Dowd,
er.......a phrase springs to mind.
"Bloody Hellfire!"
Mate as soon as you get a new PC we start your squadron stats from scratch.......
Swoop
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Originally posted by Dowding:
But I'm upgrading soon (or rather building a machine from scratch), with a budget of about £1600.
We should have a government program to upgrade every AH pilot every six months or delegalize any CPU faster then Dowdings. After all it is utterly unfair. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
P.S. Note the smilie Dowding.
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I declare myself winner of the Crappiest AH Playing PC Compo. Now I've just got to work on the my entry for the Crappiest AH Player Compo, and I will be King! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
Thx Swoop. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) Good news is that my brother's PIII 550 PC is winging its way back to my house (he's back from uni). I'll have no excuse for crap stats then. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Mietla - I'm glad you've embraced socialism, I really thought there was no hope for ya. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
PS. Note the smiley (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif). Hehehe...
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Just updated my P2 450MHz ---> AMD Duron650 MHZ (Overclocked 800 MHz (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)) 256 Mb memory and Voodoo 3 3000 ( 16Mb , 16 bit) AGP ( that Voodoo was leftover from P2). Got 40-30 frames/ sec and smoke send the machine on its knees... (12- 15 fps) . Now FR about 60 - 40.. and still smoke knocks it down to 15- 20 depending from the number of smokes. Not very optimized I think... Just tested Mechwarrior 4 demo.. Looked a BIT better than AH and ran more smoothly.. so I think there could be some slack in graphics optimization.. Dunno really i`m not a programmer but still..
So I won`t win the contest but what the heck , only taking part counts.. ( had to brag a little bout this new comp..took all my savings again)
LLv34 Jarsci
[This message has been edited by LLv34 Jarsci (edited 12-12-2000).]
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Jarski its not your cpu its probably the card.
I have voodoo3 with 900mhz athlon T-bird 128mb ram and fog/smoke effects hit frame rate bad.
V3 is showing its age (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
hazed
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Flakbait , that banshee card is one good card, i still have one in a computer around here, that bugger is cheap but gives fantastic frame rates.
NUTTZ
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Does P133 from a year back count in?
P133, 48mb, voodoo I 4mb, CL5428, SB16.. thats with what I played AH's early betas till mid-november (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
(well, thats a year and month when it got replaced)
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If the competition had been running back then, you would have been winner. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
But the competition is for those regularly playing AH now with a sh*t computer. Don't worry, when I get a new computer, I'll be handing the crown to the next poor b*stard. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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Dow..
I had the same setup.. same vid card
etc..
averaged about 8fps
Unitl two weeks ago!
hehe.. now I have a monster and get
between 50-120fps.
The problem is that I have to readjust
to flying... lol
Hats off to ya.
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I'm kinda embarrassed, but here goes:
The system I am currently using, an Intel PIII 733 (oc'd to 803 @145FSB) with 128 meg of 133mhz RAM, 10gig hard-drive, AGP-V7700 GeForce 2 GTS Deluxe 32 meg videocard, 19" (18" viewable) .26mm dot pitch non-interlaced EV900 monitor, CreativeLabs SB PCI-128 soundcard w/Altec Lansing ACS41 speakers connected to FRONT LINEOUT and BOSE book shelf speakers connected through a 200w Pioneer amp on the BACK LINEOUT, Actiontek 33.3 modem, Saitek X-36 USB joystick and USB CH Pro rudder pedals, 25x CDR-W side-by-side with a 50x cdrom, HP Scanjet 5p scanner, and a Epson Stylus 800 printer.
Looks like it's Time to Upgrade again!!!
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Dow I had ya beat for a bit a few months back. My p2450 got hit in a storm and it was down for several weeks while I waited on new stuff from the insurance company.
I got the itch sooo bad to play I installed it on my p133(non mmx) with 24mb mem and 2 voodoo2 cards. 5 fps tops.
I was surprised it even ran! I had a blast tooling around like that.
Wouldn't trade back down from this tbird 800mhz tho!
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S!
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