Curse

βlitzkrieg · Apr 09, 2005, 02:38 AM // 02:38

I'll be playing on:

AMD 64 3700+
DFI LanParty nF3 250gb UT
1Gb DDR400
RX800XT VIVO Platinum
120GB 7200RPM HDD

Didymus C. Corax · Apr 09, 2005, 03:06 AM // 03:06

two machines:

Primary:
AMD XP 3200+ (OC @ 2.8GHz) CPU
MSI KT6 Delta MOBO
512 MB Kingston Value RAM *EDIT* Added another stick...1Gig!!!
MSI nVidia fx 5600 video adapter<-----this is no more...donated to a buddy
x2 80g SATA Seagate Barracuda RAID 0
switching to 1 gig RAM and a 6600GT card this weekend...woohoo.
*EDIT* "switched to the new card!!! OMG! ...was blind and now can see...

Secondary:
Intel P4 2.8 GHz
Toshiba built sys (mobo, ummm...dunno)
512 RAM
ATI 9000 mobility video adapter
40g HD
braand new!

Lansing Kai Don · Apr 09, 2005, 04:53 AM // 04:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by SSE4

Oh I think mine was based solely on desktop processors in comparison to others. It's always difficult to tell with those benchmarks and whatnot. That P4 looks like a Willamette, but that's just a guess. I use a 9800 Pro in my 3.0GHz Prescott. You'll have to keep me posted on the computer, it'd be interesting to find out what makes it score so high, because that just seems weird.

I don't understand it either. It actually scored a 2100 3dMark's, this new system scored 2036 (I'm being completely honest here). But then again the first test was done on 2003, and the last on 2005 (was there a different algorithm used?). And it was a Williamette I believe. I'll post my progress, the RAM should be in Monday.

Lansing Kai Don

Unforgiven · Apr 09, 2005, 07:41 AM // 07:41

I wrote this while I was half asleep so dont expect no errors
I have a pentium 3, 863Mhz processor with 384 mb of ram and a geforce 4 with mmx 8, 64mb of ram graphics card(dont feel like remembering full name). I was just wondering if Guild Wars will run half way decent in which situations. The game seems different I mean I used to play ragnarok and it would lag because of all the people so I'm wondering if someone could give me an idea as to how the game will run on my system.

Elythe · Apr 09, 2005, 08:15 AM // 08:15

Hee hee, the new machine. Forgive any mistakes as it is quite late...

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
BFG Geforce 6800 OC
1 Gig of DDR PC 3200 400mhz RAM
Good ol' 500 watt power supply to keep it running
5 fans to keep it cooled
160 Gig Hard Drive
DVD-R and CD-RW whose particular speeds I forget at the moment
Temperature monitors on the CPU and Harddrive
I forget the exact make of the motherboard, but it's nForce3 250GB with a built in hardware firewall

I can play UT2k4 at full tilt with all of the settings up and no stuttering whatsoever. I'm in heaven

Droniac · Apr 09, 2005, 10:11 AM // 10:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lansing Kai Don

I don't understand it either. It actually scored a 2100 3dMark's, this new system scored 2036 (I'm being completely honest here). But then again the first test was done on 2003, and the last on 2005 (was there a different algorithm used?). And it was a Williamette I believe. I'll post my progress, the RAM should be in Monday.

Lansing Kai Don

2005 gives significantly lower scores than 2003.
You should test both in the same version of 3D Mark ;p

Diabolus · Apr 09, 2005, 10:42 AM // 10:42

OS: Windows XP Professional SP2
Processor: AMD Athlon XP 3000+
Motherboard: Asus A7N8X Deluxe
RAM: 1GB DDR
Graphics: nVidia Geforce FX 5600 256MB
HDDs: 200GB SATA Seagate Barracuda, 160GB IDE Hitachi, 30GB IDE Western Digital
Disc Drives: DVD 48X-Read, DVD-RW 40X-Read 24X-Write (16X-DVD Write)
4 Fans

I want to get a 64bit AMD but I need to update my motherboard for that... and that'll be another year before I can do that

the xp 3000+ has done me well though!

wwwgeek7 · Apr 09, 2005, 02:43 PM // 14:43

Intel P4 Prescott 3EGHz HT, 800MHz FSB, 1MB Cache
Intel Desktop Board D865GBF
GeIL 1GB DDR400 PC3200 Dual Channel RAM
Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9600 AGP 8X 256MB DDR
SoundMAX Onboard Audio
120GB Western Digital Hard Drive
ZBoard Gaming Keyboard
Logitech Optical Mouse
Windows XP Professional SP2

Just got the graphics card. Was using the onboard Intel Extreme Graphics II, but the game started crashing last BWE with graphics errors. It worked fine for the January and February BWE's. Wanted a new graphics card anyway, though.

Luggage · Apr 09, 2005, 11:41 PM // 23:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Droniac

2005 gives significantly lower scores than 2003.
You should test both in the same version of 3D Mark ;p

Quoted for truth - it's like comparing Quake 1 and Quake 3.
3DMark 2001 and 3DMark 2005 are definatly not the same program and the scores are not comparable. Run them both on both rigs and compare...

rig
AMD64 2800+ [zalman alcu 7000 with smart-fan 700-1800rpm]
ASUS K8V se Deluxe
512MB Kingston Ram (waiting for another stick)
ATI Radeon 9800 pro [artic cooler VGA cooler rev. 3 on low]
Seagate Baracuda IV 60GB (suspended, want to replace with 250+GB DM10)
Samsung Spinpoint 80GB (suspended, want to replace with 74GB Raptor)
Antec 3700 AMB [no fan grills, stock 120mm fan @ 5V]
21" Eizo CRT & 17" Nokia CRT

Lansing Kai Don · Apr 10, 2005, 03:41 AM // 03:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unforgiven

I wrote this while I was half asleep so dont expect no errors
I have a pentium 3, 863Mhz processor with 384 mb of ram and a geforce 4 with mmx 8, 64mb of ram graphics card(dont feel like remembering full name). I was just wondering if Guild Wars will run half way decent in which situations. The game seems different I mean I used to play ragnarok and it would lag because of all the people so I'm wondering if someone could give me an idea as to how the game will run on my system.

It will run, I just can't tell you how well. I believe if you keep the settings low, you should be alright. And thanks guys for the info on 3dMark, I will download the 05 on the other PC and run it and let you know of the results. I'm in college, so I kinda live wherever I fall asleep. It may be a bit before I have access to the other computer. Girlfriend is using it, Dad's using another, I've got my laptop, server station at home and the PC I just built at my grandparents. Their all in different locations (that ways wherever I go I always have the purr of a computer to fall asleep to

).

Lansing Kai Don

Unforgiven · Apr 11, 2005, 07:19 PM // 19:19

It's no doubt I'm going to be running game at lowest settings plus for my birthday I'm asking for upgrade to 512mb of ram thats the max mine can hold and this summer getting a job to get a good computer this one is 5 years old or so.

Rizzen Khalazar · Apr 11, 2005, 09:48 PM // 21:48

I just ordered this :

http://www.alienware.com/product_det...de=SKU-DEFAULT

With different options af course

Inde · Apr 12, 2005, 12:51 PM // 12:51

MMmm..

Processor: Athlon64 3400
RAM: 1 GB DDR 400
Video: GeForce 6800 128mb
HDD: WD 72 GB Raptor, 15k RPM
Sound: SB Audigy
Monitor: 21.3" Samsung 213t [LCD] (I wish GW somehow used dual monitors

)
Internet: ADSL 7 meg down/1.5 meg up

Roken · Apr 12, 2005, 06:52 PM // 18:52

Sadly, Im on a dell with a few updrades. (** Did not come with PC)

Dell Dimension 2400 Mobo (No AGP slot... Grrr)
Intel Pent 4 2.66 GHz
**768 MBs of RAM (Added 512 MBs )
**nVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

After adding a 512 stick and that video card, there was a enormous diffrence in playing UT2004 online with dial-up. I went from not being able to move, shoot, or even spectate without lag, to being able to do everything on UT2004 online. I do lag when I shoot a little, though. Even when I play online, I can use medium - max setting on most servers.
I went from "your PC might slid through the cracks on the specs", to "Your PC will run GW fine". A little bit of RAM and a video card can go a long way.

Tyil Thunder Arrow · Apr 12, 2005, 07:34 PM // 19:34

just finish my internal upgrade

p4 prescott 3.0gig with HT, 800MHz FSB, 1MB Cache
intel 865 chip set
1 gig ddr 400 dual layer ram
nvidia 6800 128mb
5.1 dolby surround

running on 2.5mps cable

Genosha · Apr 13, 2005, 06:43 AM // 06:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roken

Dell Dimension 2400 Mobo (No AGP slot... Grrr)

Okay maybe I missed something? NO AGP? Is it old or just lacking?

Zyraki · Apr 13, 2005, 12:48 PM // 12:48

Case & Mobo: Shuttle SN25P (Socket 939), nForce 4.
Processor: AMD Athlon 64, 4000, Clawhammer.
RAM: 2Gb (2x1024Mb) GeIL PC3200.
GPU: ATI Radeon X850XT PE, 256Mb DDR3, PCI-E.
HDD: Western Digital Raptor, 74Gb, 10k-RPM, 8Mb Cache, SATA.
DVD: Pioneer DVR-109, 16x16, DVD+/-RW, Dual Layer.
Keyboard: ZBoard Gaming Keyboard.
Mouse: Logitech MX-1000.

Ellestar · Apr 13, 2005, 03:30 PM // 15:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inde

Monitor: 21.3" Samsung 213t [LCD] (I wish GW somehow used dual monitors

)

LCD monitor with PVA matrix and declared responce time 25 ms? That means that responce time for a pixels with 50% brightness is no less than 50 ms for this kind of matrix and it's 100 ms+ for 25% brightness.
I'll never believe that someone can play games on that monitor.

Roken · Apr 13, 2005, 04:32 PM // 16:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Genosha

Okay maybe I missed something? NO AGP? Is it old or just lacking?

Sadly, the computer is not old. It just didn't come with one

. Ironicly, Im glad my computer isnt out of date

devilgeek · Apr 13, 2005, 05:38 PM // 17:38

[B]IAM NEW HERE! DON'T WANNA SHOW OFF! BUT CONSIDERING THAT LOT'S OF PEOPLE HERE HAS GOT SOME 'BEASTS'...I WILL ITEMISE MY MACHINES.

I have Always built my own computers for the past 8 years,they never break down!

Nothin special as I always look for reliability/stability & of course: Value!

My MAIN PC SPEC RUNNING XP PRO IS:

DRAGON MIDI TOWER CASE ( CHEAP BUT SPACIOUS W' LCD TEMP PANEL)
-Q-TEC GOLD 550W PSU
-AMD Athlon XP-A, 2166 MHz (13 x 167) 3000+
-THERMALTAKE CPU QUIET FAN UPTO 3600
-Gigabyte GA-7VT600P-RZ(C) (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio)
Chipset : VIA VT8377 Apollo KT600
-1024 MB SAMSUNG DDR DUAL CHANNEL
-ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 256MB DDR AGP GRAPHICS CARD W/BREAKOUT CABLE FOR VIDEO EDITING ETC

-NEC 17 INCH FLAT SCREEN BLACK (2 YRS OLD BUT WORKING GREAT)

-2 X 120GB Hitachi Hard Drives 8MB Buffer
-16X DVD ROM TOSHIBA SD-M1802
-HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B 16x Dual Layer DVD BURNER
-FLOPPY DISK
-2 PORT FIREWIRE PCI CARD

-SOUNDBLASTER LIVE 5.1 PCI CARD CONNECTED TO MY 5.1 CINEMA THEATRE SPEAKERS W/AMPLIFIER & SUBWOOFER.

-DELL BLACK USB KEYBOARD ( GOT IT FREE FROM CUSTOMER)
-MICROSOFT OPTICAL MOUSE
-FELLOWES JELLY BLUE MOUSE MAD .
- D-LINK WIRELESS DSL-G604T 54Mbs ADSL/ROUTER
- UPS *APC* BACK-UPS 500
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MY WORK/SERVER MACHINE RUNNING 2000 PRO
PIII DUAL MOTHERBOARD RIO3000- SDVIA
FUJITSU MYRICA RESCUED TOWER CASE
400W PSU
2 x PIII 1GHZ COPPERMINE CPU'S
1024 ECC SDRAM PC133MHZ MEMORY
NVIDIA QUADRO PRO 64MB DDR/DVI/ANALOGUE
2X 80GB HITACHI 8MB BUFFER IDE
16X DVD ROM TOSHIBA SD-M1802
MITSUMI CDRW 24X W/16MB BUFFER (YES,BOUGHT IT 3 YRS AGO THE SPECIAL VERSION W/16MB BUFFER BURN PROOF)
SOUNDBLASTER 5.1 LIVE SOUND CARD
BELKIN 10/100 NIC
NEC 15 INCH FLAT SCREEN BLACK (2 YRS OLD BUT WORKING GREAT)
LOGITEC ITOUCH KEYBOARD
LOGITEC OPTICAL MOUSE
D-LINK WIRELESS PCI 54MBS
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TO FINISH:
HP LAPTOP RUNNING XP PRO
1.8GHZ CELERON
15'' TFT
512MB DDR PC 2100
30GB HDD
COMBO DRIVE (DVD 8X /CDRW 24x ETC)
D-LINK 54MBS PCMCIA WIRELESS CARD
ATI INTEGRATED GRAPHICS
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THE MAIN PCS WERE BUILT WITH A FEW OLDER BITS AND NEWER UPGRADES!
and I can play most games w/ no problem as I tweak software

NOT BAD FOR A 'CHEAPSKATE' LIKE ME ! I am also a COMPTIA PC Engineer & MCSE qualified!