Building/Upgrading a PC for TS2
veilchen:
Well you see, that's just it. My dead computer had only 782 RAM, a very old, 9 year old powersupply, and an ATI radeon 9700 video card with 256 RAM. However, it played Oblivion - and its EP's more or less alright. I had it on medium setting, but my Stealth fighter/mage had no problems. She kicked serious butt with her destruction/marksman/sneak skills.
So okay, it crashed a few times. Well ok it crashed everytime when I tried to load a different save in-game, but still. But if it plays NWN2, then I don't have to re-write my wish list, yay.
neriana:
Well, my computer kicks Oblivion's ass, but it sometimes lags with TS2. Only on lots with tons of Sims, though. I actually have a problem with it running NWN2 too fast :P. (Anyone know of a mod for NWN2 that slows camera rotation down, by the way?) My specs for reference are:
AMD X2 Gamer SLI
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+, MMX (2CPUs)
2 Gigs RAM
NVidia GeForce 7900 GT/GTO video cards (2 of these)
It was about $2000, built for me by a local guy last year. He was all excited because it outperformed his friend's brand-new $10,000 Dell ;D
NVidia and ATI cards both have driver issues with certain games. ATI was awful with KotOR, for instance. Also, you'll get more computer for less money in a desktop. I agree with putting money into the CPU and motherboard and save it on the video cards, since those are much easier to upgrade.
Zazazu:
Quote from: jolrei on 2007 November 05, 23:05:08
Quote from: Zazazu on 2007 November 05, 22:22:36
Try it as an mystic archer. (Custom class, marksman/destructive mage). As a swordsman it's not bad, you mainly position yourself in some approximation of where the enemy is and click a lot. Aiming during stuttering sucks.
Dear sweet Christ! What sort of specs do you need to run it smoothly? Not an Oblivion player myself, but I didn't think dual core 3Gig and 1-2Gig of RAM was that far behind the times. It's fine for anything I've thrown at it. Shows what I know about the current game options, I guess.
I'm exercising my inner OCD child with TS2 anyway, so I'm not in the market for new shinies - the implied resource needs you describe for this just surprise me. I'll just bask in my ignorance of how far behind I actually am.
I kind of think it's more that Oblivion didn't get along well with the x600 card newer drivers, because I don't remember it being so bitchy before. I was getting 14-20 FPS with my now-old setup. Now, 3 hours of installing later (Dell really knows how to nest things) I'm getting 52-63 FPS on high settings in Oblivion with the 4gigs RAM and x1950Pro card. Off to play Sims!
veilchen:
Yeah, I know, Neriana. For the $1000+ I'm shelling out for the laptop I could get a much better desktop.
The problem is that I'm not going to be here much longer, and shipping a PC over would be too much trouble. There's laws to consider, and the safety of the unit, and the high shipping cost.
A laptop I can bring on the plane, and I have the added bonus of being able to play on the flight over. It's a long flight, let me tell you. Last time I went over to visit, it took us 15 hours to get from here, to Charlotte, to the UK, to Frankfurt. I'm so very impatient, and that was an ordeal for me.
I hate that I have to buy one at any rate, but I can't make it through school without one, not easily, and the program is tough enough without me adding difficulties. Argh!
neriana:
True, laptops are a lot more convenient. Finding one for a reasonable price that will play Sims 2 well shouldn't be too hard; I think Oblivion is where the problem lies. But that could be an opportunity to play some old games you never got a chance to try out before as well. ;)
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