The Furious Angels
FA Discussion => Non-VR Games => Topic started by: JP on September 07, 2011, 02:58:46 pm
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I've been having conversations with various people from work and other gaming buddies and the big concern alot of them are having is whether their PC can handle TOR. So i'm trying to get an idea of what specs everyone who's in the beta is running and how they think its performing. Info would be greatly appreciated.
My old specs - Q6600 quad 2.4ghz, 4gigs ram, Nvidia GT260, WD Raptor HD
Result - Almost unplayable on certain areas
New rig - i5-2500k, 16gigs PC1600 ram, AMD 6950, Crucial M4 128gig SSD,
Result - Zero slowdowns of any sort 60-90fps, even while live streaming 25fps+
only "lag" issues with game have been server latency related
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My current specs Q8200 2.33Ghz OC'd to 4ghz, 8gigs ram, Nvidia GTX570 runs every game currently on full settings with little slowdown (wish i was in beta) but if you only receive problems in certain areas that may not be your machine that is causing the problem as it may be down to server optimization on the beta build not allocating enough blades for high population areas ive been in a lot of betas that were like this but the problem was sorted out in open beta testing.
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Core i7 920, 6GB RAM, Radeon 6950 and it runs mostly ok. Any performance hits I think are due to the client still not being optimized and more than likely lots and lots of logging going on in the background.
There are many areas where it still lags to shit.
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I was contemplating a i7 but couldnt justify the expense for the small increase in performance as upgrading to an i7 would mean new ram new mobo and new cpu intstead i got 4gb more ram and a good gfx card
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i think Jp's point to this is that while in beta, he's been able to play on two completely different rigs. One about 4-5 years old (video card much newer though), which had lots of lag issues, and his new computer which experiences no issues in the same areas that used to be problematic.
So that points more to TOR really requiring the high-end specs to be played to full enjoyment. And we should maybe not count on lots of client optimization.
Correct me if i'm wrong here Jp.
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I think Jp's point to this is that while in beta, he's been able to play on two completely different rigs. One about 4-5 years old (video card much newer though), which had lots of lag issues, and his new computer which experiences no issues in the same areas that used to be problematic.
So that points more to TOR really requiring the high-end specs to be played to full enjoyment. And we should maybe not count on lots of client optimization.
Correct me if I'm wrong here Jp.
qft
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your multiple edits of your original post make me look kinda stupid now in retrospect. ha :D
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Core i7 2600K, ASUS Sabertooth X58, 16GB RAM, GTX 570 SLI, Kingston 64GB SSD, and overall it runs great. However, as Likwid stated, it can lag terribly in some areas.
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I have an M11xR2, so I'm hoping that SWTOR will run smoothly on medium settings at least *cross fingers*
So, that's a Core i7 U640, 8GB RAM and GeForce GT 335M
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I'm swapping out my 4gb 1600 OCZ AMD BE RAM for 8gb 1333 GSkill RAM. As sexy looking as the black edition ram is, i'm not able to utilize it like I thought I would, and they're not technically on the asus 790's QVL. I don't know that 8gb is necessary for swtor, but I'm always running enough crap to hold around 2.5-3gb usage (yes running 64bit). I don't like going over half my capacity :-)
I'm confident a mildly OC'd 5850 can handle the graphics on max, I'm only really worried about my processor (unlocked 555BE OC'd to 3.6x4) being a bottleneck.
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geez, you're worried about a quad 3.6? I hope that was a joke. :P
I'm running a core 2 duo 1.8 with an intel board and was running at max graphics just fine. :P
Gefore GTX 470 with 4 gb of ram to go with it, but still. It even said my processor was too slow to install it, initially. But I had no issues with load time or FPS.
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geez, you're worried about a quad 3.6? I hope that was a joke. :P
I'm running a core 2 duo 1.8 with an intel board and was running at max graphics just fine. :P
Gefore GTX 470 with 4 gb of ram to go with it, but still. It even said my processor was too slow to install it, initially. But I had no issues with load time or FPS.
Honestly I wasn't joking. Even if a system has great specs, the game itself may not be very optimized or coded efficiently (i.e. turning on shadows in darkfall). Back in the day I got a gaming laptop (http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/abs-mayhem-g3/4507-3121_7-31218746.html?tag=mncolBtm;rnav) specifically to play MxO and while it could run the game at max settings for pretty screenshots, it wasn't practical for anything else really. So when our next venture into SWTOR was confirmed I decided that even if I had to build a system on a tight budget (although I ended up building two!) I would try to aim for running the game at max settings in everyday use (I'm not above min/maxing for pvp). An example of this mentality was my choice of the 555 black edition processor, which I believe is unique in it's architecture (http://www.anandtech.com/show/2927) making it the most powerful processor I could get for my $100 cpu limit at the time.
along the same mentality, having a solid ISP plan to reduce lag and network throttling was a big priority. Coupled with living in a major metropolitan area (think apartment buildings all using the same comcast node), I pushed to get a nice fat symmetrical 25/25 FiOS connection. So far I've been very happy with the connection stability and lower observed latency (compared to comcast).
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my new laptop :D should be shipping next week!
Case(Battalion 101 W170HR 17.3" Full HD 1920x1080 Widescreen LED TFT laptop w/ HDMI Port, eSATA/USB Combo Port, Li-Ion Battery, Universal AC Power Adapter - Original Metallic Black)
Processor(Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM Mobile Processor (4x 2.20GHz/6MB L3 Cache))
Memory(8GB [4GB x 2] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM [Laptop Memory] - Corsair or Major Brand)
Video Card(NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 2GB GDDR3 3D Video [W170HR])
Primary Hard Drive(500 GB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Super Slim Laptop Hard Drive)
Optical Drive(8x Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + 16x CD-R/RW Combo Drive [W170HR])
Flash Media Reader / Writer(Built-in 9-in-1 Media Card Reader/Writer [Laptop])
Sound Card(3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard)
Network Card(Built-in 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN [Laptop])
Internal Wireless Network Adapter(Intel Advanced-N 6230 802.11 a/b/g/n 300Mbps Dual-Band Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Combo)
Operating System(Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) - 64-Bit)
USB Ports(Built-in 2x USB 2.0 Ports + 2x USB 3.0 Port [Laptop])
Carrying Case(Free Deluxe Carrying Case)
Headset(None)
Video Camera(Built-in 2.0 Mega Pixels Digital Web Video Camera)
Warranty(Standard Warranty Service - Standard One(1) Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support)
Rush Service(Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) - No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days)
Free Stuff([Free Game Download] - Just Cause 2 - Free with Purchase of NVIDIA Video Card)
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my new laptop :D should be shipping next week!
I think that's a solid system just based off the video card http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-555M.41933.0.html
The real question is whether SWTOR on max puts as much stress on the card as games like maxed out Crysis 2, BFBC2 or Risen do. I am willing to bet that it does not.
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Nice
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After my upgrade (I have the hardware already. Just need to install it.) I will have Intel Core i5 2500k 3.3 mhz, 8g RAM, 2 Geforce 560s in SLI. Hopefully this will be plenty to run the game well.
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I got sent a copy of Win7 for my birthday and my wife bought me a new monitor so I could stop using our TV to play on.
Which means more game time during the week for me!
Anyway, I am looking to upgrade my machine totally. I7 processor, MB, 16to32 gigs of ram, and a new video card. I am currently running an ATI 5870 and it has been a good card. It supports dx11 so I am not sure I need to upgrade but I may do it anyway on principle.
What I am getting at is if anyone has any recommendations for the MB and video card I would greatly appreciate any incite you have. Thank you kindly.
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i run two radeon 5870 hs's thats all i did for my upgrad and now Star Trek Online plays very smoothly unlike with just one.
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I got sent a copy of Win7 for my birthday and my wife bought me a new monitor so I could stop using our TV to play on.
Which means more game time during the week for me!
Anyway, I am looking to upgrade my machine totally. I7 processor, MB, 16to32 gigs of ram, and a new video card. I am currently running an ATI 5870 and it has been a good card. It supports dx11 so I am not sure I need to upgrade but I may do it anyway on principle.
What I am getting at is if anyone has any recommendations for the MB and video card I would greatly appreciate any incite you have. Thank you kindly.
Go with as much RAM as you can afford.
....I'm just sayin'.....
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Well, I guess I'm going to be able to upgrade a little bit before the game comes out. I'll be playing with:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.4Ghz
8GB DDR3 RAM
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1GB VRAM
23" Acer Monitor
Not the best, but better than what I'm working with now.
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Well, I guess I'm going to be able to upgrade a little bit before the game comes out. I'll be playing with:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.4Ghz
8GB DDR3 RAM
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1GB VRAM
23" Acer Monitor
Not the best, but better than what I'm working with now.
That's similar to what I'm running with and I actually suspect it will be able to run the game on max except for heavily populated areas. I'm basing this off the performance I'm getting on BF3 on ultra settings so far.
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Well, I guess I'm going to be able to upgrade a little bit before the game comes out. I'll be playing with:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.4Ghz
8GB DDR3 RAM
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1GB VRAM
23" Acer Monitor
Not the best, but better than what I'm working with now.
You will be fine my laptop I played on last build only had a GTX260m and could run the game on high with little problems.
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Here's a report on how the game runs on my current system
Laptop Specs:
i5 M460 (Dual Core with 4 Threads at 2.53 GHz)
4GB RAM
NVIDIA Geforce 310M
Performance: To acheive decent framrates, at 1024x768 60, I have to minimize all graphics preferences (ie. texture quality, shader complexity, dynamic light complexity, distances... etc..). However, the "Graphics Quality Preset" is at "high" and at the moment cannot be modified. I assume it is what it says it is, a preset, so that instead of moving sliders around you can choose "high, medium, or low" but I wonder if "Graphics Quality Preset" might control some other aspect than what's listed.
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Here's a report on how the game runs on my current system
Laptop Specs:
i5 M460 (Dual Core with 4 Threads at 2.53 GHz)
4GB RAM
NVIDIA Geforce 310M
Performance: To acheive decent framrates, at 1024x768 60, I have to minimize all graphics preferences (ie. texture quality, shader complexity, dynamic light complexity, distances... etc..). However, the "Graphics Quality Preset" is at "high" and at the moment cannot be modified. I assume it is what it says it is, a preset, so that instead of moving sliders around you can choose "high, medium, or low" but I wonder if "Graphics Quality Preset" might control some other aspect than what's listed.
What planet are you on?
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Tython
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Hmm... I had no trouble running Ord on high.
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Windows 7 64-bit OS
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
4.0 GB Ram
XFX nForce 780i SLI MB
2 XFX Nvidia 9800 GTX+ SLI Black Edition
4 250GB Western Digital RE HD
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I just helped my coworker get a new PC which he should be able to run SWTOR with. He couldn't really afford anything brand new, but for 400 bucks he managed to get a decent rig. (He applied to the guild as Tiral, but mentioned he may not have a pc for launch.)
Intel core 2 Duo 2.1Ghz
4.0 GB RAM
Nvidia 9800 GTX 1GB edition
1 TB HDD
Windows 7 Ultimate
Nothing spectacular, but it meets the minimum requirments and then some. I think he'll be ok.
Any concerns with that setup? Obviously he wont run it maxed out, but surely he'll be running it without FPS issues?
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Here's a report on how the game runs on my current system
Laptop Specs:
i5 M460 (Dual Core with 4 Threads at 2.53 GHz)
4GB RAM
NVIDIA Geforce 310M
Performance: To acheive decent framrates, at 1024x768 60, I have to minimize all graphics preferences (ie. texture quality, shader complexity, dynamic light complexity, distances... etc..). However, the "Graphics Quality Preset" is at "high" and at the moment cannot be modified. I assume it is what it says it is, a preset, so that instead of moving sliders around you can choose "high, medium, or low" but I wonder if "Graphics Quality Preset" might control some other aspect than what's listed.
Maybe it was the latest patch, but my game is running fine now with "normal" graphics settings.
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Strangely, my laptop is the most powerful device I've got right now, thanks to a gift from a friend. Currently running on a Asus Lamborghini VX-7 gaming laptop.
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 2630QM
Chipset: Intel® HM65 Express Chipset
Memory: DDR3 1333 MHz SDRAM,
Storage: 64GB SSD
750GB Hard Drive
Graphic: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460QM with 3GB GDDR5 VRAM
Audio: Built-in 2 Speakers And Digital Array Microphone
Built-in Azalia compliant audio chip, with 3D effect
My desktop has an original Core i7 2.0GHz, only 6GB of ram, and a GTX465 video card.
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I ran everything maxed out with
Windows 7 64bit
Geforce GTX 460 768mb
Intel Core i3 3.0Ghz
4GB of RAM
Non SSD
I was getting around 100 FPS at times with it not going below 40 unless there was a ton of people around.
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http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1617044
Ran everything maxed out. I never saw any visible lag, or had the system slow down.
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From what i have run into on beta, if you can't upgrade and don't have an amazing system, your best bet is to put money into memory and a graphics card.
I have run the beta on two different systems i have.
The system i will ultimately use is i7 3.4GHz system someone gave me. It had only 2GB Ram, a HDD and Chassis. Oh... yeah on board graphics -.- . That system runs, just okay, some lag with resolution on medium/low. my old system Core 2 2.93GHZ 4GB ram and Radeon HD 5700 graphics card... runs the game better and at a higher resolution.
My i7 mobo is in one of those tiny ones, and it came in a very small chassis so i need to get a half height graphics card for it or i'd just move the graphics card from the old system to the new.
Old Guy Advice for all you unmarried/kids out there. Marriage and kids while great and wonderful... they kill the $$$ you are allowed to spend on a new computer. I need to talk to the warden... i mean wife... about upping my allowance to $10 / month.
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lol, I actually have more money after being married! I know thats not the norm however..It is true that you need to run expenditures past the wife however. But she usually agrees.
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Hmmmmmm, your wife should talk to mine, either that or... TRADE?
I joke... i adore my wife... not that i won't give her grief once in a while.