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[Wyoming]

HEXUS.gaming Test rig specs, if anyone is interested.

Is that supposed to represent the average rig of someone on these forums? Or is that just what you are limited to due to financial constraints?

Anyway, with my 512MB at the moment I'll pop in another stick at Christmas. Then hope DDR2 comes to a 939 motherboard and then get 2x1GB for that

[nvening]

new cpus will be needed for that to happen as the memory controler is on the cpu not the mobo

[javalord]

no prob Nick..

Javalord:
Yea.. 2GB I find is a bare minimum (for me).. 1GB in dual channel just dun have enuf capacity to run the game smoothly.. the memory buffer alone already takes up 500+MB, minus the 250MB windows chews away.. and about 100+ for the background programs... Screw my doctorate title, even a 10 year old can do this math..

A lot of windows' background resources can be cleared out by selectively ridding prefetch files in the prefetch folder. Windows will page redundant/sleeping processes straight to disk so unless they're active, they shouldnt cause too much of an issue.

[javalord]

Hmm, I'll be getting review code on Tuesday (gutted) and I'll have a look then, but my rig runs the demos quite happily with 2x 512MiB in dual channel.

HEXUS.gaming Test rig specs, if anyone is interested.

Dont mean to sound rude but im pretty sure dual SLI isnt a 'typical' setup.

[NikolaX]

Dont mean to sound rude but im pretty sure dual SLI isnt a 'typical' setup.

I think Nick was pointing to 2x512 memory, and still had smooth play.

[sawyen]

Well.. heres a straight up pre-HEXUS review performance evaluation

My system is a little more 'typical' compared to HEXUS's rig

3000+ Venice @ 2.6Ghz (9x289)
2x512MB Corsair XMS C2PT @ 333MHz Divider 3-4-3-10
250GB Maxtor DM10 Sabre
6800GT @ Ultra

While playing at 1024x768 at 4xAA 4xAF
using FRAPS,

I get an average fps around 40s with dips into the single digits during map loading and seriously heavy firefights.. Highs are around 100+ when everything's nice and quite.. but thats not the point..

Popping it up to 1280x960 with 4XAA.. hmn.. maybe I shoudnt even post those frame rates.. its low... thats all u guys need to know..

[shaithis]

2GB ram for a game to run smooth? Talk about taking the .....

....system spec up a notch in the name of advancement.

I have seen a number of people make the same statement and I have to ask "Do you really expect 1GB RAM to be all thats needed forever?"

Give it 12-24 months and there will be a game that only works optimally with 4+ GB RAM. Its the cost of progression

[Butcher]

Cost of sloppy workmanship more like.

[Applecrusher]

So better textures, better levels, better shaders, are all to be expected for free?

You cant expect something for nothing..

[Nox]

/agree

Nox

[Nick]

I think Nick was pointing to 2x512 memory, and still had smooth play.

Aye, I was.

[probspot]

.. but the game jerks around when u load into a new section of a map.. or u turn round into a corner into a AI filled area..

Same problem i have, as it loads new textures thats when things get messy.

[iranu]

Well I for one won't be buying this. Whats the point. Jerky naff frame rates at 1024x768 with a bit 'o AA on a decent machine that will play anything else on the market fine. ffs.

What does the minimum spec on the box say?

[sawyen]

...What does the minimum spec on the box say?

P4 1.7Ghz, 512MB RAM, Geforce 4 Ti series or Radeon 9000..

YEAH RIGHT!

[arthurleung]

P4 1.7Ghz, 512MB RAM, Geforce 4 Ti series or Radeon 9000..

YEAH RIGHT!

Had to put everything to low in order to play at 1600x1200
It doesn't lag too much though. The lag you said only lasted about 1.5sec.

Another odd thing is I can't seems to enable hardware mixing and EAX in the game (I got an A2ZS so I can't think of why I couldn't)

I personally think that the low setting is too low and the med setting is too high. I should just upgrade my card

[sawyen]

When u have 4Gs of ram.. of cs it runs fine..

I dun have any major lag issues after the game has loaded at medium + 4xaa.. but its those annoying hiccups when they load up a new maps that kills the fun..

running 4x512 microns solved bits of the loading problem.. 1.5secs is not too bad...

those with a gig of ram should be prepared.. feel the hiccups...!!