Marlins, what Hardware ya got?

[MA_Moby]

Motherboard - hmm not sure.
Pentium 4 processor.
768 mb DDR (keep on adding when I can)
Radeon 7500 128mb (lusting after better one's)

[madwelshboy]

Motherboard: Abit IC7
CPU: P4C 2.4 oc'd to 3.12
Memory: 1024meg Geil PC4000
Graphics: 9700np @ 350, 320

3D mark 2001 = 18500

[McMav]

ok I aint a marlin but here goes
mobo Asus a7v8x
xp2200
1GB pc2700 Twinmoss
gf4 ti4200

[Hat]

got a gig of ram now.. 512 3200 ddr and 512 2700 ddr

plus a creative gf4 ti4200 64mb ddr

also.. now swapped to the shuttle onboard 5.1 sound

[Stoo]

Originally posted by Capt Doufos
That's pretty good. (Similar score to 9600Pro/GF4 4600) Would expect higher from a 9700 upwards.

I assume that is with out AA and AS?

yeah, 1024*768 no aa or af.

I think some of it might be my ram, it's fairly crappy generic stuff - mtec chips I think

The gfx card is a softmodded 9500 @ 297/297, can't push it any further without artifacts/lockups

I'm holding off on anything better than the 3.7cats, but I know the later ones give a bit of a boost to the 3d mark score..

I guess here is the point where I start saving for better ram and a slightly better gfx card lol

[Capt Doufos]

TBH, the state of the windows install can affect the result. It's not a bad score for that card. May sound daft, but have you tried benching at a lower speed, sometimes running on the limits can have negative effects.

Ram shouldn't effect the result. The Speed at which it is running at will however, as will the FSB.

[Zak33]

Most important stuff for IL-2 Forgotten Battles, in order, as I see it.

Ram......much as possible...the speed of it is secondary (PC2100, PC2700 etc) if its small amounts. 512 minimum....1 gig if poss.

Vid Card.......be canny with your settings, both in the Vid card display properties AND Il-2 settings....get a consistent fram rate.

Processor..I have a choice of 4 at the mo...have run Il2 at fine game play with a 1gig Duron Power is not that important, my Radeon 9800 pulled it along fine. The improvement to a 1700XP is notable and above that, not that much better....have a 2800 now...not noticable over the 1700 at all.

Sound Card: the patches are getting the sound better and better...but what you can hear is really important now, as Clingy pointed out, hearing a 109 on your wing probably IS a 109 on your wing Going from a Live! (original) to a £30 Hercules made Deckard smile tho

Motherboard....the benefits of the nForce 2 board are quite good, with dual channel memory system, BUT it aint vital. (Skii saw a boost getting a better mobo, and it's not Nforce, and Deck hasnt got nforce but going to 1 gig helped him most)

AND a fresh install of XP regularly is vital....AGREED

[Stoo]

as weird as it sounds, il2 gameplay wise is actually better without aa/af, without everything getting smoothed out to a nice non-jaggy dot you can actually spot other planes a hell of a lot easier.. pity it looks rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishe though..

[Pee]

well i used to be a marlin when they first started

and back then i had a

abit KG7, xp1600, 512ddr pc 2100, gf3, only got like 6k 3dmarks

now running

epox 8rda , xp2400@2.2, 1gb twinmos pc3200, rad9800aiw softmodded and i get 17k

and il2 looks sweeet

[da_ging]

not a marlin, would be if i used ts ,but i dont, well not yet anyway

but here's my spec

Gigabyte 8IK1100 875p canterwood board
512(2*256mb) corsair pc3500 @ 360Mhz 2-2-2-5
2.4C @ 3222Mhz fsb of 268
Radeon 7500 video card (6k+ in 3dmk 2k1) (would be a gf4 ti 4200 but that tit danny boy took my money and run the b*****d)

all runnin in a vapochill

[Hat]

ooh.. hello Pee <0/

and vapo...... download teamspeak and listen in.. and if ya want we can run a few test missions

[acupuncture]

CASE: CM ATC 201B
MOTHERBOARD: Abit IT-7
CPU: P4 2.8(533)
RAM: 1024MB PC2100
GFX: ATI 9800PRO 128MB
SOUND: S.BLASTER EXTIGY
STICK: LOGITECH FREEDOM 2.4 (WIRELESS)
COMMS: LOGITECH USB HEADSET 30