Absolutely.
By the time 2014 is here and Elite Dangerous is upon us the average power of hardware will have gone up; average prices gone down; and you will get more bang for your buck.
Best advice I could give someone is to save n wait.
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Absolutely.
By the time 2014 is here and Elite Dangerous is upon us the average power of hardware will have gone up; average prices gone down; and you will get more bang for your buck.
Best advice I could give someone is to save n wait.
Current (meaning that it probably will be upgraded by release):
Asus Z77M MB - 8 GB 1600 DDR3s, 3750K I5.
2 * 6950 AMDs in X-fire
1 * 2 TB HDD 7400 RMP, 1 * 120GB SSD (boot cache and primary games).
Internal HD sound (5.1)
Peripherals:
3 * Asus VE228 (22") monitors (1920*1080), eyefinity capable (but not normally set)
Logitech - G35 headset (comm primary), G13 pad, G19 keyboard, G600 mouse and Z5300 5.1 speaker set.
Saitek X52 HOTAS (will probably be upgraded to a X52 Pro down the road).
Looking at Oculus Rift and / or leap motion (when released).
Asus Z77M MB - 8 GB 1600 DDR3s, 3750K I5.
2 * 6950 AMDs in X-fire
1 * 2 TB HDD 7400 RMP, 1 * 120GB SSD (boot cache and primary games).
Internal HD sound (5.1)
Peripherals:
3 * Asus VE228 (22") monitors (1920*1080), eyefinity capable (but not normally set)
Logitech - G35 headset (comm primary), G13 pad, G19 keyboard, G600 mouse and Z5300 5.1 speaker set.
Saitek X52 HOTAS (will probably be upgraded to a X52 Pro down the road).
Looking at Oculus Rift and / or leap motion (when released).
Oculus Rift - yes please, but leap motion ? What's that please ?
4-core Xeon laptop with GTX 260M and 4GB RAM, Windows 7 32 bit
So it turns your display into a touch screen that you don't have to touch? Given how messy my screen is already, having touch screen functionality without smearing fingerprints all over it certainly has an appeal
And I can see how that combined with TrackIR / Occulus Rift would be fantastic in your high-fidelity sims, with click-able cockpits and so on.That said, I'm not sure how comfortable or intuitive that is to use, based on the video on that page. Some of the gestures used looked very stilted and forced to me, or like they needed to be quite exaggerated to register, though for the most part it was very fluid & natural looking. I really like the idea though, & I have an idea that it'll get a lot better over time.
Indeed, save and wait if you can. Unfortunately, my system is already suffering under Skyrim (with fancy mods added), so I plan to upgrade early this year. Then I'll just hope that it will be enough when Elite comes out.
Current specs:
INTEL E8400/3.0GHZ, 8GB, GF GTX470/1280MB, Win7Ultimate.
I'm aiming for i5 (most probably) with my new rig.
I'll prolly delay upgrading the graphics card for another year, however, so I can compensate with a new model when it is time to play Elite.
I am not sure if Skyrim is a GFX intensive or CPU intensive game, but, if you did upgrade the GFX card as well mid year then you could also add a 2nd one and SLI them together (motherboard & PSU permitting). I am not a big fan of it as the early implementations were quite bad but I heard it's got much better over time.
I'm going to replace my computer next year. It will be some laptop. My requirements is that it will have at least a Core I7 with four cores and some Nvidia graphics, a 13.3" - 14.2" screen, 1920x1080 resolution, 16GB ram, internal LTE support, trackpoint, fast SSD... And most definitely with a touchscreen.
hopefully that will be enough to play it. Even if it's only a mobile version of some Nvidia chip.
I really hope that they will implement a good touchscreen flight control from the beginning... cause I move around a lot with my laptop, and I almost never have a mouse with me. So if the game will rely on mouse to be playable, I won't have much times when I can really play it.
hopefully that will be enough to play it. Even if it's only a mobile version of some Nvidia chip.
I really hope that they will implement a good touchscreen flight control from the beginning... cause I move around a lot with my laptop, and I almost never have a mouse with me. So if the game will rely on mouse to be playable, I won't have much times when I can really play it.
This machine is pretty old and won't run a modern game properly. I mainly use it for web stuff and Photoshop work. It's fast for anything other than games really.
So I'm going to need a new machine. No real point in getting it now though as it'll be another year or more before release.
By then with any luck I'll be able to play it on the inside of my eyelids !
Might have an interim upgrade so I can do the alpha and beta tests properly.
Anyone have any clue as to a decent spec required for alpha and beta tests ?
So I'm going to need a new machine. No real point in getting it now though as it'll be another year or more before release.
By then with any luck I'll be able to play it on the inside of my eyelids !
Might have an interim upgrade so I can do the alpha and beta tests properly.
Anyone have any clue as to a decent spec required for alpha and beta tests ?
they will proberly send out notifications to everyone who is participating what the minimum spec will be closer to the time for it!
I'm currently running:-
Intel 3770K @ 4.8GHz
Asus Sabretooth Z77
Nvidia 680GTX @ 1200/1575MHz
8GB Samsung Green RAM
Intel 520 SSDs 60GB for Windows & Apps, 240GB for Games
Creative X-Fi Titanium
There's not really that much on the horizon between now and release apart from Nvidia and AMD releasing new GPU architectures at some point during this year. Whether or not these will be a big jump over current cards or just a small boost remains to be seen.
Intel Haswell is due out sometime in the middle of this year but doesn't sound it will be much over Ivybridge apart from vastly improved on-die GPU performance.
Intel 3770K @ 4.8GHz
Asus Sabretooth Z77
Nvidia 680GTX @ 1200/1575MHz
8GB Samsung Green RAM
Intel 520 SSDs 60GB for Windows & Apps, 240GB for Games
Creative X-Fi Titanium
There's not really that much on the horizon between now and release apart from Nvidia and AMD releasing new GPU architectures at some point during this year. Whether or not these will be a big jump over current cards or just a small boost remains to be seen.
Intel Haswell is due out sometime in the middle of this year but doesn't sound it will be much over Ivybridge apart from vastly improved on-die GPU performance.
Just as a note, I'm sure you all know this.
MINIMUM SPEC:
This means the basic minimum to start the game up. This does not mean run the game well only to start it up wither it's a GUI or a web browser.
RECOMMENDED SPEC:
This is the benchmark everyone should be looking to beat. This is what is needed to basically run the game successfully if you want to hit the High end graphics you ned to make sure your system is far superior to this.
A lot of people get these mixed up please do not make a mistake in interpreting what minimum spec means. I have been beta testing games for years I have been building computers for as long and I can tell you a minimum spec is never any good at running the game successfully at all. So if you are going to buy or build a machine NEVER base it on the minimum spec.
I know people will argue with me over this but I know I am correct, it is a slight assumption but a good guide to run with especially for those wanting to buy or build closer to release.
MINIMUM SPEC:
This means the basic minimum to start the game up. This does not mean run the game well only to start it up wither it's a GUI or a web browser.
RECOMMENDED SPEC:
This is the benchmark everyone should be looking to beat. This is what is needed to basically run the game successfully if you want to hit the High end graphics you ned to make sure your system is far superior to this.
A lot of people get these mixed up please do not make a mistake in interpreting what minimum spec means. I have been beta testing games for years I have been building computers for as long and I can tell you a minimum spec is never any good at running the game successfully at all. So if you are going to buy or build a machine NEVER base it on the minimum spec.
I know people will argue with me over this but I know I am correct, it is a slight assumption but a good guide to run with especially for those wanting to buy or build closer to release.
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My specs are in my sig, they're fine for now but I am expecting to have to upgrade by 2014.
Surely whether it was a mistake to limit the £20.00 depends on whether the amount of money made out of the extra £10.00 on the £30.00 pledge is lesser or greater than the amount of money lost by people not signing up because they couldnt get a £20.00 slot.
Its a shame because £30.00 for a full copy of an MMO with no monthly subscription is a pretty good deal (IMO) and the controversy surrounding the issue is over-shadowing that.
Its a shame because £30.00 for a full copy of an MMO with no monthly subscription is a pretty good deal (IMO) and the controversy surrounding the issue is over-shadowing that.
Specs are in sig, although I may transfer the 480 to my T7400 workstation which is running dual quad Xeon's @ 3.2Ghz.
Really don't understand this fixation with silly amounts of RAM though, anything more than 8Gb and you're risking a sprained tongue unless you're doing some serious CAD or CGI work that is.
E2A: Learn something new everyday; apparently Planetside 2 will utilise more than 8Gb.
Really don't understand this fixation with silly amounts of RAM though, anything more than 8Gb and you're risking a sprained tongue
unless you're doing some serious CAD or CGI work that is.E2A: Learn something new everyday; apparently Planetside 2 will utilise more than 8Gb.
At the moment I don't own anything which will run it, even though I've pledged to Founder level :S
I have a 2008 Macbook which won't have a hope of coping with it. I'm going to have to invest in a new Windows Laptop (can't afford another Apple). I was planning on getting a new one this year anyway but I think I'll hold off as long as I can so as to have a reasonably new machine by the time the game is released.
I have a 2008 Macbook which won't have a hope of coping with it. I'm going to have to invest in a new Windows Laptop (can't afford another Apple). I was planning on getting a new one this year anyway but I think I'll hold off as long as I can so as to have a reasonably new machine by the time the game is released.