Informal hardware survey

[thadiusofx3]

If everyone could post their computer specs we could get a good bottomline on the capabilities of the userbase of Volucris.

CPU: Core 2 Duo e6750 @3Ghz
RAM: 4GB DDR2 1066 @ 1333Mhz
HD: 500GB WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Vid Card: Geforce 9600GT 512MB DDR3
OS: Windows Vista 64-bit Ultimate edition
Resolution: 3360x1050 dual 20" lcd(1680x1050 x 2)

[Ashlar]

cpu amd 3200+ 64
ram 2gb
vid 7800gt
os xp pro
res 1650-1050

[Slayne]

I have a few different systems I could test it out on. Here are a couple


Laptop (most use here)

Core™2 Duo T9600 2.8GHz
2048MB Ultra Speed DDR3 1333MHz
200GB @ 7,200RPM 16MB Cache
nVIDIA Geforce 9800M (cant wait for the release of the new mobile ATI card *drool*)
15.4" HD WSXGA+ 1680x1050 Crystal-View
XP Pro

or

Desktop (a little bit older system)

Athlon 64 Fx-55
2 Geforce 6800 GT (SLI)
80 GB @ 5,400RPM
1680 x 1050 LCD Monitor
XP Pro

[Entropy]

I have two systems I can do some testing on.

My desktop:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale @ 3.0GHz
4GB DDR2 800MHz
NVIDIA 8800 GT 512MB
250GB Western Digital HD
1440 x 900 widescreen Samsung SyncMaster 941BW

My laptop:
Lenovo T60p
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 @ 2.0GHz
2GB DDR2 667MHz
ATI FireGL V5250 256MB
160GB HD
1680 x 1050 widescreen

***EDIT***

Desktop has XP Pro 64-bit edition
Laptop has XP Pro 32-bit edition

[kuba]

MacBook..
2.2 ghz, 2gb ram, geforce 8600m GT, Windows XP/Mac OS X Leopard

[speed3b]

Desktop:
Windows XP Pro
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 2.0GHz
1GB DDR400 PC3200 (200MHz, Dual Channel)
200GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache HDD
Geforce FX5200 256MB Ram (DDR i think)
1x 1600x1200 (19in crt) 1x 1280x1024 (15in crt)

Laptop:
Windows XP MCE, Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit, Ubuntu 7.10
AMD Turion x2 (2.2ghz)
2GB DDR2 (dont remember the speed or specs)
160GB 5400RPM HDD (unknown cache)
Geforce 6150 Go (changable ram size, i think from 32 to 256mb DDR2)
1x 1280x800 (15.4in lcd brightview)

[joeafro]

what is the best way to find this information? lol

[Nirvana9832]

^ run dxdiag on your pc.
if you dont understand that.
Start.
Run.
type in "dxdiag"
and just look at the top main specs, im pretty sure thats all there looking for, seeing the specs from other posters. Sometimes specs are also listed on stickers on your tower. Here are my specs.

WindowsXP Pro
4200+ AMD Athalon 64 X2 DUAL Core Processor
2.0 GB Ram
256 Megs Video Card
Widescreen Monitor 1440x990 (Hope u can run in windowed mode? when i use fullscreen on xen it Stretches the game horozontally. and its innoying) lol

[Karl G.]

Wow!! Your systems are a whole lot more better than I was expecting. Here are the systems I have, and will be testing with:

- Lenovo T60p laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 2GB RAM, 256 MB ATI Radeon FireGL gfx)
- IBM Thinkpad T40 laptop (1.2 Ghz Intel P4, 256 MB RAM, integrated Intel graphics card)
- Some old HP laptop (1.8 GHz Intel P4, 512 RAM, integrated graphics)
- Some 3.0 GHz Intel processor tower (don't remember which one) with 2 GB RAM and a super awesome $800 1 GB on board memory ATI graphics card
- Same 3.0 GHz machine with a TNT2 graphics card (awww hell yea 1998!)


Oh and Nirvana, yes the game can be played in windowed mode. However, even in full-screen mode the game won't stretch.

[joeafro]

lol! forgot about dxdiag...havn't had to use it much i guess, thanks lol

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Mem: 1gb RAM
Vid Card:NVidia GeForce 615 LE, Aprox. Mem. (not sure about this) 313MB (512mb i think?)
Normal Res: 1024 x 768 32 bit 60hz

[9sam1]

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2
Memory: 504MB RAM
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Card name: Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family

[Necromadon]

^Gl playing anything with your obviously outdated generic Dell computer


The PC I'm currently on (crappy)
Windows XP (currently 32bit "black edition")
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 6400+
2046mb RAM
Geforce 7900 GS 256mb (ready for SLI but the motherboard doesn't support SLI *sigh*)

[speed3b]

^Gl playing anything with your obviously outdated generic Dell computer


The PC I'm currently on (crappy)
Windows XP (currently 32bit "black edition")
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 6400+
2046mb RAM
Geforce 7900 GS 256mb (ready for SLI but the motherboard doesn't support SLI *sigh*)

That system is not crappy... you just need to fix whatever's wrong with it. A 6400+ with 2gb of ram should run pretty damned fast. The graphics card isnt great but its better then my fx5200 and 6150 Go. And if its an SLI card then you can still go out and get a 9800 to replace it... I am stuck with AGP, so the best card i could get is the one you have, but they dont even have that anymore on newegg.

[Karl G.]

The minimum hardware requirements should be far less than that "outdated" computer, so I think he'll be fine

[Richard. UK]

My Not so Good Laptop, Does the job

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System Information
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Time of this report: 8/15/2008, 14:30:58

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp.080413-2111)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Aspire 5630
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBLP
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 606MB used, 4357MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode


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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce Go 7300
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor

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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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Drive: C:
Free Space: 91.8 GB
Total Space: 152.6 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00

[Tonberry2k]

Windows Vista™ Home Premium
System Model: Inspiron 530
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 XXX GT 256MB

[lawn gnome]

OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
System Model: PCG-K23
Processor: Intel(R) Pentimu(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Memory: 446MB RAM
RADEON IGP 345M


I need a new lappy

[Nenitus]

My systems (in order of performance, lol)

Xp Pro (32bit)
Intel Core Duo T2500 (2.0ghz)
1gb RAM
Xpress1200m (or something like that..) 256mb

XP home
Athlon 64 4000+ (2.4ghz)
2gb RAM
XPress200M GFX (128 mb)

(yes, that second one is faster. the first one is a total POS for some reason.)

Xp pro (x64)
Phenom 9750 (2.4ghz)
4gb RAM (256mb shared)
HD3200 (780g) gfx ("256")
It may be onboard graphics, but it still runs like a beast. (I don't play crysis, etc, obviously :p)

[9sam1]

^Gl playing anything with your obviously outdated generic Dell computer

Its a HP! lol my comp is definetly good enough to handle a game like PV, its only around 3 years old and plays games with alot better graphics and things fine.

[mongatard]

Asus f3sv laptop
Windows Vista home premium
C2D 2.00 ghz processor
2 gb ram
GeForce 8600 gs graphics card

[Serenity]

CPU: AMD 64 X2 6400+
RAM: 4GB DDR2
HD: 500GB WD 7200RPM
Vid Card: Geforce 8800GTX 768MB DDR3
OS: Windows Vista 64-bit Ultimate edition
Resolution: 1680x1050

[Nenitus]

New Laptop:
Core2Duo T8300, 2.4ghz
2gb ram
nvidia quadro fx570, 256mb
XP pro
1680x1050.

100x better than the old one, lol.