Friday 2010-10-22 Dev. update and Discussion

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by albx

more CPU demanding, i just upgraded my CPU and got more FPS

Unfortunately I'm stuck on socket 775 for the moment, My recent cpu upgrade (which by the way made ROF quite a bit smoother) was from a core2Duo@3.6Ghz to a Quad core @3.6Ghz - unforuantely IL2 get's no advantage from this. hopefully SOW will take advantage of the extra cores!

Cheers!

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

Unfortunately I'm stuck on socket 775 for the moment, My recent cpu upgrade (which by the way made ROF quite a bit smoother) was from a core2Duo@3.6Ghz to a Quad core @3.6Ghz - unforuantely IL2 get's no advantage from this. hopefully SOW will take advantage of the extra cores!

Cheers!

Il2 is an older game engine and GPU's were limited back then. I suspect a lot of the graphics workload that IL2 currently offloads to the CPU will be handled by the GPU in SOW.

Also as you say SOW should take more advantage of multiple cores.

[albx]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

Unfortunately I'm stuck on socket 775 for the moment, My recent cpu upgrade (which by the way made ROF quite a bit smoother) was from a core2Duo@3.6Ghz to a Quad core @3.6Ghz - unforuantely IL2 get's no advantage from this. hopefully SOW will take advantage of the extra cores!

Cheers!

i got a Phenom II 965 BE and IL-2 is awesome.... i had a AMD 4600+, that's the good of AMD, didn't change the socket every year, you can still use the old mainboard and are much cheaper than Intel and i really have seen good FPS improvements in all areas.

[addman]

I think some posts regarding the system requirements are borderline fanatic. Why the panic? just try the game when it comes out with your current, modest (one GTX460, not good enough? really?) setup. We already know the system reqs. IMO, more than 1 core preferably, at least 2GB of ram and a 512MB direct x 9/10/11 GPU. Of course there are different groups of gamers here, some upgrade more frequently than others, some buy a brand new Alienware rig as soon as their long awaited game arrives whilst some are chugging along on almost outdated hardware. I guess I'm in between there somewhere, willing to upgrade some parts after evaluating the said games performance on my current hardware setup.

No real point of this post except for me being somewhat perplexed of the hardware upgrade mania that's going around. On the other hand, I'm starting to notice that very special pre-going gold tension/anticipation gaining momentum amongst many of us. I post like 10 il-2 posts/year since '00 so me posting as much as I've been lately means that anticipation must be on a high, oh what a wonderful feeling

[KOM.Nausicaa]

Originally Posted by addman

I think some posts regarding the system requirements are borderline fanatic. Why the panic? just try the game when it comes out with your current, modest (one GTX460, not good enough? really?) setup. We already know the system reqs. IMO, more than 1 core preferably, at least 2GB of ram and a 512MB direct x 9/10/11 GPU. Of course there are different groups of gamers here, some upgrade more frequently than others, some buy a brand new Alienware rig as soon as their long awaited game arrives whilst some are chugging along on almost outdated hardware. I guess I'm in between there somewhere, willing to upgrade some parts after evaluating the said games performance on my current hardware setup.

No real point of this post except for me being somewhat perplexed of the hardware upgrade mania that's going around. On the other hand, I'm starting to notice that very special pre-going gold tension/anticipation gaining momentum amongst many of us. I post like 10 il-2 posts/year since '00 so me posting as much as I've been lately means that anticipation must be on a high, oh what a wonderful feeling

+1

[Skoshi Tiger]

I think Oleg said in one of his posts that he was waiting for SOW to be released before he upgraded his home computer. This is fairly good advice if your planning your upgrade cycle around SOW.

Moores law is good news for gamers and works to our advantage! Computers are just going to get more powerful and cheeper over time.

My recent upgraded have been to get other sim up to scratch on my system. Just have to wait and see what we'll need for SOW.

Cheers!

[swiss]

Originally Posted by albx

i got a Phenom II 965 BE and IL-2 is awesome.... i had a AMD 4600+, that's the good of AMD, didn't change the socket every year, you can still use the old mainboard and are much cheaper than Intel and i really have seen good FPS improvements in all areas.

I got an 955/260GTX+ OC, my results are the same as skoshis's.

Can't be all about the cpu.

[dduff442]

It's more a very brief freeze than an FPS drop. I get the same effect at the exact same point with a HD 5870.

As regards fanatics and their upgrades, I bought a new PC this year that definitely qualifies as 'fanatic'. The thing is the manufacturers know what they're doing. Unless you go for the absolute best equipment, they price things very cleverly. Once you've bought an expensive graphics card, it feels like a waste to put it in a crap computer. Plus, a 64-bit O/S with tonnes of RAM is the future. The hardware makers just add in the inconvenience of an upgrade in 2 years to their prices.

dduff

[swiss]

Originally Posted by dduff442

It's more a very brief freeze than an FPS drop. I get the same effect at the exact same point with a HD 5870.

As regards fanatics and their upgrades, I bought a new PC this year that definitely qualifies as 'fanatic'. The thing is the manufacturers know what they're doing. Unless you go for the absolute best equipment, they price things very cleverly. Once you've bought an expensive graphics card, it feels like a waste to put it in a crap computer. Plus, a 64-bit O/S with tonnes of RAM is the future. The hardware makers just add in the inconvenience of an upgrade in 2 years to their prices.

dduff

tell us me more about this pc.

[dduff442]

i7/920 (modest OC to 3.2GHz initially; beats i7/960 in 5 of 6 benchmarks)
HD5870 (undervolted)
Win 7 64-bit Home Premium
12GB Corsair RAM
Analog/Digital TV Tuner
EAX 3.0 Sound Card
VW266H 1920x1200 TFT Monitor


Fair enough, lacking the RAM drive and latest sound card I'm embarrassed in front of the other fanatics, but still it's the biggest outlay on a PC I've made by miles.

dduff