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[Barbaric Soul]

Personally, I hope MWO on it's highest graphical settings will be just as demanding as Crysis 1 was when it was released. I have an awesome performing gaming computer, so I want this game to "give it a work out". My current 3DMARK11 benchmark- http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3331887


Building a gaming computer is not as expensive as one would think, if you do it the right way. I'm actually in the middle of gathering parts to build a 2nd computer with for http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ and http://folding.stanf...nglish/HomePage. Buying used, but not abused, computer parts saves alot of money. I have purchased a I7 860 1156 socket CPU and a GTX560 video card. I was given a gigabyte p55-ud3r motherboard and 2 gigs ddr3 G Skill RAM. A friend had a 160gb caviar blue hard drive laying around not being used. I already had a extra quality PSU and a decent aftermarket heatsink from previous computers I've had. Infact, the only thing I don't have for it yet is a case. Now the kicker, I have a total of $250 wrapped up in that computer, and I'm willing to bet it will out perform 80% of computers owned by MWO's comunity.

cpu- i7 860 socket 1156 quad core w/ hyper threading http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115214
mb- Gigabyte P55- UD3R http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813128412
ram- 2gig DDR3 1333 G Skill
gpu- PNY GTX560 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814133397
psu- PC Power and Cooling Turbo Cool 860 http://www.pcpower.c..._ESA/index.html
heatsink- Corsair A50 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835181012
hd- WD Caviar Blue 160gb http://www.newegg.co...&Tpk=wd1600aajs
case- looking at the NZXT Source 210 ( http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811146075 )

Edited by Barbaric Soul, 06 May 2012 - 04:57 AM.

[Oderint dum Metuant]

Barbaric Soul, on 06 May 2012 - 04:03 AM, said:

Personally, I hope MWO on it's highest graphical settings will be just as demanding as Crysis 1 was when it was released. I have an awesome performing gaming computer, so I want this game to "give it a work out".


Building a gaming computer is not as expensive as one would think, if you do it the right way. I'm actually in the middle of gathering parts to build a 2nd computer with for http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ and http://folding.stanf...nglish/HomePage. Buying used, but not abused, computer parts saves alot of money. I have purchased a I7 860 1156 socket CPU and a GTX560 video card. I was given a gigabyte p55-ud3r motherboard and 2 gigs ddr3 G Skill RAM. A friend had a 160gb caviar se hard drive laying around not being used. I already had a extra quality PSU and a decent aftermarket heatsink from previous computers I've had. Infact, the only thing I don't have for it yet is a case. Now the kicker, I have a total of $250 wrapped up in that computer, and I'm willing to bet it will out perform 80% of computers owned by MWO's comunity.

Sad but true.

Off topic i wonder how many people here take part in folding....hmm

[Barbaric Soul]

DV^McKenna, on 06 May 2012 - 04:17 AM, said:

Off topic i wonder how many people here take part in folding....hmm

Not as many as there should be IMHO. Why not set your computer to do shared computing to find a cure for cancer, or diabetus, or alzphimers when your not using it. Just shut down WCG and Folding when you want to play a game or do something that needs the power your system has and restart it when your done.

[Catamount]

ChalybsUmbra, on 06 May 2012 - 01:52 AM, said:

That's not a unique case. I've had friends take advantage of lazy and/or generous Microsoft customer service reps by calling them and basically asking them for another key to install onto a new/upgraded computer.

Yeah, count me among those

You're not even supposed to be able to transfer a Windows OEM license. Supposedly that's the right you buy when you purchase a retail license for twice the price. But MS will still do it, in my experience, if you call. I've never gotten them to let me use a single CD key for more than one machine, but I've gotten them to transfer an OEM license probably a half dozen times over the past half dozen years for me and various other people.

[Skullrider]

I am quietly confident that my E Series Vaio will do fine. It runs modern high graphics games without any problems. Modern Warfare 3, Eve Online, Starcraft II.

[Vulpesveritas]

On the topic of XP: at least it beats Vista. Also an idea is to use windows 8 beta and then just have to pay when the full version comes out.

[Atlai]

I have sweet PC at home, the only thing im worried about is that the game will come out before im home, and theres no way this laptop could handle Dora the explorer : save my little pony from the evil volcano of evilness, let alone Mechwarrior!

Edited by Mason West, 06 May 2012 - 07:55 AM.

[Motionless]

DV^McKenna, on 06 May 2012 - 12:58 AM, said:

Thats M$ gibberish.

You can run the same OS on multiple computers no problem at all (I currently have this very Win7 64bit OEM 1 PC on 2 PC's and a Laptop activated and fully working). And you most certainly can change motherboard and use the old copy of WIndows assuming you have the CD and Key, heck as long as you do not format the HDD it will work.

Did you not read my post? I said he's only going to have the CD and Key if he bought his copy of windows separately. He probably didn't, he probably has it as part of a prebuilt computer

Catamount, on 06 May 2012 - 05:13 AM, said:

You're not even supposed to be able to transfer a Windows OEM license. Supposedly that's the right you buy when you purchase a retail license for twice the price.

Correct.

[Absit invidia]

Mason West, on 06 May 2012 - 07:54 AM, said:

I have sweet PC at home, the only thing im worried about is that the game will come out before im home, and theres no way this laptop could handle Dora the explorer : save my little pony from the evil volcano of evilness, let alone Mechwarrior!

Dear lord that game sounds amazing.

[Catamount]

Motionless, on 06 May 2012 - 08:27 AM, said:

Did you not read my post? I said he's only going to have the CD and Key if he bought his copy of windows separately. He probably didn't, he probably has it as part of a prebuilt computer

Even with pre-built computer, Windows has an OEM license that, if I'm not mistaken, must be affixed to the side of the case with one those shiny stickers.

If not, he can still find the key using software. Back in the Win9X days, I think you used to be able to just look at the registry and it was right there, but even today, with the key encrypted, several free utilities can still read/show it. I like Magical Jelly Bean Key Finder, myself.


At that point, it's just a matter of getting an install disc, which one can torrent. Install the OS, call MS, see if they'll transfer the license, if not, a minimal amount of work was for naught. It's not guaranteed, but I think the chances of success more than warrant the effort.


Or like Vulpes said, use the Win8 beta for awhile and save for a new OS down the road.

[tyrone dunkirk]

I know this is vague, but I am in no way a tech anything, I just figured I'd ask; my PC runs MWLL really smoothly with next to no hitches at all, do you think it will be able to handle MWO alright?

[Gremlich Johns]

tyrone dunkirk, on 06 May 2012 - 09:02 AM, said:

I know this is vague, but I am in no way a tech anything, I just figured I'd ask; my PC runs MWLL really smoothly with next to no hitches at all, do you think it will be able to handle MWO alright?

yes, easily.

[Oderint dum Metuant]

tyrone dunkirk, on 06 May 2012 - 09:02 AM, said:

I know this is vague, but I am in no way a tech anything, I just figured I'd ask; my PC runs MWLL really smoothly with next to no hitches at all, do you think it will be able to handle MWO alright?

Whilst the simple answer is, it likely will play it ok.

It would be better to hit us with your computer specs.

Catamount, on 06 May 2012 - 08:58 AM, said:

Even with pre-built computer, Windows has an OEM license that, if I'm not mistaken, must be affixed to the side of the case with one those shiny stickers.

If not, he can still find the key using software. Back in the Win9X days, I think you used to be able to just look at the registry and it was right there, but even today, with the key encrypted, several free utilities can still read/show it. I like Magical Jelly Bean Key Finder, myself.


At that point, it's just a matter of getting an install disc, which one can torrent. Install the OS, call MS, see if they'll transfer the license, if not, a minimal amount of work was for naught. It's not guaranteed, but I think the chances of success more than warrant the effort.


Or like Vulpes said, use the Win8 beta for awhile and save for a new OS down the road.

Correct, it should have the key labeled on the machine if it is an OEM build.

[Iceyman54]

well.. i better get into the hardware specs quick, before MWO comes out. I wonder if my laptop could handle it?
Also.. that game mentioned.. where could i obtain a copy of it? "Dora Explorer save my pony from a volcano"
XD

[Catamount]

Iceyman54, on 06 May 2012 - 09:55 AM, said:

well.. i better get into the hardware specs quick, before MWO comes out. I wonder if my laptop could handle it?
Also.. that game mentioned.. where could i obtain a copy of it? "Dora Explorer save my pony from a volcano"
XD

Link your laptop and we'll see how well you're set up

And yes, I, too, am now intrigued by this completely awesome sounding game

[Atlai]

Catamount, on 06 May 2012 - 10:02 AM, said:

Link your laptop and we'll see how well you're set up

And yes, I, too, am now intrigued by this completely awesome sounding game

Its very hard to find. but if your brave/stupid enough to attempt to find it it is well worth it

Edited by Mason West, 06 May 2012 - 10:09 AM.

[Barbaric Soul]

DV^McKenna, on 06 May 2012 - 04:17 AM, said:

Sad but true.

Off topic i wonder how many people here take part in folding....hmm

and what's even more sad is that after we brought it up, no one is talking about it, but instead are talking about some fake gayness called "Dora save my pony". People, please, atleast look into WCG or Folding. Try to do alittle good for the world.

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/

http://folding.stanf...nglish/HomePage

[Catamount]

Oh there's a lot more in the way of distributed computing applications then that. Some of the larger ones include Seti@Home (self explantory, maybe not tangibly useful, but still interesting), Climateprediction.net (help chew through the math on climate modelling), Milkyway@Home (help improve our models of the Milky Way), Einstein@home (searching for some such astronomical phenomena or another), and of course, there's dozens of others.

Save Folding@Home, most seem to use BOINC, so if anyone really wants to get into it, then here: https://boinc.berkel...du/projects.php
Keep in mind of course that this will stress hardware, constantly, for long periods of time, unless CPU/GPU dedication is turned down, and systems with overclocking are not ideal, as even slight instability (not necessarily enough to crash games, etc, and so not even necessarily apparently instability) can return erroneous results to those running the projects.

I wouldn't recommend doing it on laptops, either; they have thermally-caused reliability problems as it is, so running your CPU/GPU at 50-100% all day, every day, probably isn't the smartest thing to do. It's also a great way to up one's power bill, unless one has a decently efficient machine.

With all that said, it's certainly worth it to help society. Scientific research is struggling right now with funding, especially in the US, especially with the economy. Lending computer time gives a lot of free resources for scientists to conduct a lot of good research.

Barbaric Soul, on 06 May 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

and what's even more sad is that after we brought it up, no one is talking about it, but instead are talking about some fake gayness called "Dora save my pony". People, please, atleast look into WCG or Folding. Try to do alittle good for the world.

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/

http://folding.stanf...nglish/HomePage

That's because it has nothing to do with the topic. I doubt anyone will complain about a brief discussion of distributed computing, but it's not as if there's some obligation for us to discuss it. If you feel that strongly, go make your own separate topic. I'm sure it'd be worth some discussion.

Also, it's not our fault if you're computer isn't awesome enough to handle Dora and Ponies

Edited by Catamount, 06 May 2012 - 12:24 PM.

[Morashtak]

Posting a bit early as the results won't be known until tomorrow but...

Friend at work did a lot of detective work and found he could upgrade his HP's PSU so he could then upgrade his GPU. Will check back tomorrow to report how it went but he had high hopes as the 700watt PSU was 1/2" shallower than his stock 300 watter is. He's going with the 6770 (iirc) so much anticipation as to how well it will turn out. He's doing it to run D.III so it will be interesting.

[Deathz Jester]

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