In the process of getting a new pc, can you let me know the system reqs. for
the game.
cheers
Nige
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Nige
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There is no exact answer to this, but here is a point of reference.
My system is rather ancient by today's standards:
Intel P3 900Mhz
256mb DRAM
Ti4400 128mb
Windows 2000
It runs the game pretty well, BUT my video card is severely bottlenecked by
the fact my machine does not have DDR memory. Because of that, I cannot use
all aspects of the video such as a full 42-car field with all the eye candy
on. It takes some tweaking to keep the FPS up on my machine . If my
machine was just a tick faster, say 1.2Ghz with DDR memory it would be much
more capable.
I would say any new P4 machine on the market today with DDR memory and the
same or similar video card I have would really rock with N2003.
By the way, I really like Windows 2000 because of the ability to really
tweak the system to run bare minimum services. Win98 never had that level
of granularity for us gamers. I have not used XP, but I 'd expect it to be
just as configurable.
Thanks for the reply,
I am looking at the following spec. pc
AMD Athlon XP 1800
512 mb DDR 266mhz
128mb Ge Force 4 4200
Windows 2000
How does that look?
cheers
Nige
>There is no exact answer to this, but here is a point of reference.
>My system is rather ancient by today's standards:
>Intel P3 900Mhz
>256mb DRAM
>Ti4400 128mb
>Windows 2000
>It runs the game pretty well, BUT my video card is severely bottlenecked by
>the fact my machine does not have DDR memory. Because of that, I cannot use
>all aspects of the video such as a full 42-car field with all the eye candy
>on. It takes some tweaking to keep the FPS up on my machine . If my
>machine was just a tick faster, say 1.2Ghz with DDR memory it would be much
>more capable.
>I would say any new P4 machine on the market today with DDR memory and the
>same or similar video card I have would really rock with N2003.
>By the way, I really like Windows 2000 because of the ability to really
>tweak the system to run bare minimum services. Win98 never had that level
>of granularity for us gamers. I have not used XP, but I 'd expect it to be
>just as configurable.
>> Hi,
>> In the process of getting a new pc, can you let me know the system reqs.
>for
>> the game.
>> cheers
>> Nige
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A) Get XP home or office
B) Xp1800 is nice but for a few more bucks roughly $15 you can get a
Athlon XP 2100(prices dropping daily)
C)Ram should hold you
D) Video card is good...but once again hard to say unless we know how
much you want to spend. There are better options.
If your trying to keep the cost down, the system below is a nice
midrange computer, and it wont break the bank :)
Another reason to go higher than an XP1800 is to get to the T-Bred core
instead of the Palomino core of the XP1800. The T-Breds run cooler than the
Palominos. Well worth it for an extra few bucks.
MadDAWG
Since my performance numbers were lacking, the public opinion was the
non-DDR memory being the limiting factor.
> >I think the minimum reqs are an 800mhz machine.
> >There is no exact answer to this, but here is a point of reference.
> >My system is rather ancient by today's standards:
> >Intel P3 900Mhz
> >256mb DRAM
> >Ti4400 128mb
> >Windows 2000
> >It runs the game pretty well, BUT my video card is severely bottlenecked
by
> >the fact my machine does not have DDR memory. Because of that, I cannot
use
> >all aspects of the video such as a full 42-car field with all the eye
candy
> >on. It takes some tweaking to keep the FPS up on my machine . If my
> >machine was just a tick faster, say 1.2Ghz with DDR memory it would be
much
> >more capable.
> >I would say any new P4 machine on the market today with DDR memory and
the
> >same or similar video card I have would really rock with N2003.
> >By the way, I really like Windows 2000 because of the ability to really
> >tweak the system to run bare minimum services. Win98 never had that
level
> >of granularity for us gamers. I have not used XP, but I 'd expect it to
be
> >just as configurable.
> >> Hi,
> >> In the process of getting a new pc, can you let me know the system
reqs.
> >for
> >> the game.
> >> cheers
> >> Nige
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> >> Nige
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MadDAWG
Dont hope for extreme miracles in the performance department..
I've got a system thats slightly better than yours and my framerate ican
drop as low as under 15fps in extreme cases (sun-glare). Most of the time
it's in the '50's - 70's when I'm alone or just got a few cars on the
track... With a decent field of cars 20+ it can drop as low as 30 at times
(this is without sun-glare).
My system:
AMD XP 2200+ (1800mhz)
Asus A7N8X motherboard (Nforce chipset)
512 mb PC2700 ram
128mb GF4 Ti4600 (o/c to 310 /650)
DirectX 9.0 and Win XP Pro.
My N2003 settings: OpenGL 1024x760x16, 2xFSAA, 2xAF, world detail set to
medium (I think), View distance to 70%, All options bar sunglare,
reflections on buildings and steeringwheel is turned on, 15 car ahead
drawn - 4 or 5 behind. Mirror detail set to medium and IIRC all shadows are
turned on (few cars tho)
A few suggestions for you:
1. Get a motherboard that use the Nforce chipset and support 8 x AGP.
2. Get a videocard that support 8 x AGP.
3. Buy the fastest AMD you can afford (as dont shoot for anything less then
the XP2200+ (And if you want to overclock it - be sure you get hold of a CPU
that got the correct stepping (look around on the net for more info on this)
Last but not least - go for Windows XP instead of Win2K - XP's just so much
more easier to setup and work with - Imho.
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> How does that look?
Good luck though!
Cheers,
Rod.