Hardware experts
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6 Mar 2012, 19:35
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I've noticed that there are quite some hardware experts active on CF. There are plenty of guides out there for general gaming PC but as you probably know ET doesn't need the most highend GFX card and has other (generaly lower) needs.
My plan is to write an article about a ET gaming pc, trying to keep it as cheap as possible with as main goal running ET smoothly on 125 FPS/120 Hz with high detailed graphics.
Apart from that I want to put in information about headphones/mics as well. Also mice and keyboards are going to be part of this acrticle.
If you could advice me on any of those products and/or want to help me write the article would be lovely if you could leave a comment here or a pm or join the #et.hardware on irc(temporary channel for the article)
My plan is to write an article about a ET gaming pc, trying to keep it as cheap as possible with as main goal running ET smoothly on 125 FPS/120 Hz with high detailed graphics.
Apart from that I want to put in information about headphones/mics as well. Also mice and keyboards are going to be part of this acrticle.
If you could advice me on any of those products and/or want to help me write the article would be lovely if you could leave a comment here or a pm or join the #et.hardware on irc(temporary channel for the article)
edit
and perhaps it motivates the hardware producers to get in the guide! :P?
€ 50 .
article done
Older cards with older drivers will outperform newer cards in older games. It's also dependent on the operating system, you can't beat XP.
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Reason being graphics card updates push older textures and rendering methods to the back. Companies focus on new games and older games seem to get slower and slower (FPS wise). Choose a decent driver version (if you mainly play ET) and you'll see an FPS increase.
I had in 2005 AMD 4400+ X2, 2Gb RAM, 500Gb HDD, Nvidia 7800GT - cost my parents £££££ back then, I was playing 6-7 ET's and still got a stable 125FPS on all maps. I could reach 1000-2000FPS (which is unplayable BTW, the mouse freezes :D).
I now have a 2500K @ 4.8GHz and I fail to get 125FPS on bigger maps. My graphics card exploded (well burnt lol) and I'm now with a temporary 210GT which is like £20 - so I get low FPS. A half decent card and CPU is more than enough for ET.
All you'd need is this setup.
Dual Core - above 2 GHz - set ET 1 core
Graphics card, above the 2xx series for NVIDIA and even a 9800GT would do fine. I know the 7800GT which was released in 2004 would handle ET @ 500FPS. You remember that grass on Radar where you'd lose FPS to low 20-30's, doesn't happen on older cards, believe me.
Memory 2GB - standard £15
Any HDD, faster RPM the better 7200 = fine.
400w PSU - cheap enough £20
Could build that for £120, 125fps, with old drivers... NP.
keyboards.... i dunno
headset... some SS