PC hardware upgrade for ET

by blitzz • 27 Feb 2009, 02:52 • Journals
Well, i wanna upgrade my computer for better FPS

i got HD3650 + P4 3200

im not gonna pay much

if ill buy 9600GT it will give me stabe 125? or i need to change proccess too..

thx
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makumba 27 Feb 2009, 03:01
only processor imo :-)
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blitzz 27 Feb 2009, 03:03
how's e5200 for ET?

much better the my old p4 3200?
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makumba 27 Feb 2009, 03:05
e5200 is good processor, much better than this old pentium
you have 775 or 478 socket?
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blitzz 27 Feb 2009, 03:07
775

e5200 is fine? i mean, i can pay abit more for better performances if its worth it, juts saw the e5200 at my price range
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makumba 27 Feb 2009, 03:11
e5200 is fine
e5200 = e8*** with smaller cache
it had high multipler so you can overclock it higher
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Kiewan 27 Feb 2009, 03:02
your processor is fine, dunno about ati cards
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makumba 27 Feb 2009, 03:03
at goldrush i never get stable 125 fps with my 9600gso and P4 630 3ghz
with this same card and e8200 @ 4ghz i have stable 125
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Kiewan 27 Feb 2009, 03:06
look at my profile and say that again
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makumba 27 Feb 2009, 03:07
you are talking about cg_drawfps 1 or 2 ?
on cg_drawfps 2 you got average fps
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Kiewan 27 Feb 2009, 04:00
on 2 i have 100
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S3ti 27 Feb 2009, 03:18
Do you have an AGP or PCIe Board and which one exactly? First thing to think about when you see P4.
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makumba 27 Feb 2009, 03:26
I do not think that he thought about the exchange cpu with intel i865 chipset...
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S3ti 27 Feb 2009, 03:30
How do you know which chipset/board he has?
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makumba 27 Feb 2009, 03:35
if you are talking about AGP, and he had 775 socket it must be something like i865 or random via chipset...
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S3ti 27 Feb 2009, 03:50
Right, and then it can happen (mainly with some low budget VIA/SIS chipsets) that his chipset doesn´t support wolfdale cores, or the developer has discontinued BIOS support and you recommend him a wolfdale cpu.

You just have to think about that it could be an AGP + 775 Board which supports only 90/65 nm cores, since his HD 3650 could be an AGP card.
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blitzz 27 Feb 2009, 11:56
but i said that i want 9600gt which means i got PCI E

:)

775: pci-e
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S3ti 28 Feb 2009, 03:04
True there are no AGP versions, I just asked to be sure since the HD 3650 is available for AGP and some people don´t regard that :)

w/e if your board supports the E5200 makumba is right, you will gain more performance with this new cpu.
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Nonix 27 Feb 2009, 06:22
"stabe 125"

Doesnt matter what computer you buy it will never be stable...
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wsk 27 Feb 2009, 07:53
well, my mate cuttyP claims he has 125 stable fps on his 4 year old laptop. But he's also a little bit of a showoff, so he might be a liar!

I have a pretty new pc and I never get stable 125 fps on any map (no cutty, seeing 125 fps in warmup does not mean it's stable).
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Nonix 27 Feb 2009, 09:47
I have 125 but its jumping to 124 everytime + pb lag gives that antivirusscan feeling
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wsk 27 Feb 2009, 09:52
yea same for me I guess
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OfficerCohen 27 Feb 2009, 09:56
on linux i have stable 500
and i rly mean it, it doesnt even go to 499-500
500 only ^_^
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Nonix 27 Feb 2009, 10:04
I dont know what are you talking about but maxfps is 125 in ET. Oh wait you are playing on some random public ^^
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OfficerCohen 27 Feb 2009, 10:06
im talking about that i can cap it to 500 :(
on private servers i cap it to 83 :(
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Nonix 27 Feb 2009, 10:34
why 83 ?
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OfficerCohen 27 Feb 2009, 10:34
because my refresh rate is 85 maybe..
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siL 27 Feb 2009, 07:58
I have stable 125 on every map
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sean 27 Feb 2009, 08:52
I got stable every map with picmip 0 with my specs.

c2d e8400 3ghz
2gb ram
9600GT 512mb
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S3ti 27 Feb 2009, 09:14
sounds plausible...btw picmip has zero influence on todays graphic cards.
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jnO 27 Feb 2009, 10:27
Lies!!
You get stable FPS because ET is scared of The Veteran.
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lweebo 28 Feb 2009, 13:43
what does picmip have to do with anything?
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sean 28 Feb 2009, 14:25
It does mean something. Being able to play with picmip 0/high texture qualities at 125fps stable on anymap shows that the 9600GT could be a suitable choice for what he's looking for. If i was looking for a new graphics card, i would want a decent one at least. I wouldn't want a card which could only get 125 fps if you tweaked the fuck out of the config etc..
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lweebo 28 Feb 2009, 14:57
Wasn't it proven that there's no difference between picmip 0,1,2 in fps? I might be mistaken though..
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sean 28 Feb 2009, 15:16
On my old pc, i had significantly less fps with picmip 0 than with picmip 3.

eg- 60 with picmip3, 30-40 with picmip 0

Although, you're statement could be true with most newer cards.
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Mica 27 Feb 2009, 10:08
replace that 3200.. 3.2ghz may sound ultra-fast but it really isnt.. the q6600 at 2.4ghz is already about ~2/3times as fast using a single core
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Mayni 27 Feb 2009, 10:59
As ET only supports one core, isnt it actually faster to have a 3ghz single core as opposed to a 2.4ghz dual core? i realize it would make much more sense to have a dualcore anyway, but im curious! :D
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Mica 27 Feb 2009, 11:02
nah.. the pentium 4's are outdated compared to dual/quadcores.. they use different techniques etc etc.. stepping

the slowest core2duo/core2quad (only using 1 core) could probably beat a p4 3.2ghz w/o a problem:)
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blitzz 27 Feb 2009, 11:59
ye ye i know Q6600 will be much better but:

1) if i get a mid-range proccess it will be E8400 and not Q6600
2) it wont be much helpful for ET since its 1core based (ill get stable X FPS anyway, but still..)
3)my PC dosent support the proccess features
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Mayni 28 Feb 2009, 19:21
Ah okay thanks, nice to know these things!
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Ronner 27 Feb 2009, 10:44
ET is mostly CPU related, and be careful to check wether you need an AGP card or a PCI-E card. But I suggest you don't update your vidcard if you want to get stable 125 in ET.
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caesr 27 Feb 2009, 10:52
just upgrade both before the summer ET2:D
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BuLL 27 Feb 2009, 13:25
Why would you buy something for ET? Save more money and buy smth for the future (if your plannin on playing rtcw2 or whatever)

ET will be gone in a month when the next RtCW chapter is released :E
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blitzz 27 Feb 2009, 14:12
Doubt that..

i dont have more money, i save as much as i can for a new guitar, but im tired of playing ET with shitty fps.. i can sped around 100 dollars for a CPU/GPU.. if it will help me

if ill buy a better proccess ill need to change the moby and its ends up as a new PC.. ill buy a new PC as soon as i can anyway but for now an E5200 would be enought
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