So I am looking for a new pc so I can actually play this, what are your thoughts on this?

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  • moobarmoobar Join Date: 2012-11-06 Member: 167717Members
    If you're not an Intel hater, I'd get one of these, preferable one that sits above 3.2 ghz before turbo:


    Core i7-2600, -2600K, -2700K, -3770, -3770K, -3820, -3930K, -3960X
    Core i5-3570K, -3570, -3550, -3470, -3450P, -3450, -3350P, -3330, 2550K, -2500K, -2500, -2450P, -2400, -2380P, -2320, -2310, -2300

    Core i3-3225, -3240, -3220,-2100, -2105, -2120, -2125, -2130
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  • TENTACLE_BOSSTENTACLE_BOSS Join Date: 2012-11-06 Member: 167478Members
    bump
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    If you can fit a SSD drive in your budget for OS and apps I'd highly recommend it, your PC will feel generally more responsive and load times for OS and apps will improve a lot.

    You can also <a href="http://www.topink.co.nz/products/k-kt_mz-7pc128b-ww.html?utm_source=pricespy&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pricespy" target="_blank">buy it </a>separately and plug it in.

    Rest of PC looks good!
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  • KableKable Join Date: 2012-10-13 Member: 162222Members
    The i5 2500K is a great great deal. 8Go Ram DDR3 is nice but take some good one like corsair, a bad ram is Worst than anything.
    Regarding the Video Card, I'm an Nvidia person. I've meet too much people encounter issues with the ATI driver support for FPS and games in general, Sure ATI card are better and cheaper but you don't have the great interface: Developer - Driver - Card (mine is a little 560GTX, doing a great job)

    Moreover an SSD is a great deal now ! I've got one for my OS and Windows did not bother me anymore with latency, put you have to check some settings on your OS like defrag, etc.
    IF you've got a short budget you can trust Samsung, mine run perfectly fine. My computer start faster than my screen.
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    edited November 2012
    <!--quoteo(post=2013939:date=Nov 7 2012, 01:33 PM:name=Kable)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kable @ Nov 7 2012, 01:33 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2013939"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The i5 2500K is a great great deal. 8Go Ram DDR3 is nice but take some good one like corsair, a bad ram is Worst than anything.
    Regarding the Video Card, I'm an Nvidia person. I've meet too much people encounter issues with the ATI driver support for FPS and games in general, Sure ATI card are better and cheaper but you don't have the great interface: Developer - Driver - Card (mine is a little 560GTX, doing a great job)

    Moreover an SSD is a great deal now ! I've got one for my OS and Windows did not bother me anymore with latency, put you have to check some settings on your OS like defrag, etc.
    IF you've got a short budget you can trust Samsung, mine run perfectly fine. My computer start faster than my screen.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I'd shout NVIDIA FANBOY but you're quite right about the drivers, Nvidia overall has better drivers than AMD/ATI.
    That said, I have a 7950 and have had no issues with NS2 so far.
    Had a few with SC2 and a few drivers back but was a minor issue.
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  • moobarmoobar Join Date: 2012-11-06 Member: 167717Members
    I've never had ATI driver problems since I switched to them starting with the 4850 (5770s and 6950 later). One thing to do is find a good version of the catalyst driver and stick to it.

    In my experience, Nvidia cards tend to die (7850, 7950, 8800 GT, 9600 GT all have died on me.. could just be that EVGA is ######)

    If I were to build a new comp now it would be:

    Z77 chipset mobo w/ at least 8 phase power (such as the ASRock Extreme 3)
    i5-3570K
    8 gb DDR3 1600 9-9-9-x
    AMD 7870 or 7950 depending on budget
    650W PSU (preferably a Seasonic or Delta OEM - Antec is reliable here)
    Samsung, Intel, or Crucial SSD (120gb minimum)
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  • WilsonWilson Join Date: 2010-07-26 Member: 72867Members
    Don't get an AMD cpu if you want to play ns2.
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  • TENTACLE_BOSSTENTACLE_BOSS Join Date: 2012-11-06 Member: 167478Members
    If any of you have nothing to do, could anyone recommend something on that site, preferrably at a max of 1.2k NZD?
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  • ObraxisObraxis Subnautica Animator & Generalist, NS2 Person Join Date: 2004-07-24 Member: 30071Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, WC 2013 - Supporter, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    edited November 2012
    <!--quoteo(post=2015111:date=Nov 8 2012, 08:00 AM:name=TENTACLE_BOSS)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TENTACLE_BOSS @ Nov 8 2012, 08:00 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2015111"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->If any of you have nothing to do, could anyone recommend something on that site, preferrably at a max of 1.2k NZD?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Go for this one:

    <a href="http://www.xpcomputers.co.nz/product-intel_core_i5_3470_gaming_system_with_gtx560_1gb-10208" target="_blank">http://www.xpcomputers.co.nz/product-intel...tx560_1gb-10208</a>

    You will have good/great performance on NS2 and with the cash you save you can buy other things.

    Edit: You can 'customize' that PC to have a much better CPU too, I'd go for that.
    (Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40 GHz 6M LGA1155 Processor (add $ 36.00))
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  • TENTACLE_BOSSTENTACLE_BOSS Join Date: 2012-11-06 Member: 167478Members
    <!--quoteo(post=2015122:date=Nov 8 2012, 12:13 AM:name=Obraxis)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Obraxis @ Nov 8 2012, 12:13 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2015122"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Go for this one:

    <a href="http://www.xpcomputers.co.nz/product-intel_core_i5_3470_gaming_system_with_gtx560_1gb-10208" target="_blank">http://www.xpcomputers.co.nz/product-intel...tx560_1gb-10208</a>

    You will have good/great performance on NS2 and with the cash you save you can buy other things.

    Edit: You can 'customize' that PC to have a much better CPU too, I'd go for that.
    (Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40 GHz 6M LGA1155 Processor (add $ 36.00))<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Oh man I don't know how I missed this one, that is fantastic! I think I'd upgrade the graphics card a little bit too. Thanks for the help mate.
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  • KableKable Join Date: 2012-10-13 Member: 162222Members
    <!--quoteo(post=2015129:date=Nov 8 2012, 08:23 AM:name=TENTACLE_BOSS)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TENTACLE_BOSS @ Nov 8 2012, 08:23 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2015129"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Oh man I don't know how I missed this one, that is fantastic! I think I'd upgrade the graphics card a little bit too. Thanks for the help mate.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I don't know for the CPU but if you want to know the GTX560 (mine a ASUS) is a great card I can run NS2 on mid-high settings at constant 40fps, and any other game at 80
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