AOC - General Information - Page 57

Hasto · 04-21-2008, 06:53 PM

Personally I try to at least maintain my level of performance across the board. An upgrade here or there, maybe not to top of the line but to something better that will last seems worth it to me. But then again, I also do a bunch of work with CS on the side. I've never liked running on bare minimum machines.

Rayne · 04-21-2008, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Manseed

I have a PC that was absolutely top of the line 10 months ago. Game ran like shit on high settings. On low settings it looked like a 6 year old drew the textures in MS Paint. Dunno what kind of dream machine this game takes, but when I just spent $1800 10 months ago I don't feel like I should have to upgrade again for this game.

$1800!?! Wtf? You buy your shit at Office Max or something?

Manseed · 04-21-2008, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Rayne

$1800!?! Wtf? You buy your shit at Office Max or something?

Newegg.com. Should have mentioned that it included a decent monitor.

Hasto · 04-21-2008, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tolanin

the gfx and cpu arguements are completely valid but you need to look at this from the market pov.. and in terms of desktop pcs 2 gigs of ram has been standard for awhile now.. prolly 3 years or so, mostly because its been a cheap way to pad the specs of a pc for awhile... and the OEMs have all been doing it... how many super awesome bonus deals have we seen from dell with a free 2gig upgrade.. tons because it costs them like 20 bucks extra and sells lots of pcs.

Now if the game cant run semi decently with gfx turned down on a pc with a 6800 nvidia and a amd 2400 xp or whatever they were called it might be in trouble with the non gamer rig people

I agree with you for the most part. But even with dell you can upgrade to better components for a pretty low cost. What does a 7900 even cost you these days through them? Less than $100. I understand everybody has there priorities for what they spend their money on, but I don't see the requirements to run this game well as being outlandish.

Rayne · 04-21-2008, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hasto

I agree with you for the most part. But even with dell you can upgrade to better components for a pretty low cost. What does a 7900 even cost you these days through them? Less than $100. I understand everybody has there priorities for what they spend their money on, but I don't see the requirements to run this game well as being outlandish.

Basicly what I did. Bought an Acer machine with a LG Flatron Wide, loaded it with 3gb more ram, dropped in a 8800GT OC (which I overpaid for by buying local), and was good to go for under $1000. That was back in August.

ModernDayDruid · 04-21-2008, 07:30 PM

Since we're talking about upgrades, PC power and such, Intel cut several CPU prices by 50% today...

"Intel Cuts Quad-Core Price by 50 Percent

If you’ve been putting off the upgrade to a quad core processor, I have good news for you, Intel has just dropped its prices by 50% on select quad core processors. In addition to the price cuts, Intel also announced two new Core 2 Duo processors. The 2.83GHz E8300 with 6MB cache for $163 and the 2.53GHz E7200 with 3MB cache for $133.

The price of the Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66GHz) fell 50 percent from $530 to $266, while the quad-core Xeon X3230 (2.66GHz) saw an identical cut: from $530 to $266. Celeron price-cut highlights include the Celeron 430 (1.8GHz), reduced 23 percent from $44 to $34 and the dual-core Celeron E1200 (1.6GHz), falling 19 percent from $53 to $43."

Lastly for those of you who do want to play AoC, Best Buys are now stocking the pre-order boxes with the Rhino mount and beta codes. Several on the VNBoard forums have in hand...

Gecko · 04-21-2008, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Manseed

Newegg.com. Should have mentioned that it included a decent monitor.

If you spent 1800 at Newegg 10 months ago, even if you spend 500 on a monitor, you should easily be able to play this thing on high settings.

I think what a lot of people are missing is the 4 gig is for those fools who bought a Vista machine. Running 2 Gig on XP is fine.

The requirements are high for the game, but it's not like you need a 500 dollar video card or a huge expenditure on parts. A fast 8800 GT costs 150 dollars. Most PC rigs come with 2 Gigs which honestly runs the game fine, as mine was ok this weekend.

It's not like Funcom didn't think of the budget gamers, also. The 360 version releases in September.

8ounce · 04-21-2008, 08:07 PM

AoC and 2 gigs ran fine for me on xp... If you are running vista I think most games will give you trouble on 2 gigs.

Twobit Whore · 04-21-2008, 08:12 PM

I run Vista and 2GB of RAM and I have no troubles with anything, even games as intensive as AoC.

Time for people to stop regurgitating the same crap they hear and just assume is true because 'Vista is sooo bad'.

woqqqa · 04-21-2008, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Twobit Whore

Time for people to stop regurgitating the same crap they hear and just assume is true because 'Vista is sooo bad'.

But it's true. Just yesterday, I installed Vista, and it cancelled my WoW account, purged all my bank records, killed my cat, declared war on Bhutan and then signed me up for a year long subscription to Star Wars Galaxies...it's a menace I say! A menace!

8ounce · 04-21-2008, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Twobit Whore

...but the average gamer that you don't associate with isn't running anything close to a C2D and an 8800 with 2GB+ of RAM.

This post contradicts your above post.

Kodylan · 04-21-2008, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 8ounce

This post contradicts your above post.

I think he's suggesting he's not the average gamer.

Edit: That said, I don't think Funcom is targeting the "average gamer" anyway -- otherwise they would have avoided the Mature rating like the plague.

8ounce · 04-21-2008, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodylan

I think he's suggesting he's not the average gamer.

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Ok I'll elaborate, in one post he implies AoC requires Over 2 gigs of ram for good performance then goes on to say in his second post he only has 2 gigs and vista and has absolutly no prblem with AoC...the avergage gamer part had nothing to do with it.

Roa · 04-21-2008, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 8ounce

Ok I'll elaborate, in one post he implies AoC requires Over 2 gigs of ram for good performance then goes on to say in his second post he only has 2 gigs and vista and has absolutly no prblem with AoC...the avergage gamer part had nothing to do with it.

No, he suggested that people here are overestimating what kind of computer the average gamer has, saying not to expect them to have, or to buy, 2 or more gigs or RAM for their PC.

In an unrelated statement, he said he ran AoC fine on Vista with 2 gigs of RAM.

8ounce · 04-21-2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Roa

No, he suggested that people here are overestimating what kind of computer the average gamer has, saying not to expect them to have, or to buy, 2 or more gigs or RAM for their PC.

So IF you dont NEED over 2 gigs of ram who cares if the average gamer has more or not and why should anyone expect them to buy more if they dont NEED more.

Hey everyone the average pc gamer doesnt have a joystick and dont expect them to buy one, not that you need a joystick for AoC, Im just saying ?!?!

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ModernDayDruid Go ahead and shoot me, but I like AoC Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 59 -1 Internets	Since we're talking about upgrades, PC power and such, Intel cut several CPU prices by 50% today... "Intel Cuts Quad-Core Price by 50 Percent If you’ve been putting off the upgrade to a quad core processor, I have good news for you, Intel has just dropped its prices by 50% on select quad core processors. In addition to the price cuts, Intel also announced two new Core 2 Duo processors. The 2.83GHz E8300 with 6MB cache for $163 and the 2.53GHz E7200 with 3MB cache for $133. The price of the Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66GHz) fell 50 percent from $530 to $266, while the quad-core Xeon X3230 (2.66GHz) saw an identical cut: from $530 to $266. Celeron price-cut highlights include the Celeron 430 (1.8GHz), reduced 23 percent from $44 to $34 and the dual-core Celeron E1200 (1.6GHz), falling 19 percent from $53 to $43." Lastly for those of you who do want to play AoC, Best Buys are now stocking the pre-order boxes with the Rhino mount and beta codes. Several on the VNBoard forums have in hand... __________________ C2Duo e8400 4gb RAM EVGA 8800GTS 512 Vista Ultimate 64 24" Samsung "Myth is my ship on the ocean of time." Last edited by ModernDayDruid : 04-21-2008 at 07:34 PM.

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Twobit Whore Insert Quarter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 8,797 -25 Internets	I run Vista and 2GB of RAM and I have no troubles with anything, even games as intensive as AoC. Time for people to stop regurgitating the same crap they hear and just assume is true because 'Vista is sooo bad'. __________________ I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hand. I ball my fists and you gonna know where I stand.

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04-21-2008, 06:53 PM	#841 (permalink)
Hasto Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 183 -10 Internets	Personally I try to at least maintain my level of performance across the board. An upgrade here or there, maybe not to top of the line but to something better that will last seems worth it to me. But then again, I also do a bunch of work with CS on the side. I've never liked running on bare minimum machines.

04-21-2008, 08:07 PM	#848 (permalink)
8ounce Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 53 -1 Internets	AoC and 2 gigs ran fine for me on xp... If you are running vista I think most games will give you trouble on 2 gigs.