Phandaal Posted June 25, 2000 Share Posted June 25, 2000 The demo ran great, but those are small to medium sized egagement. On the huge ones, my video card started steaming, and my CPU was working overtime, and then more OT. Had to upgrade. I ordered a PIII450 (Can't afford better and the PII266 is showing it's age), and bought a TNT2 for $79. The video card didn't make that much of a difference compared to my Banshee. On the HUGE levels, there is just SO much going on it still scrolled choppy. The TNT2 does make the smoke look correct, a big improvement over the VoodooIIs smoke. It scrolls a bit better but even with 32 megs, my CM crashes with the Madmatt mod. Oh well. On those BIG senarios, it is overwhelming my poor machine. At least the 4 minutes to proccess a turn on some of the huge levels will decrease with the new CPU. I'll also see where the CPUs breaking point is. If I'm lucky I got a 500MHZ chip in reality. I'm hoping the PIII450 will help the Video Card max it's performance a bit. At least that is my hope. Phandaal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironcross Posted June 25, 2000 Share Posted June 25, 2000 OH great me an my p11 233 look doomed and i aint got the game yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudee Posted June 25, 2000 Share Posted June 25, 2000 I feel your pain. I share a Pentium 450mhz with the rest of my family. The CM demo runs fine, but I dream of my own monster gaming rig of 800mhz and above. My dream will come true very soon as my Dad is buying me my own computer as a high school graduation present. Not only that, but I will be attending my first year at College in the fall, and I just turned 16 years of age, so the family is very proud of my achievements. I asked for a 1 GHZ system but I don't think that's going to happen. Most likely a 800mhz or so, but I'm certainly not going to complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisl Posted June 25, 2000 Share Posted June 25, 2000 Maybe BTS should start selling packages of CM plus various upgrades, given the number of people shelling out $$$ to get smoother movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted June 25, 2000 Share Posted June 25, 2000 Dont forget RAM. You may already have enough but I upgraded from 64meg to 128meg and it made a huge difference on my machine. Faster turns and smoother scrolling in combo with the tnt2 32meg. ------------------ "It's a hardball world son. We've got to keep our heads until this peace craze blows over." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott C Posted June 25, 2000 Share Posted June 25, 2000 64M, 128M - bah. 256M like I have is starting to get respectable... and I know a guy with 2 GIGS of RAM. ------------------ Questions, comments, arguments, refutations, criticisms, and/or sea stories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Morgue Posted June 25, 2000 Share Posted June 25, 2000 Check out www.pricewatch.com it will save you a bundle on new machines and upgrades of cards and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzzlehead Posted June 25, 2000 Share Posted June 25, 2000 I just built a new system last month 667 pent III; 256 mb; Geforce1 DDR all I lack is the full version Anyone up for a gold demo tonight?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted June 25, 2000 Share Posted June 25, 2000 Anything over 256 meg ram is a waste for gaming. Needless to say, you shouldn't have any other programs running in the background while gaming. It hurts performance and tends to increase the chance of crashes and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heinz 25th PzReg Posted June 25, 2000 Share Posted June 25, 2000 Pretty soon the prices for faster CPU`s will start to come down. The new AMD Duron and Thunderbird chips will bring the prices down. I am sure we will see 1gz+ in most machines within 6 months. This means that BTS can start thinking of bigger scenarios and operations for CM2+ I am sure the future for CM and its followers will become even more interesting in the future. Regards, Heinz ------------------ "To subdue your enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted June 25, 2000 Share Posted June 25, 2000 Yes, the new AMD Athlons with full speed L2 cache are the fastest CPU's available. I'm going to be getting one within the next few months. This sort of speed, along with a very fast video card, will make CM and CM2 run extremely smoothly. Even during large battles. I can't wait to see how good the game looks running on the new hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeer Posted June 26, 2000 Share Posted June 26, 2000 I am getting the 533a celron. Then I will have an 800mhz computer! I will really have a good gaming computer. Right now, I have a 300a clocked to 450 and a TNT2 ultra. Seems to work great on the demo but there is always room for more speed. [This message has been edited by Jeer (edited 06-25-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeeGTO Posted June 26, 2000 Share Posted June 26, 2000 Jeer, How did you OC your 300 to 450? The most I can get w/out melt-down is just under 400, even then it's not too stable? Off course OCing is rather new to me. Andyhints would be appreciated. thanks, Mikee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasj Posted June 26, 2000 Share Posted June 26, 2000 Jeer, I'm with mike here, I got a p2 300mmx on a Gigabyte motherboard and would love to over clock it also. Your words of advice are most welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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