phil stanbridge Posted May 30, 2004 Share Posted May 30, 2004 I'm trying to suss out exactly what it is that makes CM tick - at the moment I've got a very high spec pc but I am still finding myself having to wait for up to a minute for the blue bar to compute in larger scenarios. My current spec :- AMD FX53 @ 2.7ghz, watercooled so its totally silent, (very important to me), ATI 9800XT, 1GB PC3500 ECC, couple of 7200rpm drives, optical drives etc. Basically, pretty top spec. Now will 2GB make a difference to the computation time do you think? Or would RAID 0 on two 10000rpm Raptors make any? Or would both features help? I'm prepared to invest some cash in this to get it right, so any advice would be welcomed. #1 CM fan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 I doubt that either the RAID or the extra memory will make a significant dent in turn computation time. I don't even know if CM would utilize up to 2Gb, even for large scenarios. The RAID would help when it comes to the initial load time of the scenario/op, but I doubt it would make too much of a difference for the turn computation time (I'm not aware of exactly how much data may be temporarily written to the hard drive during this period). The biggest difference in turn computation time is the CPU/FSB speed. There's a lot of floating-point math being computed (LOS checks, ballistics and penetration calcs, etc.) and anything that helps with that will speed up the turns. With your setup I guess you'll just have to wait for faster CPUs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAsta_KFC Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I have to say, nice rig, Phil. If only I could play IL2:Fb on that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hpt. Lisse Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 May I ask - How large are we talking about? How many units? Does your machine perform well at other games/tasks? Is there any other indication that it may not be set up/configured correctly? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarze Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Heck. with 2 gigs maybe you can play "To the Volga" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer76 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Phil, with that rig CM should be a piece of cake. Unless you are playing HUGE battles that is. (5000-10000) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hpt. Lisse Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 You're kidding, right? With that rig, he could play a 10000 point Huge battle with a city on the map with x4AA AND x8AF enabled without it burping... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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