PC System Requirements Discussion

[tenebra_uk]

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Operating System : Windows 2000/XP/Vista

CPU : Intel P4 @ 2.4Ghz or AMD Athlon 2800+.

GPU (Video Cards) : ATI Radeon 9800 256MB VRAM or Nvidia 6600 GT with 256 MB of VRAM.

Video Cards with vertex/pixel shaders 2.x and above are recommended.

SPU (Sound Cards) : DirectX 9.0 compatible Sound Card.

System Memory : 512 MB, 1 GB recommended

Hard Disk free space: 8 GB

DVD drive: 8x minimum

DirectX 9.0C (included)

[dzidza]

What about recommended spec??

thx,

[bosko555]

Thanks for the info Tenebra. But if you don't afill those requerments can you play the beta test?

[bkvjR33]

oh dear, im not sure about my GPU.

will an ATI x300se be supported? (x300/550 series)

[gaiozi]

what about EAX1300PRO 256 MB it will run game ?

[Powertoy]

oh dear, im not sure about my GPU.

will an ATI x300se be supported? (x300/550 series)

maybe with the definitions set to low.

[Crazed_Dodgem]

8gb!? wow, i thought 5gb san andreas was vast! but 8gb is mad!

[HighWayDriver]

good :D

my computer can eat it without fell the game is open :D

[tenebra_uk]

I had amended the specs following communication with Atari :)

[R4Di04CTiV3]

hey what about 6600GT 128mb model?! :mefiant:

[nickmehubcaps]

Cant anybody read it tells you the specs so why all the questions about gfx cards that arnt there

[tenebra_uk]

hey what about 6600GT 128mb model?! :mefiant:
The specs say 256, you can't expect to run it on 128 lightbulb

[don_vito]

But Tenebra these are the reccomended setting, do you know what the minimum settings are?

[TrotterITCO]

The specs say 256, you can't expect to run it on 128 lightbulb


Yeah right, I would like to check that out as I have 6600 Gt with 128 Mb, but I don't have key for old beta. Maybe if someone don't need old key can give it to me so I can check it out.

[nickmehubcaps]

They will be the min specs what do you expect it to run on a 486

[RFOAT]

yeah i reach the recommended by far, but im not sure about mi ATI X1300(something, dont know if its X1300XT, X1300LE, X1300 or X1300PRO)
with 512mb Ram... is it enough`? i don't know how these models compare to the ones on the ones recommended...

[don_vito]

Athlon 2800+
512 RAM
XFX Geforce 6200 256MB weirdblue

[TrotterITCO]

I found this system requirements:
System Requirements
Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Vista
512MB System RAM
2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
128MB Direct3D compatible video card Supporting DirectX 9.0
DirectX 9.0c Driver
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card

Supported Video Card Chipsets:
ATI X1900 series
ATI X1800 series
ATI X1600 series
ATI X1300 series
ATI X850 series
ATI x800 series
ATI x700 series
ATI x600 series
ATI Radeon 9800 series
ATI Radeon 9700 series
ATI Radeon 9600 series
ATI Radeon 9500 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
NVIDIA GeForce FX series

Here's the link: http://forum.gamer.nl/showthread.php?t=68691

[tenebra_uk]

But Tenebra these are the reccomended setting, do you know what the minimum settings are?
Nope, they're not recommended settings, they are system requirements, it does specify when a feature is recommended rather than required :)

[tenebra_uk]

Please, TrotterITCO, don't bring confusion. The specs I posted came from Atari Europe today precisely at 1.25pm. They come from the right source and up-to-date.

[TrotterITCO]

Sorry m8, but I'm confused because 6600 GT is much faster then 9800.

[don_vito]

Nope, they're not recommended settings, they are system requirements, it does specify when a feature is recommended rather than required :)

Ah ok, i just hope i can run the game. :salut2:

p.s. Bring your avatar back. :atari:

[Lukasz-Tczew]

Can You tell me how i will play on my computer??

I have:
Intel Core II Duo E6300 (2x 1,83 GHZ)
GeForce 7600 GS
1024 RAM





Sorry For My English

[Understudy]

The specs are in the original post.

If you don't understand how these relate to your own PC, you should probably look at getting a console.

[nickmehubcaps]

It will play **** go out and buy a new one

[Deadmanccrus]

My system
AMD X2 4800+
2 gb ram
7900 gt\gto
so i dont worry about this game)

[craigie22]

NO ONE CARES!

Stop posting your own specs

tenebra posted the minimum specs so keep it to yourself if it will work or not

NO ONE CARES if it will work on your particular machine except you so dont tell everyone else about it rolleyesa

[adj92]

if you dont know how to find your pc specs click on start then run and type in dxdiag and press enter and it'll come up with all your specs

[vandetim]

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GPU (Video Cards) : ATI Radeon 9800 256MB VRAM or Nvidia 6600 GT with 256 MB of VRAM.



i hope 9600 also works

[nickmehubcaps]

Well no it wont work its not listed

[triley]

Will the final release run the same and the current beta? I am at the momment below the above and i feel for me the game runs ok, however will this carry across?

[crappucino]

Thanks tenebra :) I'll start looking down the back of the couch for spare bits of change for my upgrade ;)

[VertigoSFX]

Thank you very much tenebra, I'm sure this has made a lot of people happy having some official specs.

THANKS!

[GT-Pherelas]

if you dont know how to find your pc specs click on start then run and type in dxdiag and press enter and it'll come up with all your specs
Or right click on my computer and hit propertys.

Oh and tryed your way and its says I have XP pro when I have media centre edition.

[vandetim]

I found this system requirements:
System Requirements
Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Vista
512MB System RAM
2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
128MB Direct3D compatible video card Supporting DirectX 9.0
DirectX 9.0c Driver
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card

Supported Video Card Chipsets:
ATI X1900 series
ATI X1800 series
ATI X1600 series
ATI X1300 series
ATI X850 series
ATI x800 series
ATI x700 series
ATI x600 series
ATI Radeon 9800 series
ATI Radeon 9700 series
ATI Radeon 9600 series
ATI Radeon 9500 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
NVIDIA GeForce FX series

Here's the link: http://forum.gamer.nl/showthread.php?t=68691

my video card is supported there
and i dotn care about my video card i play a lot of games that dont support that one but it works all fine

[Vipallica]

Well I think, I won't have any problems with the requirements.

[Powertoy]

my video card is supported there
and i dotn care about my video card i play a lot of games that dont support that one but it works all fine

This isn't official.
Read tenebra's last post

[Girrari]

True.

This list doesn't even have Nvidia 7900 series, not to mention 8800.

[triley]

Well the unnofical list seems more acurate for me, i have a 6600LE and it runs ok on the lower resolutions.

[tenebra_uk]

I'm just puzzled. You ask for official requirements, you get them, you don't like them, you make things up, you claim you know it better than the developers.

I am obviously going to ignore anybody who dismisses requirements and then complains about performance.

[YakuzaBoy]

Ok I have an ATI Raedon 9600 PRO (The list a few posts above said the 9600 series was supported) so I assume its the beta unless the list isn't accurate?

[al3x3y]

i installed the beta and when i try to enter the game it says not enought memory....i have 512 ram and 256 video.... :mad: :mad:

[bosko555]

I've got a 6600GT graphic card with 128mb memory and 1gb of ram and I can play.

[Spoonz]

good job ive got an athlon 3200+ overclocked. and my excellent nvidia geforce 6600 512mb.

[R4Di04CTiV3]

working on high, 1024x768, no HDR or AA on:

athlon 3000+
512mb
6600GT 128MB mdr1

[DimaX]

Thread edited following confirmation:

Operating System : Windows 2000/XP/Vista

CPU : Intel P4 @ 2.4Ghz or AMD Athlon 2800+.

GPU (Video Cards) : ATI Radeon 9800 256MB VRAM or Nvidia 6600 GT with 256 MB of VRAM.

Video Cards with vertex/pixel shaders 2.x and above are recommended.

SPU (Sound Cards) : DirectX 9.0 compatible Sound Card.

System Memory : 512 MB, 1 GB recommended

Hard Disk free space: 8 GB

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DirectX 9.0C (included)


Thanks nice info bud have 256 mb RAM, need upgrade :salut2:

[tenebra_uk]

Yay, at last someone who understands what system requirements mean :bravo:

Welcome to the forums, DimaX :)

[vandetim]

yey the beta works perfect with my 9600 mdr1 :bravo:

[TrotterITCO]

So in the end I was right, and Atari was wrong.

[al3x3y]

i have 448 ddr2(i have video cars on board nvidia 6150 le 256 ddr2 and it takes 64 mb from ram)can i make the game to work on my computer??please help me guys !! i love TDU

[TrotterITCO]

i have 448 ddr2(i have video cars on board nvidia 6150 le 256 ddr2 and it takes 64 mb from ram)can i make the game to work on my computer??please help me guys !! i love TDU

M8, I dont want to dissapont you but you dont have enough ram and your GPU is very slow, its LE edition. You can try it, but dont expect much of it.
Onboard cards are basicly slower then AGP or PCI-E, I would recomend you to buy yourself GPU like Geforce 7600GT or some better if you have enough money. And upgrade your memory.

[Jake33]

Thread edited following confirmation:

Operating System : Windows 2000/XP/Vista

CPU : Intel P4 @ 2.4Ghz or AMD Athlon 2800+.

GPU (Video Cards) : ATI Radeon 9800 256MB VRAM or Nvidia 6600 GT with 256 MB of VRAM.

Video Cards with vertex/pixel shaders 2.x and above are recommended.

SPU (Sound Cards) : DirectX 9.0 compatible Sound Card.

System Memory : 512 MB, 1 GB recommended

Hard Disk free space: 8 GB

DVD drive: 8x minimum

DirectX 9.0C (included)


That's odd, my cousin runs it on his 733Mhz.

[al3x3y]

what video card hi has?? :eek2:

[tenebra_uk]

You guys seems to forget that what you're playing now is a beta, not the final version.

[gaiozi]

I have P4 2.6 512 ram and EAX1300PRO at 800X600 low settinbgs i have 25 -18 FPS :))

[triley]

Do you think the final version will be more or less graphicaly damanding?

[crappucino]

Do you think the final version will be more or less graphicaly damanding?

As a general rule of thumb the final code in RTM versions of any software is usually optimised to the extent that some noticeable gain in performance is seen.

[TrotterITCO]

You guys seems to forget that what you're playing now is a beta, not the final version.

M8 I respect you, but dont make me laugh with that statement, what's the difference in graphic from this and final version. :wink2:
Difference could be in gameplay, and that could require more system memory or CPU, but I doubt it.
I played beta on 1024x768 medium, and it goes quite well. Final version could just be better optimized and that could mean even higher FPS.
M8 dont allway's believe what it says on paper, sometimes they dont check all of the cards and configurations.

[tenebra]

The system requirements posted by Tenebra are the only ones so far approved.

You may decide to play the game with lower specs, I hope you won't blame the game for your bad decisions.

[VertigoSFX]

You guys are really lagging behind if your complaining about the PC specs being to high for this game, I mean seriously, this is like old school specs here, it's like the lowest end gaming PC you can practically buy...you can't hardly play video games without a gig of ram and a 256MB graphic card these days. And with the processor, those are like bare-bones processors, hell you can get a 2.2ghz athlon 64 3500+ right now which will play this game fine for 75 bucks, hardly anything...www.newegg.com.

Now I haven't been reading all these posts but I did gather that some people were complaining about the specs.

Just face the facts, if you don't meet the requirements that tenebra posted then you really need to upgrade, because I can guarantee in the next 6 months you won't b e able to play hardly any new video game.

[TrotterITCO]

The system requirements posted by Tenebra are the only ones so far approved.

You may decide to play the game with lower specs, I hope you won't blame the game for your bad decisions.


By that you mean, go to the store and buy yourself new hardware, some people dont have too much money to spend it on new GPU-s or CPU-s ect.

[VertigoSFX]

By that you mean, go to the store and buy yourself new hardware, some people dont have too much money to spend it on new GPU-s or CPU-s ect.

Well you gotta realize, if your going to be a gamer, you're going to have to keep up with the constantly changing technology. Or you can just stick with the old school games with poor graphics.

Developers and producers don't really care if a certain amount of people don't have the cash to buy new hardware because they have a quite large demographic that is willing to purchase their new games even if it requires them to pay 200+ dollars to get new hardware.

It's just how technology works, it's always worked like that and it shall continue to work like that.

Or you can buy a console and not have to upgrade until a new and improved one comes out, which'll probably be 3-4 years from now.

[tenebra]

By that you mean, go to the store and buy yourself new hardware, some people dont have too much money to spend it on new GPU-s or CPU-s ect.
As an Atari employee, my duty is to ensure that gamers wishing to play the game are aware of the system requirements. We see far too many people who ignore the requirements, play games on lower specs and then complain about performance.

Knowing how popular TDU is, we believed it would be thoughful to announce specs well before release to allow gamers enough time to upgrade their pc's if needed. High performance games require high performing hardware, there's no way around it.

The obvious choice for those who are not (understandably) prepared to continuously invest their hard earned cash in upgrades for games is switching to consoles.

[VertigoSFX]

As an Atari employee, my duty is to ensure that gamers wishing to play the game are aware of the system requirements. We see far too many people who ignore the requirements, play games on lower specs and then complain about performance.

Knowing how popular TDU is, we believed it would be thoughful to announce specs well before release to allow gamers enough time to upgrade their pc's if needed. High performance games require high performing hardware, there's no way around it.

The obvious choice for those who are not (understandably) prepared to continuously invest their hard earned cash in upgrades for games is switching to consoles.

That's exactly what needs to be said. Good way to put it.

[TrotterITCO]

That's exactly what needs to be said. Good way to put it.

M8's I know about computer hardware enough, maybe more than you, but I dont want to go into that. I respect what you said about sys req and customers, mole, that there are people who don't understand hardware of the PC and the meaning of minimum requirements.
But imagine this, some guy has this config: AMD Athlon 64 3800+, 1.5 gigs of ram and like in my case Geforce 6600GT or even 9800Pro both with 128MB, this PC could run this game at high detail with decent FPS.
But you said that 256 is minimum, so this guy will go to the store and buy himself a new GPU, spend 300$, but he could played this game on his old one. You got my point?
I know that my PC right now is peace of sh*t, and I know that I will buy myself new one in next few month's (5-6) :) , maybe even Alienware config :nuts: , but till then I will have to play on this rig.
You must think that I'm some kind of Rebel Without a Cause, but I just wanted to tell you my opinion for this great game and it's requirements, and to encourage some people who has older hw like me.
Take care guys and dont be angry at me. :)

[crappucino]

Developers do care about people who do not have the money to constantly upgrade their PC specification which is why they go to the trouble of allowing you to turn down detail settings to play on lower spec machines.

[TrotterITCO]

Developers do care about people who do not have the money to constantly upgrade their PC specification which is why they go to the trouble of allowing you to turn down detail settings to play on lower spec machines.

Nobody said that they dont care m8, its not that I dont have the money, it just that I dont care that much about PC games witch requires high end PC's.
My kind of games are Football Manager, Fifa Manager (both 07), and driving like TDU and SA. And that's it, no Doom 3, and that kind of games. :wink2:

[crappucino]

Nobody said that they dont care m8, its not that I dont have the money, it just that I dont care that much about PC games witch requires high end PC's.
My kind of games are Football Manager, Fifa Manager (both 07), and driving like TDU and SA. And that's it, no Doom 3, and that kind of games. :wink2:

Vertigo said that they don't care (read a few posts up). Wouldn't want the devs feelings to be hurt now would we ;). My fault for being too lazy to hit the quote button.

[TrotterITCO]

Vertigo said that they don't care (read a few posts up). Wouldn't want the devs feelings to be hurt now would we ;). My fault for being too lazy to hit the quote button.

That's alright m8, dont worry for devs. By the way do you know how team chiefs in F1 motivate their drivers to do better laps, drivers are allways getting 2 or more seconds + on their lap.
If you wont criticize or tell whats on your mind, and what you think it's right, there is a chance of not getting better final product. :)

P.S. my fault for not reading all post's.

[RobF50]

Anyone else have no sound ?

I've got an EMU 0404, works with all other games (HL2/GTR2/Doom3 ect) except Fahrenheit.

Any ideas ?

[crappucino]

Anyone else have no sound ?

I've got an EMU 0404, works with all other games (HL2/GTR2/Doom3 ect) except Fahrenheit.

Any ideas ?

The EMU0404 is notoriously bad in terms of compatibility with games - I've had the same problem with quite a few titles. My solution is to have the mobo's on-board soundcard enabled in addition to the EMu and switch it to primary sound playback device if I wish to play games that do not support it.

Fortunately I've got everything going into a mixer to some nearfield studio monitors so I don't have to mess about plugging/unplugging speakers but I realise that you may not have the facility to do this.

[BoyGTA]

I have a Pentium 4 at 2.66Ghz, 512mb ddr, Ge force FX 5200 and it don't work.
any suggestions?

[nickmehubcaps]

Get another 512mb mem and a new gfx card would be a good start or a xbox 360

[BoyGTA]

If I buy another 512 ddr only, the game work at low detail? my gfx have 256mb

[Spoonz]

If I buy another 512 ddr only, the game work at low detail? my gfx have 256mb

you wont be able to run it. i have a athlon 64 3200+ with a geforce 6600 512mb. and 2x512mb ram and i can only run it at low 1280x1024. well, im not sure if this beta has bugs in it, im not sure. but it could be answer to why it wont run on average computers.

[nickmehubcaps]

I think it has a lot of issues as I have a p4 2.8 1gb ram 6800 512mb and no matter what settings i use (1280x1060 high detail 4xaa or 640xwhat ever it is low detail no aa or hdr) I only get between 15 and 20 fps

[Understudy]

I think it has a lot of issues as I have a p4 2.8 1gb ram 6800 512mb and no matter what settings i use (1280x1060 high detail 4xaa or 640xwhat ever it is low detail no aa or hdr) I only get between 15 and 20 fps
I hope this will be the last time that I need to remind you that these issues must be discussed the the beta-test forum... NOT HERE.

1) You are violating the terms of the NDA.
2) If you don't bring the issues to the attention of the devs in the proper manner, then they won't be able to address the issue, and the full game won't work for your specs either. rolleyesa


Resulting in:
1) you'll never be involved in any future Atari beta tests ( you lose )
2) You won't be able to play the game on your PC ( you lose ).

[RobF50]

The EMU0404 is notoriously bad in terms of compatibility with games - I've had the same problem with quite a few titles. My solution is to have the mobo's on-board soundcard enabled in addition to the EMu and switch it to primary sound playback device if I wish to play games that do not support it.

Fortunately I've got everything going into a mixer to some nearfield studio monitors so I don't have to mess about plugging/unplugging speakers but I realise that you may not have the facility to do this.


Ah yes good idea.
I too have a mixer so this is not a problem at all.
Thank you.

:)

[totalscore]

It works perfetcly in both my Laptop and my desktop

Laptop Specs

Centrino Core 2 Duo (2x 2Ghz)
100Gb Sata Hard Drive
Ati X1400 512Mb
2 Gb Ram DDR 2

Desktop Specs

AMD 4800+ 64
150 Gb Raptor Disks in Raid 0
500 Gb Sata 2
4Gb DDR 2
GeForce 8800 GTX 768 MB


The game is awsome

Sorry for my bad english

[bakalhau]

I think it has a lot of issues as I have a p4 2.8 1gb ram 6800 512mb and no matter what settings i use (1280x1060 high detail 4xaa or 640xwhat ever it is low detail no aa or hdr) I only get between 15 and 20 fps

What were you expecting with such high resolution and with 4x AA? But I do find it weird even at 640x480 it struggles.

Centrino Core 2 Duo (2x 2Ghz)
100Gb Sata Hard Drive
Ati X1400 512Mb
2 Gb Ram DDR 2


Awesome, my lappy is the same except I only have 1GB of RAM.

[L3g4cy]

I have a P4 2.4 ghz, 1gb ram, and a 128mb 9800, and im playing it but its low fps. If i upgrade my gpu will my processor be too much of a bottleneck? thnx

[YakuzaBoy]

yey the beta works perfect with my 9600 mdr1 :bravo:
Thats odd I have a 9600 PRO and its not working for me and it can a game like Oblivion fine. Somethings wrong with the beta itself

[IsaacChungy]

I have Radeon 9200 SE 128 Mb, 512 Mb RAM and Athlon XP 2400+ 2 GHz. I need an upgrade? What graphics card does Jake33's cousin have? I don't believe he is running this with 773 MHz. eekblue: Please tell me!

[TrotterITCO]

I have Radeon 9200 SE 128 Mb, 512 Mb RAM and Athlon XP 2400+ 2 GHz. I need an upgrade? What graphics card does Jake33's cousin have? I don't believe he is running this with 773 MHz. eekblue: Please tell me!

You will need some good Geforce 6,7 or 8 family card, or Radeon 1x00 XT cards. Buy yourself a 7600 GT or 7900 GT, even thoe the GF 6600GT and 6800 GT will do the work if you want cheaper version. But if you have loads of cash, then buy GF8800.
I have around 20-25 FPS in 1024x768 at medium, with my "powerfull" rig, on closed beta. :)

[janosiq]

unfortunataly, TDU on my computer isn't work good :(
My specification:
athlon 3500+ am2
1024 mb RAM ddr2
and gf 6150
I think that game might be have 20-30 fps (800x600, no AA, low) but no. I have maybe 10 fps :( , some guys have a radeon 9550pro and they have beter results on the game :/

Sorry for my english

[Spoonz]

unfortunataly, TDU on my computer isn't work good :(
My specification:
athlon 3500+ am2
1024 mb RAM ddr2
and gf 6150
I think that game might be have 20-30 fps (800x600, no AA, low) but no. I have maybe 10 fps :( , some guys have a radeon 9550pro and they have beter results on the game :/

Sorry for my english

it's not your processor or ram. it's your graphics. because even my Nvidia Geforce 6600 512mb isnt the best and your's is one of the worst of the 6'series

[Fluxx]

Thats odd I have a 9600 PRO and its not working for me and it can a game like Oblivion fine.

By 'fine', surely you dont mean with all the bells and whistles on and at a decent resolution?...... :mefiant:

[dzidza]

Anyone else have no sound ?

I've got an EMU 0404, works with all other games (HL2/GTR2/Doom3 ect) except Fahrenheit.

Any ideas ?

i had that problem and i solve it like this:
click i/o button in the uprre left corner of dsp patch mix, instead of 44000 Khz
select 48000 khz, and you shoul hear all sounds good, at least it worked form me :)

[TrotterITCO]

it's not your processor or ram. it's your graphics. because even my Nvidia Geforce 6600 512mb isnt the best and your's is one of the worst of the 6'series

You have regular 6600 not 6600 GT? My 6600GT is performing quite good. My main problem is 512 MB Ram, I will buy 1GB soon, as I can see some slowdowns in city's.

[VONlumpy]

I have:
- Intel Core2Duo 6400
- 2048 DDR2
- GeForce 7900 GTO (256bit, 512 MB)

So I shouldn't worry, don't you think mdr1

The worse thing is that in my country I have to wait until March

fookin' distributor :mad: :guns: :mad:

[TakkU]

In the beta, it is next to unplayable:

AMD Athlon 2400+
1gb RAM
Geforce 6800 LE Unlocked to Ultra 128MB RAM

[Powertoy]

Thread edited following confirmation:

Operating System : Windows 2000/XP/Vista

CPU : Intel P4 @ 2.4Ghz or AMD Athlon 2800+.

GPU (Video Cards) : ATI Radeon 9800 256MB VRAM or Nvidia 6600 GT with 256 MB of VRAM.

Video Cards with vertex/pixel shaders 2.x and above are recommended.

SPU (Sound Cards) : DirectX 9.0 compatible Sound Card.

System Memory : 512 MB, 1 GB recommended

Hard Disk free space: 8 GB

DVD drive: 8x minimum

DirectX 9.0C (included)

I bet It's impossible play the TDU (beta) with this specs. :o

I hope the gold release comes to be less demanding. ;)

[gareth_25]

In the beta, it is next to unplayable:

AMD Athlon 2400+
1gb RAM
Geforce 6800 LE Unlocked to Ultra 128MB RAM

And following on from what Ten said, the minimum specifications are posted for a reason. This is to inform you of what you need to play this game acceptably.

Also after reading some of the posts by others, posting frames and hardware, then checking back to what Understudy said:

I hope this will be the last time that I need to remind you that these issues must be discussed the the beta-test forum... NOT HERE.

1) You are violating the terms of the NDA.

Means, don't let us know specific details!

[bosko555]

I would like to know if someone did play the TDU PC beta with these specs:

PROC: 2.6+ GHz
GPU: Geforce A7600GT 256mb AGP
RAM: 1 Gb

Can he tell me how did it work or how many fps did he have.
Becouse i have the same system, the only difference is the graphic card. I have a geforce 6600GT 128 mb AGP and am thinking of changing it for the 7600gt. This is the only thing that I can change with my financial state :):):)

[NiCK69]

To be honest ,most of the time the system requirments are wrong :mefiant: Condemned should not work on my pc accourding to there Required system requirments !
It works though ,on full Everything ,so should test drive unlimited ! Almost . mdr1

[tadinis]

I have a Nvidia geforce fx5500 128mb and i played the beta and my pc lags even on the lamest resolution and detail my pc specs are amd athlon 2.0ghz 512mb ram and the video car i mentioned so whats inportant is that my friend has the same spec pc only with a car ati radeon 9550 with the same 128mb and he can play 800x600 high detail no problem so whats the problem with my card pls i cant figure it out :mefiant: :atari:

[Spoonz]

NO ONE CARES!

Stop posting your own specs

tenebra posted the minimum specs so keep it to yourself if it will work or not

NO ONE CARES if it will work on your particular machine except you so dont tell everyone else about it rolleyesa


i think everyone does that so they can show off thier specs.

[IsaacChungy]

I found this list from a couple of russian sites:

nVIDIA: GeForce4 Ti-4200, GeForce4 Ti-4400, GeForce4 Ti-4600, GeForce4 Ti-4800, GeForce FX Series, GeForce 6200, GeForce 6600, GeForce 6800, GeForce 7300, GeForce 7600, GeForce 7800, GeForce 7900
ATi: Radeon 8500, Radeon 9000, Radeon 9100, Radeon 9200, Radeon 9500, Radeon 9550, Radeon 9600, Radeon 9700, Radeon 9800, Radeon X300, Radeon X550, Radeon X600, Radeon X700, Radeon X800, Radeon X850, Radeon X1300, Radeon X1600, Radeon X1800, Radeon X1900

But has someone actually tested the beta with Radeon 9200?

[tadinis]

so has any one played on fx5500 or any knows that it should work properley on it ?? maybe im missing some drivers or sumthin ??? could it be directx fault ?? :mefiant:

[anda666]

hi!! i want ask you a question.... can i play to test drive unlimited with this pc?
processor: dualcore amd athlon 64 x2, 2GHz 3800+
video cards: nvidia nforce 4 ati radeon x550 256 mb
system memory: 1gb
DVD drive: 24x
directX 9.0C

sorry for my bad english....
answer me ....please

[ChrisKob11]

Ohh bugger, people can read do they???

Yes your pc can run TDU but not on high and with AA on, you can run it on 1024X768 and maybe that's very positive.

[tdr911]

working on high, 1024x768, no HDR or AA on:

athlon 3000+
512mb
6600GT 128MB mdr1

How much is your frame rate "high"?
Is it playable?
I am asking you because I have same config with 1gb of RAM.

[Froogle]

How does tdu work with this computer?

2,4 Ghz processor
Geforce 7600 GS
1gb memory

:aie:

[Powertoy]

Yes your pc can run TDU but not on high and with AA on, you can run it on 1024X768 and maybe that's very positive.

Hummm. Maybe he can play with AAx2 :)

[Powertoy]

How does tdu work with this computer?

2,4 Ghz processor
Geforce 7600 GS
1gb memory

:aie:

Probably average :)

[Ginzo15]

My config:
p4 2.8GHz
512mb DDR
6600GT 128mb.

The Beta had very poor perfomance in a garage, car dealer's or in the house.
During free run with 1024x768 low details no AA I had 14-22 fps and with slow-downs every 1-2 minutes. When a race was about to begin I had some 3-8fps.
Totally unplayable even on 800x600 low details.

Well I've decided tu try it on my brother's 1.5 year-old PC:
AMD 64 3000+
2Gb ddr
6600gt 128mb.

I can say, it looked much smoother. Though, in a free run fps still had been going down to 6-10 fps, and it led to smashing in the stock (this is the right word I hope)
Still very frustrating and hardly playable.

So, is it videomemory that makes this mess?

[bosko555]

I have about the same configuration as you, except i have 1GB of RAM and AMD 2.6+ and the same graphic card. I also had poor performance in the house and the city, and also when I raceed it was very hard to play. But i will buy the geforce 7600GT. I hope that will be more helpfull to play the game.

[NecroViolator]

It should be DX8 Compatible, like Stalker...
Very nice GFX with DX8 and a LOT of FPS on MAX Vid specs...
I have a poo computer 3G, 2Ram, 6800 and Stalker runs extremely super fast and smooth as a babies bottom...

Theres EYECANDY for you people who love GFX and not Gameplay :(...

Its a fact sad to say...

[yasin90]

That means, I can't play it with my GeForce 6000 250 MB PC-I? Damnit, I was looking forward to TDU. :cry:

Btw: I also have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ with 1GB RAM.

[maciek99]

HI :)

Can i play TDU on my PC on high details ?
My comp:
processor: Athlon 64 3500+ Orleans AM2 DDR2
video cards: GeForce GALAXY 7900GS 256MB 256Bit 475/1400
system memory: 1gb

thanks for reply :)

[TheAgent]

P4 3 gig
1 gig PNY ram (3200)
Gforce 6800ultra 256
Windows Vista


Beta, Runs like a dream, smooth as pie.


I think people should be more worried about whats on their computer that's running in the back ground, and what drivers they have.

Always UPDATE to your latest Graphics card drivers.

That big list of things by your clock, might look nice and pretty and all, but its all using RAM,

Most games use about 450 to 650meg of ram when running, so add onto that, anything that's in the background using the system ram, once your system ram is full, you start paging to disk.

Most of the jumps and juts people experienced in games can be put down to not optimising the PC for use with games.

Games use the most resources than almost anything else and all at once,

So when things start juttering and stuttering in game, its more than likely reading and writing, game files to and from the hard Drives - page file, this is a lot slower as your HDD needs to spin up first, then locate all the parts of the file that it needs then load it into ram.

Tips for a better gaming performance.

- Close down all unnecessary back ground programs,

- Check for spy ware or ad-ware running in the background (these have been know to cause problems with games)

- Delete every thing with in the temp Internet folder (to gain some space back and help protect your PC from spy ware)

- Do a HDD defrag before you install the game.

- Update to the latest Drivers for your graphics card.

- Update to the latest Sound card drivers (you would be surprised at how many GFx card hiccups, come from sound access activity)

Some helpful links To achieve this

- Nvidia (http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp)
- ATI (http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html)
- ccleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/download/)
- The best free spyware remover (http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html)


A quick word on Ccleaner,

Ccleaner is a free and very powerful tool that will delete useless files.

These files are what windows makes, every time you download something or install something, and they get placed into the TEMP and TEMP Internet folder,

It places files in there, when the Install shield wizard unpacks things, then runs the install from the TEMP folder. some times when the program has finished, it will remove what it placed in the temp folder, but sometimes (more often than not) it will just leave them there, taking up space on your HDD,

The TEMP Internet folder is where your computer downloads, everything web related to, like website banners / images and link downloads and then it just leaves the download file in the TEMP Internet folder.

The TEMP folder and the TEMP Internet folder, are both hidden system folders in Windows XP.

PLEASE NOTE:

If you delete your cookies, you will have to input your user name and password, back into the login fields, for forums that you have set to Auto login.


WARNING:

Ccleaner can also check and correct your windows registry for entries that are no longer valid, if you want it to.

ALLWAYS MAKE A REGERSTRY BACKUP BEFORE YOU PROCEED, ATARI / THIS FORUM OR ME WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF YOU FAIL TO USE CAUTION WHEN DEALING WITH THE SYSTEM REGERSTRY

[bosko555]

Thank you for all of that information.

[andy2004nf]

hi.

this is my computer:

GIGABYTE 8VT880-L
Pentium 4 HT 2,4GHz FSB-800
ATi Radeon 9550 128MB/128-bit
512MB RAM DDR400 working in Dual Channel

Can i play Test Drive Unlimited on minumum graphics details?

//Sorry for my bad english :P

[DJKahuna]

OH MY GOD! Please people, read the original spec.

Your GPU/Graphics Card needs to have at least 256MB of Video Ram. You will need at least 512mb of system ram. You will need a 2.4Ghz or faster (or AMD 2800+ or better) CPU. You're graphics card will need to be at least an ATI 9800 or an NVidia 6600. You will need at least Direct X 9.0C.

I am sick and tired of people asking "can i run it on blah blah blah settings?" and it's only my first post.

IF YOU CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO READ AND UNDERSTAND AND DO A BIT OF RESEARCH THEN DON'T POST.

I know i'll be able to run it:

AMD Athlon 64 4600+ X2
2Gb GeIL DDR
BFG 7600GT 256Mb

In this topic, there are way too many idiots. Go cry to mummy about your crappy rigs and why it's won't run on that P2 166Mhz that you cherish so dearly. :cry: :cry:

[gaiozi]

Now i have P4 2.6 intel 512 DDr2 Ram and 7600GS 256MB :) i have bought it
in 1 week will be 1 GB ram :)

[ecpowers]

Ok, first off i have to say something about the official specs. You guys should know that an AMD Athlon XP2400+ is about as fast as an P4 2.4B. 2nd a Radeon 9800Pro/XT with 256Meg ram is on par with GeForce 5900/5950Ultra with 256Meg ram. The 6600 is a card made for DirectX 9.0C (Shader model 3) while the ATI 9000 Series are designed for Direct X 9.0B(Shader model 2.0/B) like the GeForce FX Series.

OH MY GOD! Please people, read the original spec.

Your GPU/Graphics Card needs to have at least 256MB of Video Ram. You will need at least 512mb of system ram. You will need a 2.4Ghz or faster (or AMD 2800+ or better) CPU. You're graphics card will need to be at least an ATI 9800 or an NVidia 6600. You will need at least Direct X 9.0C.

I am sick and tired of people asking "can i run it on blah blah blah settings?" and it's only my first post.

IF YOU CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO READ AND UNDERSTAND AND DO A BIT OF RESEARCH THEN DON'T POST.

I know i'll be able to run it:

AMD Athlon 64 4600+ X2
2Gb GeIL DDR
BFG 7600GT 256Mb

In this topic, there are way too many idiots. Go cry to mummy about your crappy rigs and why it's won't run on that P2 166Mhz that you cherish so dearly. :cry: :cry:

And about this, most people aren't PC enthusiasts and you can't blame them for asking, not everyone knows where to find their specs or what they have is good enough to play the game. Like the Radeon X300 is a newer generation than the 9800Pro card, yet it's not as fast. Anyway don't go all mad at them because they don't understand :nono: , rather help them. Owh, and a Pentium 2 166Mhz doesn't exist :) Furthermore does it only state that the 9800Pro or 6600 series card you are using must have 256Meg ram.

Then there is one thing i wonder, does this game support SLI/Crossfire? ( I own both so i'd like to know)

Cheers, first post :)

[crappucino]

How are you going to know how well the game works with X or Y spec machine until the final code is released?

Surely people should be asking these questions and exchanging system specs/frame-rates after the game is released.

[Froogle]

My friend's forum account doesn't want to work so I post he's specs and ask how does it work with this computer??

Processor:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz

Memory:
1024MB RAM

Video Card:
Radeon X1300 Series

Sry for my bad english. :cry: :aie: :cry:

[ecpowers]

How are you going to know how well the game works with X or Y spec machine until the final code is released?

Surely people should be asking these questions and exchanging system specs/frame-rates after the game is released.

I don't, but i find it odd that in the requirements they basically say an Geforce 6600 is as fast as an 9800, happens too much imo. I mean take DDO: Stormreach for instance, they just write "Video: 64 MB Hardware T&L Compatible Video card" which is what they should be doing. Now i know DDO isn't TDU but it's only an example. Like they could write, "Video: 256 MB Hardware T&L Direct X 9.0B Compatible Video card" or such. As a matter of fact, i thought beta's were meant to test compatibilty with hardware, aswell as exterminating bugs. They should conclude the officials requirements from the hardware people used to play the beta.

[Devroh]

No problem for me to run the game.

7900GTX in SLI mode

[Madiz-GT]

No problem for me to run the game.

7900GTX in SLI mode
Yeah GTX is good card i have 7900GT but it isnt so good but i can run TDU on high perfectly. Im going to buy 8800GTX soon and 1-2GB RAM too. mdr1

[ecpowers]

Ok great, i have 8800GTX's in SLI and X1950XTX's in Crossfire. Can't wait to check it out.

[nticlimax]

is there a slight chance that my com spec can play TDU if i am able to run GTR2 smoothly?

i know what are the required specs.however there are some disputes abt how accurate the official spec requirement will work....

i have AMD Athlon 64 2.04ghz 3200+, 1 gig of ram, radeon 9600 series, 30/150 gig of hdd space left....recommended if i want to play smoothly? or will it be very choppy?

i am caught between buying Xbox 360 or a new Graphics card like x1950pro AGP since i only have an agp mobo....if i were to buy an xbox360...i will only be playing TDU....my aim is to get PS3 for GTHD...granturismo HD....

my best option is to play on PC and save the few hundred bux on the xbox or graphics card.thank u :)

[Devroh]

I hope that i have a better CPU in a couple of days.

Maybe een 5200+ Athlon.

And nticlimax.....Buy another graphics card and no Xbox 360.

Graphics of pc will be better than a console.

[tkesato]

I have:
-XP
-512mb RAM
-AMD X86 processor, 2GHZ
-Radon 9200SE 128mb graphics card,
Will it work, as otherwise I will have to stay with the PSP version?

[bosko555]

A doubt it will work on your computer. Your graphic card is not very good and you have just 512 mb of RAM. But i don't know if the system requerments will be the same in the final version as they were in the beta.

[tkesato]

Ok, thanks, so allI can do is wait for the 2nd of March then.

[the_woozle]

I have:
-XP
-512mb RAM
-AMD X86 processor, 2GHZ
-Radon 9200SE 128mb graphics card,
Will it work, as otherwise I will have to stay with the PSP version?

I have to agree that this seems a little weak for any kind of good performance from the game. It remains to be seen what kind of optimizations they will have pulled off since the beta versions, but one of my systems would struggle fairly often: athlon X2 4400+, 1gig of ram and a 6800GT. With two 6800GT's in there in SLi it was a bit better, but I really think it was the RAM holding everything back.

Both of the other systems I was using have 2gig of RAM and they did just fine, though also each have a 7800GTX instead...

[badboy07]

Hi i was wondering if my system will be ok

OS:Vista
graphics card:ATI radeon x600 256mb (maybe upgrading to x1950 crossfire)
2 gig ram
250gig hhd
CPU: 3.20 Ghz
processor: intel pentium 4

will TDU run ok or not.

[the_woozle]

Hi i was wondering if my system will be ok

OS:Vista
graphics card:ATI radeon x600 256mb (maybe upgrading to x1950 crossfire)
2 gig ram
250gig hhd
CPU: 3.20 Ghz
processor: intel pentium 4

will TDU run ok or not.

Hi, I'm not super familiar with the x600 so I might not be the best to offer advice, but it seems the weakest spot in your system. If you have the cash burning a hole in your pocket then going up to an x1950 wouldn't hurt your ability to play at all. Your cpu will get you by as you don't need dual core for this game. It will suck up all that extra cpu power if it can, but to no real appreciable gain. You RAM is fine.

So it all comes down to that x600. Others who know it can chime in here. I have an agp x800pro in one of my systems, but it's running with an athlon 2800+ and 1gig of ram so I didn't even install the beta there because I knew it wouldn't be worth the effort...

[badboy07]

ok thanks for your help woozle so its the x600 that needs to be upgraded to a better graphics card?

[the_woozle]

Have you run any benchmark programs with it? I am happy to provide any numbers I can to help people get the most out of thier TDU experience with the hardware they have, or lowest investment in new hardware possible. I have five systems in the house, of varying spec, I can run tests on to help out.

From what I have seen and experienced I'd say that graphics card is the weak link in your system. That's not to say it won't perform at an acceptable level for you, but it strikes me as something that would hold you back from enjoying the game to its fullest and at different resolutions and detail levels.

[badboy07]

No i havent ran any benchmark programs. And woozle is there any good graphics cards you can recommened?

[the_woozle]

No i havent ran any benchmark programs. And woozle is there any good graphics cards you can recommened?

I think the first step is that you should probably download the free trial of futuremark's (http://www.futuremark.com/download/3dmark05/) 3DMark05 just so we have a common reference point for performance.

Once that's done, and you've run a test I can check that against what I have. You're running a cpu I don't really know, and a gfx card I don't really know, so that's too many unknowns to really be a lot of help. Is that cpu hyperthreading? I didn't think that was available on the 3.2, but I might be wrong.

As for recommendations, that sort of depends on a few things, as always. Are you particularly faithful to ATi? And then budget comes in, as well as upgrade timeline. Right now, or in a few months.... Personally I have an 8800GTX on order as my first dx10 compliant card, moving up from from 7800GTX's in SLi, this works well for me because the others can "trickle down" to my other systems, though this isn't always the case for others...

[badboy07]

Its dowloading now and i dont really mind if i use ATI or not as long as i can get a good graphics card so i can get better graphics with TDU and other games that come out in the future. Oh and about the CPU i checked in my system and it says CPU : 3.20 GHz

[the_woozle]

Its dowloading now and i dont really mind if i use ATI or not as long as i can get a good graphics card so i can get better graphics with TDU and other games that come out in the future. Oh and about the CPU i checked in my system and it says CPU : 3.20 GHz

Another quick little utility that will help is CPU-Z (http://www.cpuid.com). This will allow you to identify the particular characteristics of your current cpu, motherboard, and RAM. Very safe and nice little app, newest version being 1.39. On the CPU tab it will tell you about the hyperthreading... at the bottom, something like "selection: Processor #1 Cores: 1 Threads: #"

I think if you have hyperthreading it will say 2 for threads and 1 for core. Mine says 2 for cores and 2 for threads as I have dual core systems almost exclusively.

[badboy07]

what does the benchmark do?

[the_woozle]

cpu-z is just for info.

The futuremark benchmark (you might need a patch as well to bring it to version 1.2.0) will show you some "pretty" game footage while recording frames per second etc. and cpu performance and then spit you out a score at the end. You should just leave it all at default settings for your first run as that will be the easiest to have a base comparison on. When the option screen comes up just make sure to run the game tests for 1 - 3 and the two cpu tests. That way we can see where the weaknesses are.

[badboy07]

OK then i tell you the info what it says?

[the_woozle]

cpu-z I am only really interested in what it tells you about the cores and threads of your cpu on the CPU tab.

3Dmark I will be interested in all the scores it gives you on the summary at the end.

[badboy07]

3Dmark score: 1745 3Dmarks
CPU score: 3436

Game tests:
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 8.2 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 5.1 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 8.1 fps

CPU Tests:
CPU Test 1: 2.1 fps
CPU Test 2: 2.5 fps

my motherboard is: MSI MS-7028

[the_woozle]

All right, I'll give you some numbers soon. I hadn't realized there was a new version of 3DMark05 out that I didn't have, so now I need to download and run that as well.

[the_woozle]

All right here it goes. I have some numbers for you from different systems. It took me a little longer than expected as I have been having problems with my nVidia 6800GT based system. 3DMark05 and 06 crash half way through blaming the gfx drivers... >:(

Anyway here we go.

3Dmark score: 4112 3Dmarks
CPU score: 3178

Game tests:
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 17.4 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 12.3 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 20.8 fps

CPU Tests:
CPU Test 1: 2.1 fps
CPU Test 2: 2.2 fps

System: Athlon 2600+, 1gig RAM, ATi X800Pro
__________________________________________

3Dmark score: 7812 3Dmarks
CPU score: 5536

Game tests:
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 34.2 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 23.6 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 37.9 fps

CPU Tests:
CPU Test 1: 2.6 fps
CPU Test 2: 5.3 fps

System: Athlon 64 X2 4600+, 2gig RAM, nVidia 7800GTX
______________________________________________

3Dmark score: 8065 3Dmarks
CPU score: 12101

Game tests:
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 36.8 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 24.0 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 38.1 fps

CPU Tests:
CPU Test 1: 7.5 fps
CPU Test 2: 8.6 fps

System: Intel Core2Duo E6600, 2gig RAM, nVidia 7800GTX
_____________________________________________

I was hoping to have more test results as mentioned, and I have the HTPC I can test as well which only runs a 7600 GS, but I didn't try the beta client on that to know how it ran ingame.

Anyway, what you CAN see from my results is that an inferior CPU with less RAM is still doing better than your system in benchmarks due to a more robust graphics card. The X800 is an old card too! It is one of the faster AGP cards out there, but still has been surpassed by newer things today.

The other interesting thing that comes from my results is how well the Intel chip scores in the cpu tests, but how little impact that has on both the overall, and the graphics side tests between the two 7800GTX based systems.

For recommendations things like budget and agp or pci-e come into play, but I hope this has been somewhat helpful.

[badboy07]

wow thats a big difference compared to mine ive got my eye on the nvidia 8800GTX so do u think i should buy that or not? im not certain that i am going to but maybe and would an intel core make it any better?

[the_woozle]

I actually have an 8800GTX on order, and it should be with me by early next week. I will be happy to post some more numbers then to show the difference it makes. These of course are all synthetic numbers and can't be relied upon too heavily. It doesn't really demonstrate IN GAME behaviour. Like I said (or maybe forgot to say) the TDU in game experience between by two 7800GTX systems was nearly unnoticeable, and I was playing at a MUCH higher resolution on the AMD system...

[badboy07]

How much did you pay for your 8800GTX and could you give me the website address for it please

[ecpowers]

3DMark Score 15611 3DMarks
CPU Score 7248 CPUMarks

Game Tests
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 56.7 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 46.6 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 92.3 fps

CPU Tests
CPU Test 1 3.2 fps
CPU Test 2 7.2 fps

Tested on a Opteron 165 @ 3Ghz,Single Geforce 8800GTS

And badboy, i think you're better of with buying a cheaper videocard like an 7900GS/GT-X1950GT/Pro and a dual core processor. it will give you a far better bump in performance than adding a 8800GTX into your system

[Spoonz]

there about 300. LINK (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/products/a501x1y0z1p0s0n0m0)

[badboy07]

thanks have any of u tried an 8800GTX graphics card on the beta and if u have what was the graphics like?

[Spoonz]

nah, i havent tried it. i wish i could, coz at the moment i need the money to buy one. and im stuck with a Gf 6600 512mb ddr2. and its not the best at all. and nfs carbon cant run on full with this GCard. even tho i have an amd dual core.

[the_woozle]

Another update with some numbers.

3Dmark score: 3893 3Dmarks
CPU score: 9150

Game tests:
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 17.2 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 12.0 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 18.4 fps

CPU Tests:
CPU Test 1: 6.3 fps
CPU Test 2: 5.9 fps

System: AMD X2 4200+, 1gig RAM, nVidia 7600GS
_______________________________________________

This makes me wonder what happened with my X2 4600+ for the CPU tests! Anyway, this also leads me to agree with ecpowers. You could go with a 8800GTX, but that I don't think you necessarily need it. You will be best served by a gfx card update for sure, but if you have the cash for an 8800GTX though you might consider going with something cheaper, like even an 8800GTS that ecpowers is showing numbers for, they cost more than £100 less, and put that toward a cpu/motherboard upgrade.

If you're only looking to change one thing though, I'd still say gfx card all the way.

I like here (http://www.overclockers.co.uk) for parts myself.

[badboy07]

Yeah i have been looking at the 8800GTS and what is the difference between them because they both look the same

[badboy07]

And woozle did you buy your 8800GTX from the link you put up because if you did this shop is cheaper.
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?nov-88gtx&P=2

[the_woozle]

And woozle did you buy your 8800GTX from the link you put up because if you did this shop is cheaper.

It depends on what you are paying for. Already the one I ordered has a lifetime warranty and is clocked ever so slightly higher than the Novatech one. The big part is though that I've been dealing with overclockers for years now, which normally isn't terribly important, but I live in France which complicates things a bit. I need someone who will ship here and accept my UK based bank card online.

Also, to offset shipping costs I tend to buy a LOT of stuff at the same time and they always have everything I want. Like Novatech doesn't carry the Logitech G25 wheel I ordered at the same time. The only thing I remember having to find somewhere else was a Lian-Li case for my server (V2100) two years ago, which I see they usually carry now!

I have added that novatech site to my list of shops though for price reference! :)

[badboy07]

Do you think i should update my motherboard too or is that ok?

and no1 answered my question :) whats the diff between the 8800GTX and GTS is it just memory size?

[the_woozle]

Yeah i have been looking at the 8800GTS and what is the difference between them because they both look the same

Well depending on the models you are comparing a £100 seems to buy you about 50mhz of core speed, 100mhz of shader clock, 128mb of memory running 200mhz faster, 64-bit greater memory interface, 32 stream processors, for a texture fill rate difference of 12.8 billion/sec and a memory bandwidth difference of 22.4gb/s ...

What that all amounts to in real world use remains to be seen...

[the_woozle]

I'd only bother changing that motherboard if you were changing the processor as you would probably go to dual core(?). I am not sure that board can accept the Core2Duo chips. At least you wouldn't have to buy new RAM yet though (depending what speed DDR2 you have in there now!)...

[badboy07]

Well i think ill go with the 8800GTX/GTS dunno which one yet but before i go spending £250-350 ill see what my graphics card looks like on TDU then if its bad ill get the 8800.

Do you think anything else needs upgrading or just the graphics card?

[the_woozle]

I'm sure it will look alright, it's just that each frame will stay on the screen so long in certain areas you will get tired of looking at the pretty picture... eekblue:

Actually it might not be that bad. A lot of things could have been tweeked since the beta to help optimize things.

:) Well for me I always think everything needs upgrading. But it's always a question of how much cash you have and/or are willing to throw at it. For a really enjoyable experience I think you will need to upgrade that graphics card.

If you are really trying to push your system for a maximized TDU experience you might want to look at moving to a new motherboard and dual core cpu combination (either AMD X2 on the AM2 socket to keep your DDR2 ram, or the Intel Core2Duo).

And then if you are really trying to fine tune things you might want to look at your RAM speed and possibly move up to something faster.

[badboy07]

Oh and about the CPU you asked if it was hyperthreading it is it says
cores:1 threads:2 is that a bad thing or not?

And i know this is off topic but woozle you seem to know quite alot about computers :) but when ever i play on a game my comp freezes does this strange noise then restarts automattically ive tried lots of things like i upgraded to vista and started all clear on new hdd but its still doing it madred: do you know what it might be or not?? i really wanna be able to play TDU without having to save every second.

[the_woozle]

Oh and about the CPU you asked if it was hyperthreading it is it says
cores:1 threads:2 is that a bad thing or not?

Generally that's an OK thing. Some people like hyperthreading, some people don't. I know someone who was having some performance issues in the beta and was using a hyperthreaded cpu. Someone else suggested that he disable the hyperthreading in the BIOS and that seemed to help him, and improved what he described as the game slowing down to a "slide show". It didn't remove the problem, just helped a bit.

[badboy07]

So what motherboard are you using ? and have to got answer about my computer prob :)

[the_woozle]

I have a selection. I still have the first socket 939 I bought, and then two after that, and one for the Core2 so:
Asus A8N-SLi Deluxe
Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe
Asus A8R-MVP

Asus P5B Deluxe

and I have an old Shuttle SN41G2

and have to got answer about my computer prob
what?

[badboy07]

read under oh about the CPU it is hyperthreading read under there and see if u have answer for wats wrong on this page number #160

[the_woozle]

right. I missed that. I'll send you a pm and we can explore that problem off the forum. Won't really be useful for others looking at system spec stuff. :)

[stoffzkee]

Hmm. Been thinking a bit about this...

Let's say that you have the minimum requirement hardware in your pc for this game:

- do I have to run the game with minimum quality settings?
- does the game look bad with the minimum quality settings?


Been kind of worried about this, the release is soon and I want to make sure that the game will run. My hardware is kinda the step better than the required hardware.

Thanks in advance :)

[bosko555]

I think not. You can run it mybe on 800x600 and medium settings. In the minimum settings, the game doesn't look very good. Like a lot of games. Can you write what computer do you have? What are you specs?

[stoffzkee]

Okey. So here is the hardware in my pc:

nVidia GeForce 7300 SE (512mb)

Intel Pentium D model 820 (3ghz)

1gb ram

Is there anything else you need to know?

[bosko555]

As a see you have a great processor and your graphic card is not bad. I think that you will be able to run the game at high settings. But I can't be sure. Becouse one my friends has a similar computer than me and he could ran the game at high settings and i just on medium. But I have an older computer than he does. Have you played the beta?

[stoffzkee]

Naah, I didn't.

When I first heard about this game the beta was closed or something... But I have played the game on X-box 360 though, and I kinda fell in love with it. :D

[the_woozle]

minimum spec is just that: the bare minimum required to have the game run properly.

next you usually have recommended spec. This is the more interesting as this is the gear the developers recommend to get an enjoyable experience out of the game. Have the details for this been released yet?

Looking at your system specs my impression was that your video card looked the weakest point. Your processor is fine for this game, and 1gig of ram will get you by. If you were to change anything that is where I would start.

As for what to expect with your current configuration, i think bosko's first suggestion will be more likely. A mid-level resolution like 800x600 or maybe 1024x768 with medium-ism settings. The problem that most beta testers seemed to have with higher setting, and pushing what their systems could handle, was that a lot of the time everything was fine except when you come into a town, or encounter a lot of other cars and then suddenly you are watching the TDU slide show. And of course that will always happen a crucial moment, you will hit something and land in a tree. rolleyesa

[stoffzkee]

Okey.
Cheers guys, thanks for the help :)

[bosko555]

minimum spec is just that: the bare minimum required to have the game run properly.

next you usually have recommended spec. This is the more interesting as this is the gear the developers recommend to get an enjoyable experience out of the game. Have the details for this been released yet?

Looking at your system specs my impression was that your video card looked the weakest point. Your processor is fine for this game, and 1gig of ram will get you by. If you were to change anything that is where I would start.

As for what to expect with your current configuration, i think bosko's first suggestion will be more likely. A mid-level resolution like 800x600 or maybe 1024x768 with medium-ism settings. The problem that most beta testers seemed to have with higher setting, and pushing what their systems could handle, was that a lot of the time everything was fine except when you come into a town, or encounter a lot of other cars and then suddenly you are watching the TDU slide show. And of course that will always happen a crucial moment, you will hit something and land in a tree. rolleyesa

Yeap. That is correct. I also had most of the problems in town. Oh yea, and mybe you are right that the medium settings would be better. I really don't know a lot about high settings, becouse I played with medium. But that was just the beta, so it is hard to say how it will work in the final release.

[stoffzkee]

Okey. But, think I will go with the medium settings rather than having low fps as soon as there is many textures and stuff like that.

Can't wait for the release :(

[bosko555]

Like everybody :) :) :), including me :) :) :) :)

[stoffzkee]

Just hope they stick with the release-date now... Cause, if they move it 2 weeks more, I'll buy a x-box 360 just for this game :D

[LeeroyJenkins]

9600= not good enough

Might be able to run it ya never know but argh if you do get it to run its gonna look pants.
:atari:

[MaximilianMattner]

Dake schön :)

[Richy1985]

My specifications are as follows:

OS:XP
AMD Athlon 3000+
2.10 GHz
1024 RAM
NVIDIA GEFORCE 6800 256MB DDR3 RAM (XFX)

I hope I can get away with running this game on minimum settings!!! :wink2:

[Br3Ak3r]

hey all,
i just wanna know if i'll be able to play this great game...
i have:
intel core 2 duo e6300
2gb memory (2x1gb)
and a shitty nvidia 7500LE turbocache 512mo....and there is the problem...do u think it will pass???i wanna play with 1024x768, HDR on and middle options...
what do u think?
thanks

[Hazinator]

hey all,
i just wanna know if i'll be able to play this great game...
i have:
intel core 2 duo e6300
2gb memory (2x1gb)
and a shitty nvidia 7500LE turbocache 512mo....and there is the problem...do u think it will pass???i wanna play with 1024x768, HDR on and middle options...
what do u think?
thanks

You should be able to play it. Not sure on the graphics card though.

Could someone please tell me what graphics card they would reccomend for this game? Will a Leadtek Winfast A7600 GT 256Mb be ok?I currently have a shty 9600 Pro and need to upgrade. Still have AGP though :(


This game is costing me alot of money lol! Buying a new Hard drive, DVD drive, Memory and a new video card. All for one game...

[Br3Ak3r]

ould someone please tell me what graphics card they would reccomend for this game? Will a Leadtek Winfast A7600 GT 256Mb be ok?I currently have a shty 9600 Pro and need to upgrade. Still have AGP though

=>yeh sure the 7600GT is a very good graphic card :)
u should play high with that :)

[Hazinator]

are cool :)

Cant wait any longer for this game to come out. Been wanting it since Febuary last year! :( Was gonna get a Xbox 360 JUST for this game.

Just need to be paitent :cry:

[Br3Ak3r]

:) just a few weeks to wait now :chapeau:

[marcvaarties]

It's asked many times by now with similar system specs to mine, but here's the question: How will the game be playable with the following specifications:
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.0 GHz
GPU: AGP 8X ATi Sapphire X1600 Pro 512 MB
RAM: 1,5 GB PC3200 DDR
Motherboard: ASUS P4P 800S-X
And... Water-cooled...
Maximum resolution: 1280x1024, but if the game supports 2560x1024 (2 monitors of 1280x1024 each) that would be great (and putting an enormous load on the GPU)

The point I ask this is that with some 512MB videocards, it's said that it will run on minimum resolutions and minimum detail, while some 256MB cards are said to be able to run 1024x768 and details medium-high.

By the way, in which way does this game support surround speakers? It would be pretty cool if it had EAX or something.

[the_woozle]

How will the game be playable with the following specifications:
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.0 GHz
GPU: AGP 8X ATi Sapphire X1600 Pro 512 MB
RAM: 1,5 GB PC3200 DDR
Motherboard: ASUS P4P 800S-X
And... Water-cooled...
Maximum resolution: 1280x1024, but if the game supports 2560x1024 (2 monitors of 1280x1024 each) that would be great (and putting an enormous load on the GPU)

The point I ask this is that with some 512MB videocards, it's said that it will run on minimum resolutions and minimum detail, while some 256MB cards are said to be able to run 1024x768 and details medium-high.

You will be pretty well sorted with the system you have outlined here.
CPU: Fine. Some people have had better results when disabling the hyper threading in the BIOS though (in the Beta versions at least).
GPU: You're probably fine here as well, though more power here will usually earn you a fps or two more. I am not super familiar with the X1600 though.
RAM: 1.5gig is probably sufficient, and won't be the first performance limiter you will encounter.

The motherboard shouldn't impact your game experience much regardless of what it is. The question about 256mb and 512mb graphics cards and some being playable at higher res. would come down to which models specifically you're talking about. Something like a X1650 with 512mb of ram just isn't going to be able to pull the same screen res with the same frame rate as an X1950XT that has 256mb. It is still an inferior card to the x1950 even with that extra ram.

I don't know if you can expect 2560x1024 support or not, but the game natively supported my 1920x1200 screen.

[Br3Ak3r]

the_woozle, what do u think of my computer?
intel core 2 duo e6300
2gb of RAM (2x1gb)
and a nvidia 7500LE TC 512mo...and there is the problem... :mefiant: do u think that ill be able to run TDU with 1024x768 (maybe 1280x780?) with HDR on, and medium lvl details?

[marcvaarties]

where does that "HDR" stand for: HighDefintionRendering or something???
(TDU is the first game ever where I post things for on a forum...., so I'm quite new to all these terms.)

[Br3Ak3r]

honestly, i don't know...but there is "HD" for High Definition, i guess...but why the R... :mefiant:

[crappucino]

where does that "HDR" stand for: HighDefintionRendering or something???
(TDU is the first game ever where I post things for on a forum...., so I'm quite new to all these terms.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

HTH

[Br3Ak3r]

ok thx
guys do u think that NFS:Carbon needs more system requierment than TDU???because i have NFS, so i can compare :)

[pandaodavp]

CPU : Sepron 2.2Ghz

GPU (Video Cards) : ATI Radeon 9600 pro

SPU (Sound Cards) : speed 5.1

System Memory : 1,5 GB ram

Hard Disk free space: 160 GB ram

[crappucino]

ok thx
guys do u think that NFS:Carbon needs more system requierment than TDU???because i have NFS, so i can compare :)

NFS Carbon was written in COBOL so probably :P

[Br3Ak3r]

pandaodavp CPU : Sepron 2.2Ghz

GPU (Video Cards) : ATI Radeon 9600 pro

SPU (Sound Cards) : speed 5.1

System Memory : 1,5 GB ram

Hard Disk free space: 160 GB ram

what do u want? if u wanna know if you'll be able to run TDU, i think you won't... :noooo:

[Hazinator]

Panda you need a new GFX card. I also have the 9600pro and iam uprgrading. that wont play it.

[Br3Ak3r]

haha thank you crappucino :)
then i'm sure that ill be able to run TDU with reasonable perf :atari:

[crappucino]

haha thank you crappucino :)
then i'm sure that ill be able to run TDU with reasonable perf :atari:

That was a bit cynical of me ;)

Based on the fact that TDU is techonlogically leagues ahead of that other game you mentioned I would imagine that it would tax your system considerably more.

I'm running an E6400 with a 7600GT so I've got a similar predicament to yourself in terms of the graphics card. I'm a bit reluctant to upgrade it until the R6xx comes out though (I'll need one of those to run FSX properly anyway!)

[Br3Ak3r]

That was a bit cynical of me ;)

Based on the fact that TDU is techonlogically leagues ahead of that other game you mentioned I would imagine that it would tax your system considerably more.

I'm running an E6400 with a 7600GT so I've got a similar predicament to yourself in terms of the graphics card. I'm a bit reluctant to upgrade it until the R6xx comes out though (I'll need one of those to run FSX properly anyway!)
hum lol my 7500 is a piece of **** madred: your card is wonderful...
but u know some guys with a pretty good PC aren't able to play NFS carbon with all high details...so i wonder...but honestly do you think that I will be able to play TDU in good conditions?

[crappucino]

hum lol my 7500 is a piece of **** madred: your card is wonderful...
but u know some guys with a pretty good PC aren't able to play NFS carbon with all high details...so i wonder...but honestly do you think that I will be able to play TDU in good conditions?

In all honesty I don't know as I didn't participate in the beta test and wouldn't be allowed to tell you even if I did (under the terms of the NDA). I guess you'll only get an accurate picture of how it might run with the game actually comes out as the final release code will have no doubt been optimised anyway. It would make sense to upgrade your graphics card of course as you have a decent processor which is well capable of being overclocked within an inch of it's life ;)

[the_woozle]

the_woozle, what do u think of my computer?
intel core 2 duo e6300
2gb of RAM (2x1gb)
and a nvidia 7500LE TC 512mo...and there is the problem... :mefiant: do u think that ill be able to run TDU with 1024x768 (maybe 1280x780?) with HDR on, and medium lvl details?

Your system looks all right for the most part, although as you point out yourself, that graphics card is a little weak. I'm definitely not trying to advise that everyone go out and spend multiple hundreds of £'s or €'s on brand new high end video cards though.

Which your system you should be able to play the game, full stop. At 1024x768 with HDR and medium details you might be pushing your luck. I didn't use the HDR feature, and from what I've heard you're better off with higher levels of anti-aliasing for a nice image given the performance hit from HDR.

[bunny1942]

I think all my hardware will be able to run Test Drive Unlimited sweet as a nut. But i may need another 1GB or RAM for it to run smoothly :hin: mdr1

[chrisnewell]

Hi there,

My PC specs are:

P4 1.7Ghz
787MB RAM
7600GS 256MB Graphics Card
Win XP Professional
80GB Hard Drive



I have some questions I'm hoping those who played the beta might be able to answer. Firstly, how much disk space did the beta need? The full game will need a little more, but just so I know whether I'll need to uninstall some games. Secondly, what were the graphics options in the game like? Could you choose texture resolution, quality, screen resolution (is the minimum 640x480 or is it forced to 800x600 or 1024x768) post-processing effects like bloom, HDR etc? Only I've never been one to be all that fussed about having the graphics all the way to the maximum so I'd be willing to play the game with lower textures and 640x480 resolution.

Finally, what were the loading times like? Only I'm hoping the game takes ages to load so that it won't stutter or keep loading new areas mid-game.

Any help much appreciated, so I can buy the game on release day rather than wait 'til after playing a demo.

[gaiozi]

the game needs at last 7.5 GB space :)
minimal resolution is 640X480

[the_woozle]

The loading times aren't too bad really. When changing from your house to the street etc. it might take a little bit of time, or when bringing up the island map.

While actually driving around the transitions between areas are pretty seamless. It really comes down to your hard drive at that point. Most people will have no problem at all, maybe the occasional "hiccup". One time however I was pulling a large file (4gb+) from the same machine I was actively playing on. What would happen is that the drive wasn't able to keep up with the read requirements of the game and I would literally "run out of road". It wouldn't be able to load the next segment of island and I would fall off the edge of the world!! For those who didn't know if you ever fall off the edge of the world you will land in the water and be reset at the side of the road... :)

[nightraider]

hey all...i kinda just read the system requirements on this game and i am quite shocked...rofl...

my system meets every requirement except for my video card: wich is a X300 ATI radeon 128mb....

ya think i should get a new card fast or what?

i am however able to play Oblivion and nfs carbon and so on a tweaked low-mid graphical lvl....

[the_woozle]

hey all...i kinda just read the system requirements on this game and i am quite shocked...rofl...

my system meets every requirement except for my video card: wich is a X300 ATI radeon 128mb....

ya think i should get a new card fast or what?

i am however able to play Oblivion and nfs carbon and so on a tweaked low-mid graphical lvl....

I seem to find myself saying this to everyone, but yeah, I think you should probably get a new video card. If you've lasted this long with an X300 though there is probably no reason to go out and drop £200 on an 8800GTS or something. You might even be well off checking on eBay (etc.) for the video cards that people are selling off after they have bought 8800 cards and the like.

If you don't need super high resolution and settings you don't have to pay for them. I've heard people with X800 level cards are getting by. Or for nVidia people with 6800GT's and Ultra's (or is it GTX for the 6800??) are doing all right.

Always comes down to what suits you for resolution and settings quality.

[nightraider]

kk..thx fer the fast reply woozle...

i kinda am waiting for my new pc to get rdy wich will have the 768mb video card (xfx8800gtx???) but this game will be out sooner than my comp so i kinda wanted to play as soon as possible ;)

anyways...thx again

[Br3Ak3r]

Your system looks all right for the most part, although as you point out yourself, that graphics card is a little weak. I'm definitely not trying to advise that everyone go out and spend multiple hundreds of £'s or €'s on brand new high end video cards though.

Which your system you should be able to play the game, full stop. At 1024x768 with HDR and medium details you might be pushing your luck. I didn't use the HDR feature, and from what I've heard you're better off with higher levels of anti-aliasing for a nice image given the performance hit from HDR.
I know that my graphic card sucks...but i can't change it NOW...I'll wait for the 8600GT...
but thanks anyway for the honest answer...you know I really doubt I'll be able to play TDU in good conditions weirdblue :cry:

[the_woozle]

I know that my graphic card sucks...but i can't change it NOW...I'll wait for the 8600GT...
but thanks anyway for the honest answer...you know I really doubt I'll be able to play TDU in good conditions weirdblue :cry:

Seriously, look into getting an interim card. With all the people rushing out to buy 8800 cards (myself included :rolleyes: ) there are bound to be deals as people dump their 7800s and such on the used market.

[bkvjR33]

hey all...i kinda just read the system requirements on this game and i am quite shocked...rofl...

my system meets every requirement except for my video card: wich is a X300 ATI radeon 128mb....

ya think i should get a new card fast or what?

i am however able to play Oblivion and nfs carbon and so on a tweaked low-mid graphical lvl....


yes.

i used to have an x300. its not very good.

bought an 7600gt for a little while, but once i've upgraded my mobo, cpu and replace my 1 gig ram for 2x 1 gig at 633mhz...i'll get myself an 8800 i think.

[Hazinator]

Just wandering will I be able to play TDU on max settings with a ATI Sapphire x1950 pro 512mb agp card?

Gonna uprgrade as I currently have a 9600pro. Cant belive how much the prices have gone down! paid 80 quid for mine! :mad:

[gaiozi]

7600GT is ood card it will run TDU in max settings :) i have 7600GS :) and i think i will run it at medium
6600GT can run TDU at max settings :)
1 GB ram adn 6600gt

[Br3Ak3r]

Seriously, look into getting an interim card. With all the people rushing out to buy 8800 cards (myself included :rolleyes: ) there are bound to be deals as people dump their 7800s and such on the used market.
but arg you know i really can't buy a grapic card a this time.... :cry: :cry: dark: i'm very annoyed...

[marcvaarties]

My store has finally added some system specs (according to me partly minimum and partly recommended):
CPU: 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent
RAM: 512 MB
GPU: Videocard with 512 MB
8000MB HDD (which is less than 8 GB :))
DirectX 9.0

They don't seem to think about the fact, as I was told earlier on this same topic, that an ATi X1950XT 256MB is better than an X1600 512 MB.

And besides, the rate RAM vs GPU is quite strange, according to me.

[the_woozle]

Just for interest sake for anyone who has been following this thread, I installed a 8800GTX in one of my systems today and ran 3DMark05 again. The original results are in this post (http://forums.eu.atari.com/showpost.php?p=1055571&postcount=143) (2nd set of benchmarks), and the new results are as follows:

3Dmark score: 12552 3Dmarks
CPU score: 5532

Game tests:
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 42.6 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 34.4 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 86.6 fps

CPU Tests:
CPU Test 1: 2.5 fps
CPU Test 2: 5.4 fps

System: Athlon 64 X2 4600+, 2gig RAM, nVidia 8800GTX

As you can see there were some REALLY big improvments. It would be interesting to know how those scores compare to the 8800GTS on the same CPU and RAM if anyone has that...

[ecpowers]

woozle, you ever tried putting those 7800's in SLI?

Here some more of my scores, except for the 8800 one.
==================================
Main Test Results
3DMark Score 15611 3DMarks
CPU Score 7248 CPUMarks

Game Tests
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 56.7 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 46.6 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 92.3 fps

CPU Tests
CPU Test 1 3.2 fps
CPU Test 2 7.2 fps

Opteron 165@ 3Ghz- 8800GTS 630/2000 640MB
==================================
3DMark Score 11558 3DMarks
CPU Score 7304 CPUMarks

Game Tests
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 49.5 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 36.0 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 55.5 fps

CPU Tests
CPU Test 1 3.2 fps
CPU Test 2 7.4 fps

Opteron 165@ 3Ghz - 7900GTO 750/1900 512MB
==================================
Main Test Results
3DMark Score 10099 3DMarks
CPU Score 4467 CPUMarks

Game Tests
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 39.7 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 30.0 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 55.4 fps

CPU Tests
CPU Test 1 2.2 fps
CPU Test 2 4.1 fps

AMD64 3000 @ 2600Mhz - X1900GT 800/1750 256MB
==================================
Main Test Results
3DMark Score 4122 3DMarks
CPU Score 3340 CPUMarks

Game Tests
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 18.6 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 12.2 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 19.8 fps

CPU Tests
CPU Test 1 1.7 fps
CPU Test 2 2.9 fps

AMD64 3500 @ 2200Mhz - X1600Pro 650/1000 512MB

[the_woozle]

woozle, you ever tried putting those 7800's in SLI?

I was using them in SLI for a while actually. I split them up when I put together my E6600 system. SLI was always a bit of a pain though. Always had HUGE problems when it came to driver update time, and actually around the time I split them up I couldn't get newer driver versions to play friendly, so I gave up! :rolleyes:

[ecpowers]

I was using them in SLI for a while actually. I split them up when I put together my E6600 system. SLI was always a bit of a pain though. Always had HUGE problems when it came to driver update time, and actually around the time I split them up I couldn't get newer driver versions to play friendly, so I gave up! :rolleyes:


What mainboard you using for your E6600?

[the_woozle]

What mainboard you using for your E6600?

For time time being it's just an ordinary Asus P5B Deluxe. I didn't need anything special to get it going. I'm looking at something better now though as I am also contemplating a QX6700 or a Q6600 in the next little while, and shift the 8800GTX from the X2 4600+ to make a better gaming system with the E6600.

Who knows though, I might not get around to that, I need to rebuild my file server as well... :rolleyes:

[Mr_Reaper]

Looks like it should run ok for me, i have 512MB memory but i should probably whack in a 1GB card. My GFX is fine it's a GeForce 6200 Turbocache 256MB however when i get my lovely new 1GB PCI-E GFX card soon itll laugh at TDU.

The game is looking lovely... i cant wait till release, i pre-orderd my copy in Feb sometime.

[ecpowers]

1Gb GFX? i take it you're talking about a 7950GX2? what's the rest of your system specs?

[AntiG3N]

Pretty poor PP :(
my 7900GS blown up!
and though i'm low on money, i've bought nvidia 6600 256mbDDR/128bit.
this Gcard makes me angry, WTF PP? This thing is working on 300/400... I overclocked, the max value card was set was 420/550. It's from Palit, Gainward suckers.
Can I run it faster? PP say that they "unlock" GPUz... how? and is that available in my case with 6600 (not LE, not GT)

[ecpowers]

Pretty shitty PP :(
my 7900GS blown up!
and though i'm low on money, i've bought nvidia 6600 256mbDDR/128bit.
this Gcard makes me angry, WTF PP? This **** is working on 300/400... I overclocked, the max value card was set was 420/550. It's from Palit, Gainward suckers.
Can I run it faster? PP say that they "unlock" GPUz... how? and is that available in my case with 6600 (not LE, not GT)

None of the Geforce 6600 Series is unlockable. You tried RMAing that 7900GS?

[AntiG3N]

What Does RMAing mean, man? Do you wanna say that it's possible my 7900GS isn't "totally dead"?



edit:
ok, I've read all the rules,
now it's supposed that I'm all-time-expected member :)

[Fluxx]

@ AntiG3N

Please read this.........Click me! (http://forums.eu.atari.com/showthread.php?t=50060) ............digest it and adhere to it...........thank you... :respect:

RMA........send it back to its manufacturer........ :)

[Mr_Reaper]

1Gb GFX? i take it you're talking about a 7950GX2? what's the rest of your system specs?

Don't think it's that one, there are a couple on the go now,. As for my system specs, here's my current specs:

512MB RAM
300GB Maxtor 6L300R0 HD
256MB GeForce 6200 TurboCache
AMD Sempron 2800+
WinXP (SP2)

I think I already mention most of them barr my HD mayb.

[Gr3c0]

Don't think it's that one, there are a couple on the go now,. As for my system specs, here's my current specs:

512MB RAM
300GB Maxtor 6L300R0 HD
256MB GeForce 6200 TurboCache
AMD Sempron 2800+
WinXP (SP2)

I think I already mention most of them barr my HD mayb.

I hope you buy a new cpu then when you are using you're 1 GB GFX Card and maybe some memory to.

[Misstag]

Don't think it's that one, there are a couple on the go now,. As for my system specs, here's my current specs:

512MB RAM
300GB Maxtor 6L300R0 HD
256MB GeForce 6200 TurboCache
AMD Sempron 2800+
WinXP (SP2)

I think I already mention most of them barr my HD mayb.
7950GX2 is the only one with 1 gb memory.. you probably should've upgraded the rest of your system (The sempron and the ram) instead of getting a insane videocard since you won't be able to run at high resolution anyway ;p

[Mr_Reaper]

I haven't bought the GFX Card yet, however I may well do soon

[jsskppnn]

Hello all,

I'd really, really, really want to get this game, but I only have 128MB Radeon 9800 Pro as my graphichs card. Has anyone tried the game or the BETA with a 128MB graphichs card?

rolleyesa Jussi

[marcvaarties]

I've bought my copy of TDU today at Bartsmit (and another one's being send from Bol.com, but I'm going to send back that one). On the box cover stand the following requirements: (in case it isn't posted yet by now)

Operating System: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Processor: Intel P4 @ 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon 2800+
Memory: 512 MB - 1GB recommended
Hard Disk Space: 8 GB
DVD-ROM Drive: 8x minimum
Video: ATI Radeon 9800 256 MB VRAM or Nvidia 6600 GT with 256 MB of VRAM
Video cards with vertex/pixel shaders 2.x and above are recommended
Sound: DirectX 9.0 compatible Sound Card
DirectX: DirectX 9.0C (included).

So, ïm going to play it for a few hours or so now, and then I'll leave a message on which options it runs on my PC:
OS: Windows XP SP2
CPU: Intel P4 HT 3.0 GHz
RAM: 1,5 GB DDR PC3200
GPU: ATI X1600 PRO 512 MB AGP 8x
Sound Card: Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum Ex
And a G25...

So let's find out....

[Misstag]

I run at high video resolution (or whatever they call it), 1280x1024, and AA x4, and I'm using a Intel E6600, 2 GB RAM and a 8800GTS completely lagfree

[OneRicardo]

AMD 3700+ SanDiego
1GB Ram
6600GT 128mb ( 580/1200 mhz )

What you think, in beta i run with on 1024*768 in High.

[Blade1980]

Hi

Maybe this is a question wich comes often. :wink2:

Is the 2,4Ghz CPU recommend?
I use a Athlon XP2400+ (runs with 2,1Ghz)

The graphic card is a GF 7600GT.

Do you think that the game works with it?


Blade

[Misstag]

2,4 GHz is minimum

[Hazinator]

2.4ghz maybe the minimum but you can probobly get away with ALOT less. here are some examples.

I played C&C Generals with a Pentium II 350Mhz CPU at 25FPS

I played Age Of Empires III with a Pentium III 1GHZ at a decent 20FPS (2 Player)

I played Need For Speed Most Wanted Demo at a very good 25FPS still with my 1GHZ CPU

Both NFSMW and AOE3 need a 1.4ghz CPU but I got away with a 1Ghz and generals needs a 800Mhz CPU but I played happily with a Pentium II! (And a 64mb viddy card though ;))

[Blade1980]

Thanks.

Maybe it runs... rolleyesa maybe not :noooo:

But there are a lot of games who test the cpu before they start i think.
Before i get the Athlon XP i have an Athlon 1,4c. At the end it was the hell. I buyd Richard Burns Rally and it never runs. :laugh:

The Open Beta don't start at his PC, but I don't give up the hope that the end game will. :)

[jsskppnn]

2.4ghz maybe the minimum but you can probobly get away with ALOT less. here are some examples.

I played C&C Generals with a Pentium II 350Mhz CPU at 25FPS

I played Age Of Empires III with a Pentium III 1GHZ at a decent 20FPS (2 Player)

I played Need For Speed Most Wanted Demo at a very good 25FPS still with my 1GHZ CPU

Both NFSMW and AOE3 need a 1.4ghz CPU but I got away with a 1Ghz and generals needs a 800Mhz CPU but I played happily with a Pentium II! (And a 64mb viddy card though ;))
I also think that processor speed isn't always as important as graphics card and RAM ammount. I hope I can play TDU with my computer, if I only have guts to buy it for my overclocked Duron (8.5x200MHx).

:) Jussi

[Hazinator]

Blade you CPU should fine, I hear that AMD CPU's are better for gaming so 300Mhz less isnt going to do much. I have a 2.53Ghz P4 and I play all new games fine.

You will find the BIGGEST thing that makes games lag is the gfx card. After that its the ram, not enough of that and your going nowhere. I used to play C&C Generals with the following PC and it was unplayable.

P4 2.53Ghz (minimum 800 Mhz)
128mb of DDR PC2100 RAM (minimum for game was 128mb)
Radeon 9600 pro (minimum radeon 7500)

The game went at 80fps oh yeh sure enough but every time I cliked ona soldier or built something it would freeze for a bit whilst the hard drive loaded it. It was unbarable. I could only play 2 player after that it was just boring. One minute its going fast the next its laggy as hell.

Imagine that on a racing game? It would be a nightmare. If you have over the reccomended RAM it will run like a dream. Ok you will get slow FPS if everything else is **** but it will be a constant frame rate. No long pauses or anything. I currently have 512mb of RAM and am gonna upgrade to 1.5GB :D

But blade your CPU should be fine :) Just make sure you have lots of RAM or your going nowhere.

EDIT: "also think that processor speed isn't always as important as graphics card and RAM ammount. I hope I can play TDU with my computer, if I only have guts to buy it for my overclocked Duron (8.5x200MHx)."

1.7Ghz? thats pushing it a little. Best bet is to try it. You never know it could go ok.

[F0kke]

I only own a MacBook Pro at the moment and dared to buy the game this afternoon. After defragmenting is complete I will give it a go in Bootcamp and share my experiences / specs.

[Blade1980]

I only own a MacBook Pro at the moment and dared to buy the game this afternoon. After defragmenting is complete I will give it a go in Bootcamp and share my experiences / specs.


This afternoon? Damn...you're happy guy. rolleyesa :laugh: Please tell us if this works. ;-)


Yes Hazinator, i will try it out. At this moment i have 1GB of RAM. I think i buy one more...can't be bad. :wink2:

[tipsymonkey]

I only own a MacBook Pro at the moment and dared to buy the game this afternoon. After defragmenting is complete I will give it a go in Bootcamp and share my experiences / specs.



mate it worked for me before i had tdu beta running on my macbook pro awhile back, just few advice though, if you're intending to run the game at native res. (1440x900) you must disable HDR otherwise you'll get like 1 frame per second. apart from that you should download and update to the latest omega drivers it improves performance by a mile.

[F0kke]

Just played it :) I already have the latest Omega Drivers installed, haven`t tested any others yet. Alright, enabled Fraps while playing, the game runs at around 20fps when I run at 1440x900 with everything low. I can get it around 30-40fps when I run at 800x600 with 2xAA. Of course my goal is to get it running properly at 1440x900 at low.

Specs: MBP 2.16GHz C2D, 2GB Ram, 128MB Ati X1600. I think I would`ve been a bit better off with the 256MB Ati X1600 ;).

Anyway, I am very interested in your settings and performance at 1440x900!!

edit: I play with my Logitech MOMO Racing Wheel.

[tipsymonkey]

Just played it :) I already have the latest Omega Drivers installed, haven`t tested any others yet. Alright, enabled Fraps while playing, the game runs at around 20fps when I run at 1440x900 with everything low. I can get it around 30-40fps when I run at 800x600 with 2xAA. Of course my goal is to get it running properly at 1440x900 at low.

Specs: MBP 2.16GHz C2D, 2GB Ram, 128MB Ati X1600. I think I would`ve been a bit better off with the 256MB Ati X1600 ;).

Anyway, I am very interested in your settings and performance at 1440x900!!

edit: I play with my Logitech MOMO Racing Wheel.

i think its playable at 1440x900, i heard you can edit the configuration file in the game directory to disable the grass & some shadows to improve fps

[Mr_Reaper]

512MB RAM
300GB Maxtor 6L300R0 HD
256MB GeForce 6200 TurboCache
AMD Sempron 2800+
WinXP (SP2)


Anyone think my comp will run TDU? I've played startrek legacy and that requires 2.4ghz CPU and most wanted which also needed a similar CPU spec, it ran Most Wanted pretty well at a medium-high setting, but with low res.

I think my memory is my biggest issue and that probably did contribuite to irregular lock-ups, it would play fine for hours sometimes but within the space of 10 mins or so it would sometimes lock-up 2-3 times.

I will definately be getting another GB or so of RAM soon, mayb even before TDU comes out here.

fingers crossed.

[F0kke]

Hmm, I cant seem to find any files containing configuration settings. Neither in My Documents or the actual TDU folder on my harddrive. If anyone knows how to disable shadows and other effects, plz share :)

[tipsymonkey]

Just played it :) I already have the latest Omega Drivers installed, haven`t tested any others yet. Alright, enabled Fraps while playing, the game runs at around 20fps when I run at 1440x900 with everything low. I can get it around 30-40fps when I run at 800x600 with 2xAA. Of course my goal is to get it running properly at 1440x900 at low.

Specs: MBP 2.16GHz C2D, 2GB Ram, 128MB Ati X1600. I think I would`ve been a bit better off with the 256MB Ati X1600 ;).

Anyway, I am very interested in your settings and performance at 1440x900!!

edit: I play with my Logitech MOMO Racing Wheel.

yes also you will need to go to ati control panel>3D>Custom...>Drag both the Texture Performance & Mipmap Detail Level bars to furthest left.

BTW the best settings for your laptop would be 1024x640 with Detail MEDIUM, HDR Off, Anti-Aliasing 2X

Hmm, I cant seem to find any files containing configuration settings. Neither in My Documents or the actual TDU folder on my harddrive. If anyone knows how to disable shadows and other effects, plz share :)


Perhaps this might help as well:

http://forums.eu.atari.com/showthread.php?t=50320

[tipsymonkey]

Anyone think my comp will run TDU? I've played startrek legacy and that requires 2.4ghz CPU and most wanted which also needed a similar CPU spec, it ran Most Wanted pretty well at a medium-high setting, but with low res.

I think my memory is my biggest issue and that probably did contribuite to irregular lock-ups, it would play fine for hours sometimes but within the space of 10 mins or so it would sometimes lock-up 2-3 times.

I will definately be getting another GB or so of RAM soon, mayb even before TDU comes out here.

fingers crossed.

most effective way would be to upgrade your graphics card to a gf7300gt or better. double the ram is only a temporary solution considering your gf6200 w/TC is an onboard graphics adapter, the graphics performance is crippled because its sharing your system ram.

[johndifo]

P4 3.6 HT, 2 Gb RAM, 8800 GTS

640x480, LOW, no AA, no HDR: 12 fps !!!!
1680x1050, HIGH, 4xAA, HDR: 12 fps !!!!

what a disappointment...

[SJ_INSTG8R]

P4 3.6 HT, 2 Gb RAM, 8800 GTS

640x480, LOW, no AA, no HDR: 12 fps !!!!
1680x1050, HIGH, 4xAA, HDR: 12 fps !!!!

what a ****...

SO before I see another"Will my Athlon XP3200/FX5500 rig run this game??!1!?"

Just look at our specs and and that SHOULD answer anybodies questions regarding this games Performance

Man what DOES it take to run this game smooth????
This is my Rig:

Click for Sys. Specs.

AMD Opteron 170@2.6(1.42v) | Abit AT8 32X | 2x1024 OCZ EL DDR 500 Platinum XTC 3-3-2-8 1T (260@2.9V)| Sapphire X1900XTX+Crossfire(675/783x2) | Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320G SATAII 16MB w/PRT |SB X-Fi Fatality | Seasonic M12 600W | Coolermaster Mystique | Samsung 204B 20" 5ms LCD | Logitech G25 | Logitech G5 | Logitech G15 | Saitek X-52 | TrackIR Pro w/Trackclip Pro
Rig Pics Courtesy of TPU (http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/471)

Could you PLZ explain why this runs max 40fps on no matter what settings I choose?
OH and before ANYONE says ANYTHING about how I dont know how to set it up: 1 Look at the Pics Im not some kid with more money than brains. Im 31 and this is my "Sim-Rig" I built this and can play ANYTHING I like on it(mostly Sims like IL-2, GTL, GTR2, rFactor, Armed Assault) and can pretty much play ALL of those games at whatever settings I want(I personally run all of those at 8xAA 16xAF with AVG. framerates better than the MAX I can get in this game(okay ArmA cant do that but still runs better than this with "eye candy" on).
I have tried forcing AA in the CP(the usual kick in the pants for most games with this rig) and running it all App. Pref. across the whole scale from Quality to Performance.Changing the in game setting from say Low to High "may" be a 10 FPS difference(er so 30 to 40 fps?)
I understand this also "may" be a Crossfire issue as well but it is working(the Crossfire) so its doing its job.
Does this game have a deeper config file that can be better tweaked then the current "console'esque" GUI?

This game sure looks pretty BUT it most definitely has Performance Issues!

Oh and dont even get me started on the horrible controller setup(IF you looked at the pics you can see I have a G25 and am considered somewhat of an FFB/Setup Guru in the GTL/GTR2/rFactor circles so AGAIN I know what Im doing here as well)

The FFB is terrible, the "calibration" is a joke. Sure I "can" find a setup I can drive with but my Alfa feels more like a Bus then a sports car(er and WHY does that get even worse when lowering the aids??)I mean I expect to get MORE control of my car by turning off aids not LESS??(I may never play this game long enough to get your supposed "Hardcore Mode" but I hope IF and WHEN I get there you will have sorted some of this out(like maybe take the time to make proper PC interface menu's instead of lazily just porting over the console ones)

I HOPE you intend on patching this up for PC players and take the ridiculously basic Console GUI elements out of this(er, yeah my G25s Gas Pedal is "Stick 1", I rest my case)