[Black Wolf]

Right. I'm getting a pretty much new computer tomorrow, primarily so I can play FSO. This will be my new(ish) kit.

 - 2000+ Athlon XP
 - 512 Meg DDR Ram
 - G-Force 2 (Integrated, so it's sapping 32 megs of ram)
 - Win XP SP1

OK. Now, I've been following the development of the SCP, but I'm a total newb to setting it up and such like, so I'd really like to hear any advice ror special tweaks I'm going to need to get a decent FSO version running. A good (stable) build recomendation'd be nice too.

[Kazan]

replace that geforce with a radeon

replace win xp with win 2k

[phreak]

geforce 2 would be fine.  my old one wasn't integrated though.  if its not a voodoo, rage, or tnt you should be ok

[Drew]

Originally posted by Kazan
replace that geforce with a radeon

mid level radeons arnt expensive anymore, id recommend the 9k Pro there pretty good

replace win xp with win 2k [/B]

if your gonna be stuck with XP then you might wanna turn its "look good" interface stuff off, it makes it faster

[thrawn]

Originally posted by Kazan
replace win xp with win 2k

I'd stick with XP if you want to play some older games. As far as I know, 2k has no compatibility (spelling?) mode (I think there is a specific problem with FS aswell, just can't remember what).

[kasperl]

Originally posted by Drew
mid level radeons arnt expensive anymore, id recommend the 9k Pro there pretty good


if your gonna be stuck with XP then you might wanna turn its "look good" interface stuff off, it makes it faster

you mean the ugly Luna, or the somewhat better classic?

the first thing i did on this XP Home (don't ask) laptop was off Luna.

[Lightspeed]

XP - bringing cash to the oculists

seriously, whoever is running that blue XP theme needs a /thwap

[Flipside]

Glad I'm not running the XP theme!

As for the computer setup, everything except the Graphics card WILL work with SCP. The Graphics card will as well, but doesn't support HT&L if I remember correctly?

Flipside

[Taristin]

Originally posted by thrawn


I'd stick with XP if you want to play some older games. As far as I know, 2k has no compatibility (spelling?) mode (I think there is a specific problem with FS aswell, just can't remember what).

Nope. FS2 runs perfect on 2k. No problems at all. Ditch XP, it's crappah, and sheetah at the same time.

[Drew]

hmp i like XP. you just need of RAM for it to run good.
the only thing i REALLY hate about XP is the sh*tty way it takes care of the registry

[Bobboau]

get a better graphics card, I recomend a Radeon (9800 pro 128/256 if you can aford it)

[Kazan]

GeForces are a burnout waiting to happen their design produces too much heat for them to be stable

not to mention their rendering pipelines is inferior in capability and video quality - their only 'feature' is a higher framerate in some cases, caused by slashing rendering quality, and overclocking their cards directly in their own drivers.

Number of ATI/ATI-based video cards i've seen burn out (EVER - that's around 1993 to present) One[/i]

Number of nVidia-based video cards i've seen burn out in the last three years: around fourty

[bottomfan]

Originally posted by thrawn


I'd stick with XP if you want to play some older games. As far as I know, 2k has no compatibility (spelling?) mode (I think there is a specific problem with FS aswell, just can't remember what).

Win2K dose have compability mode. Trust me, I'l have more trouble running games on XP than on 2K...user-friendly my ass

[Kazan]

not to mention XP thinks it knows better than you about driver versions, and a million ohter things

and it's the biggest spyware laden monopoly-lock-attempting piece of horse **** i've seen in a while

I cannot wait until FS2Open works in linux with full capabilities - i can switch completely over (*grins* i am developing FS Dev Studio as a cross platform app)

[Black Wolf]

Ugh. Hardware thread. First off, you all have to realize - I'm not a techie person. I use computers, but I don't really understand an awful lot about what makes them tick. So most of these claims and counterclaims mean nothing to me. However, I'm sure you're all enjoying your arguments, so don't let me stop you

Second of all, this is the system I'll have to work with for the next several years. Depending on the availability of money, I may be upgrading the video card, or adding more Ram within a month or twelve, but this is all determined on the availability of cash. As it is, the money for all the gear I bought to upgrade came from either my brother or my parents, and has to be paid back before I even consider an upgrade. So yeah. This is what I have to work with. So, apart from upgrading, or changing OSes, is there anything I should do apart from download the various exes and VPs to get the optimum performance out of the SCP, on this hardware?

[Bobboau]

all the cool kids use Radeons
how's that

[Taristin]

Screw you.

I had a radeon, it shifted in the AGP slot, and now I can't use anything in the AGP slot...

[Drew]

you must not be cool enuf

[Kazan]

Raa Tor'H - you had a defective motherboard to begin with then

[Taristin]

I had a broken mother board.  The slot broke on the first move from NY to FL.  But the card fit, somehow during the night it shifted... Sucks, too, cuz the card was sweet.