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Obviously we would all like to run every bit of specular, glowing, high poly and res goodness. But realistically, how many and which of the media VPs can you play with?

Just Core and Music for me.
0 (0%)
I occasionally splurge on some Effects.
0 (0%)
Effects and Textures are pretty safe.
2 (3.2%)
High Poly Models! (Including everything above as well.)
6 (9.7%)
The Works. Advanced Effects and everything else that can make it pretty.
54 (87.1%)

Total Members Voted: 62

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Offline Davros

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #20 on: November 26, 2008, 10:36:40 am
The full monty
 

Offline MuaDib

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #21 on: November 26, 2008, 10:50:54 am
I love normal maps!!! :D
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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #22 on: November 26, 2008, 11:22:32 am
Quote from: MuaDib on November 26, 2008, 10:50:54 am
I love normal maps!!! :D

what about the fenris ones??
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #23 on: November 26, 2008, 11:27:20 am
Uh, I think it would be the fourth option for me. I've tried to use AdvEffects on a couple of occasions, but they cause noticeable slowdowns. Because of that I have everything else. And I think it's pretty. Especially now that I've maxed quality instead of performance from Cataclysm Control Center.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

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15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []
 

Offline shiv

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #24 on: November 26, 2008, 01:33:41 pm
No Adv effects, but with hi-poly models it works fine for me :)
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Offline Polpolion

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #25 on: November 26, 2008, 10:54:22 pm
My onboard Nvidia 7100 can handle everything just fine.  :pimp:
 

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #26 on: November 27, 2008, 12:00:15 am
In fact, the only issues I have with everything on is when I play Blue Planet or when I see the SJ Sathanas in the Techroom.
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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #27 on: November 27, 2008, 06:08:34 am
 :(

Now I know how rubbish my computers are!  :lol:
 

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #28 on: November 27, 2008, 03:45:15 pm
I run at 1600x1200, 2xAA, adveffects, all graphics, media vps, trilinear filtering, 2x anisotropic.

Works great, even when in nebulae!

Specs are:

XP SP2
3.0 Ghz Pentium 4
1.5 Gbytes RAM
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Offline colecampbell666

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #29 on: November 27, 2008, 07:35:09 pm
Quote from: ssmit132 on November 27, 2008, 06:08:34 am
:(

Now I know how rubbish my computers are!  :lol:
Don't worry, you're not alone.
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Offline Bob-san

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #30 on: November 27, 2008, 08:27:04 pm
Intel E2140 @ 2.67GHz
2GB DDR2 800
HD3850 256MB
Vista HP64 SP1


If all goes well tomorrow, I'll be upgrading to...

Intel i7 920
Intel DX58SO
? DDR3 1333
? HD3850 still or HD4830 or HD4850
Vista HP64 SP1

$285 for the i7 920 and DX58SO is WELL worth the money. Hopefully I get them--it's a great deal.
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Offline eliex

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #31 on: November 27, 2008, 11:27:25 pm
Ahh! I just realized that my laptop has integrated graphics! Unless I totally change the motherboard of my computer, no new video cards for me.  :(
 

Offline Androgeos Exeunt

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #32 on: November 28, 2008, 01:24:19 am
My graphics card is an integrated Intel GMA X1300, if I recall correctly.

:nervous:
« Last Edit: November 28, 2008, 03:24:44 am by Androgeos Exeunt »
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #33 on: November 28, 2008, 02:08:56 am
Quote from: eliex on November 27, 2008, 11:27:25 pm
Ahh! I just realized that my laptop has integrated graphics!
It is a matter of opinion whether to classify all laptop graphics cards as "integrated" since removing/replacing them is usually extremely difficult/impossible. However, another matter is the memory of the GPU: does it has its own or does it leech off your RAM.

Quote from: eliex on November 27, 2008, 11:27:25 pm
Unless I totally change the motherboard of my computer, no new video cards for me.  :(
If we're still talking about the laptop, good luck with that.

Quote from: Androgeos Exeunt on November 28, 2008, 01:24:19 am
Intel GMX X1300
Eww.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []
 

Offline Androgeos Exeunt

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #34 on: November 28, 2008, 03:27:03 am
Yeah...it's not exactly very good at games, especially when dealing with the glowmaps of 3.6.10, but it's decent enough when I apply the light parameters of other HLPers in the Celebration of FreeSpace thread. Everytime I run FS2_Open, I hear the hard disk spin up. :D

Oh, and Lobo, I made a correction. It's GMA, not GMX.
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: How Many VPs can your machine handle?
Reply #35 on: November 28, 2008, 05:39:48 am
Quote from: Androgeos Exeunt on November 28, 2008, 03:27:03 am
Oh, and Lobo, I made a correction. It's GMA, not GMX.
GMX, GMA... still an integrated Intel GPU. So my statement remains.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []
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