What type of computer do you have?
Taking a poll on what type of computers people have. please select an option and vote. If your computer range is not listed, or if you wish to describe your computer completely please reply. looking for processor type/speed, amount of RAM, 3D card specs, internet connection and PLEASE describe how EQEmu runs on your computer (hosting and playing).
|
Sorry for lack of options hehe.. didnt know exacly what to ask in the poll itself. please reply with full computer specs and how EQEmu runs (hosting and/or playing).
|
BTW, i'm using a PIII 933MHz with 512mb ram, 40gig + 50gig HD, ATI Radeon 32mb PCI 3D card, Road runner cable modem, 16'' standard monitor.. I can play on servers fine with little to no inherit lag but when i host server mysef + play on it, it gets a little laggy..
On the way: PIV 2.2GHz, 1024MB ram, 120gig HD, NVidia Geforce 4 128mb 3D card, 18'' LCD flat panel screen, DVD-RAM/DVD-R and 40x12x48 CDRW (Yes i said 40 times WRITE). Gateway rocks ! :) http://www.gateway.com click "most powerful PC". |
Server is a PIII 500 512 Megs ram. runs a 3% with sleeping zones (15)
so far no complaints about lag. of course its an empty world at this point. |
AMD Athlon 1700XP
256mb RAM GeForce 2 Ti 64megs 13gig HD (its a letdown compared the other parts :P ) 56k modem 15" monitor (btw, 16"? never heard of that size before!) |
heh i measured my monitor.. it comes out to 16'' and 13'' viewable.
|
Computer Specs.
I've got a few machines. All are connected to a Cable modem via a linksys dsl router (soon to be cisco switch and router). This is my personal equipment...... :cool:
Compaq proliant 2500 server: Pentium Pro 200 256 mb ram 2 4gig HDD mirrored system drive 3 4gig HDD on RAID 5 for data Second server computer: Dual PentiumIII 500 256 mb ram 2 9gig 10k rpm Ultra2 scsi mirrored system/data drive Thrid computer(play\video toaster machine) Dual PIV Xeon 1.8GHz (supermicro p4dc6+) 1 gig 800MHz rdram memory 40gig ata100 system drive 40gig ata100 backup storage/junk drive 4 36gig 10k rpm Ultra3 scsi stripped for 140gb (video drive) Visiontek G-force III 64mb Ti500 21" Nokia Monitor (a few other toys) Basicly I have minilogon set up on the second server and play from the third system. |
My computer specs:
PIV 1.8Ghz 1gb 800mhz RDRAM 2 40 GB Hard Drives Geforce 4 128MB video 19" Monitor Cable modem connection I can play on other servers, I sometimes get lag, and sometimes don't. When I run my own server, the lag makes it unplayable at times (using drawde's 0.7 world data), but runs fine when I use an empty world. ;) |
I saw a pretty big performance jump when I went from a PII with 256 cache to one with 512. (Hey, what do you want for $150?)
|
ready to laugh?
Here are my computer specs:
First the Linux server. This is the one I run the emu on: 133MHz Pentium 128 MB RAM Linux len 2.4.8-26mdk #1 Sun Sep 23 17:06:39 CEST 2001 i586 unknown About 30 GB hard drive (multiple partitions) Now my Windows client for Everquest: 350MHz Pentium II 320 MB RAM (used to be 64 -- that was a real pain to run EQ with) Windows 2000 11 and 15 GB hard drives Internet connection is usually pretty good, and the Internet2 connection is really nice (yay for unrestricted gigabit line!) I really need to buy a new computer... |
My Linux server:
933MHz Pentium III 768 MB RAM Red Hat Linux 7.2 (Enigma) 2.4.9-31 #1 Tue Feb 26 07:11:02 EST 2002 i686 24 GB hard drive Voodoo 5500 Windows client: 1700MHz Pentium IV 768 MB RAM Windows XP Pro 3-D Blaster Annhilator 2 30GB and 20GB hard drives |
I am running 4 Dell's on my cable network via linksys router. 3 desktops and a laptop.
Main: Windows ME P4 1.7Ghz 384 RDRAM 40Gb HD 32Mb Geforce2 Soundblaster Live 19" Monitor |
Server on :
p2 400mhz 512meg ram 30gig hdd DSL (1500/384) win 98 Runs great! ran it on XP and didnt run as well so reverted to 98. =) |
Custom built is the way to go, and AMD is the best! Pentium can go to hell. Anyways.. here my comps stats....
Windows XP Comp: AMD Athlon XP 2100 ASUS MB (WOOT!) 2GB mushkin (russian) memory GeForce4 Ti 4600 300GB of HD 16x DVD 40x12x48 CD-RW 4 piece digital speakers with subwoofer I don't get that one til Friday though when the MB/Processor come in, but it's pretty good. Right now I got 2 others and 5 sun systems (Sun systems are sortof old.. from my friends graphics company, they upgraded and I like collecting stuff like that, and their still pretty good so =D. |
0.2.5 && 0.2.6+ Results: I haven't had any stability issues. Although, the box does tend to lag a bit when task switching with the IDE, world server, and eqw processes running. --MV |
Most of us actually don't give a shit which processor is superior...like it really matters. Thats an argument that is as old as processors themselves and is futile....so....WHO CARES as long as it runs the emu :) Right?
|
Who said anything about what processor is better? i'm just trying to figure out how well emu runs of differant computers. we we can have a System Requirements/recommendations list. btw that almost looks like a flame...
|
Ummmm....If you really must know, It was Lyenu. He....I mean she said it :)
LoL, you are way off base....it's not a flame at all. I just don't want to start a "my processor is better then yours" war. Those kind of things drive me crazy. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I just with they would keep it to themselves....thats all. |
ehh i see it know *spanks Lyenu*
btw Intel is the best! jk :) |
hmm i usually build my own computers. no part will be either crappy or more than i need. cheaper that way.
|
Linux Server
Dual 466 Celery Mobo (ABIT MP-6) 512 Meg Ram NVidia GeF2 MX400 (32meg) 60 Gig IBM 7200 RPM Hard Drive Dual Boot RH7.3Beta, Win2K Advanced Server Testing a 2.5 Kernel right now. Windows Box 1.4 GhZ AMD Athlon Processor 512 Meg PC2100 DDR RAM ATI Radeon 7500 64meg 180 Gig HD Space (1 IBM 60 gig, 1 120 WD Cavalier) Windows XP Connection is a pretty darn fast cable connection.. |
Quote:
|
It took me an hour to find that video lol and i dont wana put everyone elce thru it so here is direct link to video (i think it requires DivX..
http://www12.tomshardware.com/images...PU_Cooling.zip here is the entire article.. http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q3/010917/index.html |
my system specs
Operating System: Windows XP
CPU: (Dual) AMD Athlon XP 2100 Memory: PC 2100 DDR 2024mb (2gb) Hard Drive 1: 100gb 15,000 RPM Ultra SCSI Hard Drive 2: 100gb 15,000 RPM Ultra SCSI Ram Disk: Rocket Drive SDRAM 2024mb (2gb) CD Rom: Plexor 40x UltraPlex SCSI CD RW: Plexwriter 40/12/40 UltraPlex SCSI Video Card: nVidia Geforce 4 Ti4600 128mb DDR Monitor: Cybervison 22'' LCD Sound Card: Creative Labs Audigy Gamer Modem: Cable |
P3
650 mhz 384 mb ram 17" flatscreen trinitron cable connection 960 watt subwoofer, w/ 4 speaker surround SB live xgamer GF2 mx400 64 mb ram |
Ok Here is my setup
My server is on a Toshiba 8100 laptop P3 500Mhz, 256 ram, 2 x 12Gb Drives and 100Mhz lan card I have 3 potential client machines but the main one I use is Home built P3 600, 512 mem, 10 x 18GB Scsi disks, Matrox G400 Dual Head video and 100Mhz lan card They are all connected via Cisco 2940 Switch to a Netgear Cable router and then on to the 1Mb/s Cable connection (Just got that last bit this week ... VNice) From the net I get next to no lag ...except if i play EQlive cos the UK server is laggy. Fo some reason the internal lan is a bit more laggy ...... strange that ... must look at it Marv. |
Gaming PC -
AMD Athlon XP1800+ 512MB PC2100 DDR-RAM (Kingmax) Leadtek GeForce 2 GTS 32MB MSI K7T266 Pro2 Motherboard (Red Silicon, Uber) 17" Tritton CRT Monitor (Max Res of 1600x1200x32) Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 Surround Speaker System Windows 98SE (Tweaked up) SB Live Platinum 5.1 Realmagic Hollywood Plus DVD Decoder 8x32 DVD-ROM, Region 0 Seagate 30GB ATA100 7200RPM HDD Netgear FA311 10/100Mbit Network Card Multimedia Editing PC - P4 1800MHZ (Updated Core Model) 512MB 800MHZ RDRAM Asus GeForce 3 Ti500 Delux 64MB Asus P4 Motherboard (Cant exact model) 17" Phillips CRT Monitor (Max Res of 1280x1024x32) Cambridge Soundworks 5.1 Surround Speaker System w/ Dolby digital decoder SB Audigy Windows XP Professional Asus 10x32 DVD-ROM, Region 0 Quantum Fireball 40GB ATA100 7200RPM HDD Realtek 10/100Mbit Network Card Internet Gateway/Server PC - PIII 1000MHZ 512MB PC133 SDRAM Asus CUSL2-C Motherboard Some budget GeForce 2 MX400 64MB 17" LG CRT Monitor (Max Res of 1280x1024x32) 4x32 DVD-ROM, Region 4 Creative 8x4x32 CDR Seagate 20GB ATA66 7200RPM HDD 56Kbps Modem, Soon to be ADSL Modem :) Realtek 10/100Mbit Netword Card Windows XP Home Edition SB Live Value Guest PC - AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1330MHZ 512MB PC2100 DDR RAM Asus A7A266 Motherboard SB Live Value Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 Surround Speaker System Asus GeForce DDR Delux 32MB Seagate 40GB ATA100 7200RPM HDD Realtek 10/100Mbit Network Card Windows XP Professional 4x32 DVD-ROM, Region 1 17" IBM CRT Monitor (Max Res of 1280x1024x32) 3D Modeling PC - Dual P3 Xeon 800MHZ 1536MB Dual P3 Motherboard (Cant remember Brand or Chipset) 21" Sony Trinitron CRT Monitor Windows NT 4.0 SP6 (OpenGL Drivers are optimized for this OS) 2 10000RPM 80GB HDD's in RAID 0 Setup 10/100Mbit Network Card SB Live Value 3DLabs Oxygen GVX420 Video Card 52x ATA100 CD-ROM Drive All go through a Netgear 10/100Mbit Switch. Hope I didnt leave anything out :P In case you are wondering about all this, my mates and I spend alot of time developing hardware and programs to run them. We recently made a cool case mod that uses tri-colour LED's to cycle through RGB colours. Making a plugin for winamp to have it drive the LED's :P Writing hundreds of lines of code in assembly for a PIC sucks. |
900mhz AMD
512 SDR Ram 20gig hard drive GeForce 2 |
Firewall/Internet Gateway/EQEMU/Web/FTP/SSH Server
P166 w/128MB RAM 6GB Hard Drive 8X CD ROM Drive 2MB PCI Video Card Redhat Linux 7.2 *Runs EQEMU just fine and not too much of a slow down that I see. Been in a full zone too. Main Gaming Desktop AMD Athlon 750 w/512MB Ram 80GB Hard Drive 64MB Hercules Prophet 4500 Hercules Muse XL Sound Card Windows XP Pro On the road Laptop for Gaming and a SEQ Box Toshiba Tecra 8200 w/256MB Ram 20GB Hard Drive 16MB Trident Cyberblade Video Yamaha Sound Card Dual Boot Windows XP Pro and Redhat Linux 7.2 |
Main: 550 Pentium
512 Ram Nvidia TNT2 w/ 32 Ram -It's over clocked like crazy though:) Second comp: 1Gig Pentium 256 Ram Geforce 3 -Reason this one isn't my main comp is because it's a labtop that i just bought a sure while ago and i use it mostly for Lab work and school work. |
Athlon XP 1900+
1024 MB SDRAM IBM 16.8 Gig 7200 RPM Western Digital 80 Gig 7200 RPM Asus v8200 Deluxe GF3 64 MB (w/ 3D glasses, ooo!) Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer 19" Optiquest Q95 P3 700 MHZ 256 MB SDRAM IBM 20 Gig 7200 RPM Crap Video and Sound 15" ViewSonic Celeron 500 MHZ 128 MB SDRAM Western Digital 3 Gig 5400 RPM Crap Video and Sound 15" Viewsonic P2 400 MHZ 256 MB SDRAM Western Digital 40 GIG 7200 RPM Crystal Sound (Don't ask...) 3D Prophet GTS Pro 2 64 MB 15" Viewsonic All work great on EverQuest (original version, no luclin models). Although they have little ram so they suck for servers. |
Here's my specs:
P4 2GHz (I looked at AMD, know a lot of people with AMD, but they just run too hot for my liking) Winfast GeForce 4 TI4600 512MB Crucial DDR RAM Epox RAID motherboard 95GB combined HDD (adding 120GB of RAID 0 soon) Acer 16x12x24 CD-RW Iiyama 17" Vision Master Pro 413 flat CRT monitor Various fans, blanking plates, screws and other assorted PC paraphernalia :p ntl 512/128 cable (England, we put the 'urgh' in broadband) |
Shawn, I hope you realize that flat-panel LCD screens are absolutely HORRIBLE for 3D gaming. Make sure you've got a spare CRT lying around or you'll be sorry :P
As for gateway... *shudder*... I absolutely despise them, they build shitty as hell systems that flip out if you try and do anything with em. As for my specs: 1.1ghz AMD Athlon Thunderbird (Pentium's are shit nowadays btw) 512 Megs DDR-SDRAM PC2100 266Mhz Soyo K7V-Dragon+ Mobo (KT266A) Creative 5x DVD-ROM TDK 24x10x40 CD-RW w\BURN-Proof Technology Dual 40gig Maxtor 7200RPM ATA66 and ATA100 Hard Drives KDS Avitron 19inch Trinitron (aka flat, and crystal clear) CRT Monitor Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro & Intellimouse Optical Explorer (an older model... the newer models are uncomfortable as hell). 5.1 Digital Sound (integrated with mobo) with EAX1 support Cambridge SoundWorks 4 speakers+SubWoofer (their digital model) Magical Fairy Midget that Lives in my Pantaloons (just seeing if you were paying attention). WindowsXP Pro As for my gateway (INTERNET gateway, not gateway brand btw) PC: 1.4ghz AMD Athlon Thunderbird 256megs SDRAM Asus A7V Mobo Maxtor 40gig 7200RPM ATA100 HD 56x Acer CD-ROM KDS Visual Sensations 17inch monitor Windows XP Pro 256megs SDRAM Built them myself, as I have all previous systems i've had. Store bought pre-build systems are the DEVIL! EDIT: The "too hot for my liking comment" is bullshit. You guys just don't understand AMDs. I mean their newest AMD XP 2000+ is about 1.5GHZ and it runs faster than a pentium2 1900-2000! The infamous "heat problem" with palamino's as observed in the THG video is the result of shitty mobos. Now you can get mobos that actually detect a change like that and will shut down to avoid damage to the processor. And btw, the chances of your heatsink falling off the processor are slim to nill unless you're a dimshit and didn't install it correctly. |
Plz watch the language, but it is true Athlon XP's don't run that hot, mine runs at 100-130 degrees F
|
Athlon XP 1800+
Creative GeForce 3 TI200 Creative Audigy soundcard 512MB DDR RAM MSI mobo 2x40 gb IBM 7200 HDD Sony 21" GDM-F520 monitor Telewest 512/128 cable Windows XP Pro Both EQ and the Emu run fine and lag free with Luclin models off. I had the models on for a bit but the loading times shot up and the framerate went the other way. K. |
Flat panels aren't horrible for 3D gaming if you choose a good one. I use a 17" flat panel screen that is perfectly clear and never blurs.
And as for the Pentium vs. Athlon debate.. it's always going to be a matter of personal preference. I'd personally never touch an AMD product (too many bad experiences have soured the company and their products for me). However, some other people feel that same way about Intel. So let the argument die, please. BTW, my system specs: my main computer (notebook): P4 1.6 512 MB ram 30 GB hard drive ATI Radeon 15" XGA screen DVD/CDRW combo drive Linksys wireless network PC card WinXP Pro desktop: P4 1.6 512 MB DDR2100 80 GB hard drive 64 MB Geforce 2 17" flat panel DVD CDRW WinXP Pro Both are connected to my DSL modem through a Linksys router with a wireless access point (so I can use the laptop anywhere) servers: P3 550 512 MB Ram 50 GB hard drive Redhat 7.2 Sun Ultra 2 dual 400 mhz Ultrasparc processors 512 MB ram 20 GM hard drive Solaris 8 The servers are currently on a network in a small office connected to my airplane hangar. The run on a business SDSL line. EQemu runs perfectly. I run the server on the P3 at the hangar and the client on either home system. MySQL runs on the Ultra 2. |
OoOoO!
Pentium 3 733 MhZ
10 Gig Hard Drive =( 512 Megs SD Ram 32 Meg Vid Card - TnT 2 M64 I accidentelly picked !pentium 2! 500-1000mhz lol < and wow! Image could cook on his processor while playing a game! (I know a guy that stores his computer in a small refrigerator under his desk, uses it to keep sodas and stuff in too! ) > |
Pentium IV 1500 Mhz
40 Gb HD 256 Mb SRIMM GForce2 MX400 64Mb Win98 OS The client and the server run on the same machine. Works great both, Everquest with Luclin models. btw this is my first post to the forum guys, so hi all and grats!, you all are making a great work. VaWeN. |
Specs:
AMD Athlon 600mhz 512mb pc133 ram 30 gig HD GeForce2 MX500 32mb Sound Blaster Live Platinum running a 100 base T lan connected to DSL through a Cisco router.. <EDIT> oh, and a 17" FPD that works absolutley *GREAT* for 3d gaming. If you don't believe me, i can show ya screenshots .. and it's made by gateway, too.. one of the best flat panels i've used..<END EDIT> The server runs well with 5 zoneservers running, and the only time i have encountered lag is when i cast Innoruuk's Wrath in hateplane about 100 times in a row. Seems to work well running on a LAN as well, with 2 people connected. Going to test out how the server runs with 8 people playing on a 100 base T network this weekend! -j |
I completely agree with t3mp14rX. Not a chance in hell that your processor fan will fall off to the degree that they depicted in that AVI. The new Athlon XP models offer lower power consumption (Less heat buildup) and do have some form of thermal protection. Supposedly the one in the AVI failed and hence the CPU failed to shutdown.
Only bad thing I did to a poor unfortunate AMD chip was I crushed the die while putting on a heavy duty fan and heatsink (Thermoengine, you know, the ones that are like a cheese grater on the bottom and have parafin wax through the centre to aid with cooling...). What people fail to realise is that now that AMD and Intel have stopped producing CPUs based on the same architecture, CPU speed does not give a fair comparison. AMD proved this with their Ahlon XP model. The XP 1800+ runs at 1.53GHz yet performs at, if not above the level of a Pentium 4 1.8Ghz. However, those that are Intel fans, keep your eyes on the new Pentium III Tualatin as it performs great, and the updated Pentium 4 Core (Northwood) drastically improves their performance. Multi Processors = Go Intel! (AMD MP's suck donkey's balls) Single Processors = Go AMD! Bently |
| All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:51 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin®, Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.