Veilshatter Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) I'm starting up the desktop hardware questions and answer thread again. You have the questions and your fellow IT knowledgeable players have the answers, so ask away If you have any questions on video cards, cpus, or ram upgrades please check out http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=3898. This is a fantastic list and info for you. Edited January 20, 2012 by Veilshatter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colobulous Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I don't have any questions right now, but I support this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock-Shard Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Good to see we're getting setup again as a community so soon, despite all the early access drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madias Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Curious if anyone already playing release client has tried running it with 3d surround and how it looks if so. at the very least I was pleased with how it played across 3 screens in the mass beta at end of November. Only gripe would be UI in that configuration with lack of ability to move things around. Course they say they are working on UI customization as an important feature post-launch. One can only hope sooner rather than later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veilshatter Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 My job is IT and I like helping people, and by judging from the other posts other people do too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guevararicardo Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) So I started playing today for the first time. For some reason I'm pretty laggy =( I have good computer and internet so don't know what it is. I decided to run in windows mode hoping that would help but it didn't Can someone help? Edit: Sorry misread post, not really a hardware question Edited December 13, 2011 by guevararicardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veilshatter Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) Curious if anyone already playing release client has tried running it with 3d surround and how it looks if so. at the very least I was pleased with how it played across 3 screens in the mass beta at end of November. Only gripe would be UI in that configuration with lack of ability to move things around. Course they say they are working on UI customization as an important feature post-launch. One can only hope sooner rather than later... Agree with the sooner than later. Edited December 13, 2011 by Veilshatter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biscuitss Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I have an old laptop that I used to play counterstrike on, and it's the only pc that I will have access to over christmas, can anyone tell me if it would run this on bare minimun settings? OS - WINDOWS XP CPU - Inte Core 2 Duo T5800 @ 2.00GHz RAM - 3GB GPU - NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS 512mb memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veilshatter Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 So I started playing today for the first time. For some reason I'm pretty laggy =( I have good computer and internet so don't know what it is. I decided to run in windows mode hoping that would help but it didn't Can someone help? It could be server side. I remember the first day of beta its had odd lag like that too. Just give it time it should iron out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godnoom Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Ran Eyefinity for the past two months and it is the only way to play this game in my opinion. Can't do the 3D thing because of my eyes, but I agree a moveable UI would be a Godsend since to look at the minimap I have to look at thr far right corner. Looking to try and run my screens in portrait mode to check that out. System: AMD X6 3.2Ghz, 16GB DDR3, HD6870 1GB, Vrapter 10k for TOR, Win 7 64bit, Crosshair Formula IV, TT Level10 GT case. 3840x1024 @ 46FPS avg with everything turned up even in highly populate areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colobulous Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) So I started playing today for the first time. For some reason I'm pretty laggy =( I have good computer and internet so don't know what it is. I decided to run in windows mode hoping that would help but it didn't Can someone help? Not really a direct hardware question, but what kind of lag? People can say "It's laggy" to mean their FPS or their latency, and it's important to be able to tell which. I have an old laptop that I used to play counterstrike on, and it's the only pc that I will have access to over christmas, can anyone tell me if it would run this on bare minimun settings? Desktop hardware Q&A. There may not be a Laptop Q&A thread, so you might have to start it, but you really should. Edited December 13, 2011 by Colobulous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veilshatter Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 I have an old laptop that I used to play counterstrike on, and it's the only pc that I will have access to over christmas, can anyone tell me if it would run this on bare minimun settings? OS - WINDOWS XP CPU - Inte Core 2 Duo T5800 @ 2.00GHz RAM - 3GB GPU - NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS 512mb memory On bare minimum yes you can run it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumpator Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) You think the official version will be better optimized then lets say stress test Beta? Coz I ran the beta with about 30-35FPS normally and 20-25FPS when crowded area.. playing on: AMD X2 4200+ 2.2Ghz 2Gb DDR3 GeForce 8600 GTS 256mb So i think its not gonna be so hot with those HW requirements... Edited December 13, 2011 by Sumpator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynee Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I have an old laptop that I used to play counterstrike on, and it's the only pc that I will have access to over christmas, can anyone tell me if it would run this on bare minimun settings? OS - WINDOWS XP CPU - Inte Core 2 Duo T5800 @ 2.00GHz RAM - 3GB GPU - NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS 512mb memory I ran pretty well on low/med settings over the Thanksgiving weekend with the following: WinXP Intel Core2 @2.2 2GB Ram ATI 4670 1GB Not going to get the super textures or anything, but it still looked good and ran smooth for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumpator Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Not going to get the super textures or anything, but it still looked good and ran smooth for me. Yop I do agree. You really do not need high-end PC to run this game smoothly.. In advance, this game is aiming to a group of players who doesnt care about graphics Graphics is unimportant, important is smoothness and stunning gameplay, which it certainly has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veilshatter Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) You think the official version will be better optimized then lets say stress test Beta? Coz I ran the beta with about 30-35FPS normally and 20-25FPS when crowded area.. playing on: AMD X2 4200+ 2.2Ghz 2Gb DDR3 GeForce 8600 GTS 256mb So i think its not gonna be so hot with those HW requirements... It might be a bit more. But your system is barely over recomended. I would be looking for about what your getting out of it maybe a bit more but not much. Try lowering some settings.make sure shadows are at the lowest setting, seeing as shadow rendering is a pretty big fps muncher. Edited December 13, 2011 by Veilshatter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guevararicardo Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Not really a direct hardware question, but what kind of lag? People can say "It's laggy" to mean their FPS or their latency, and it's important to be able to tell which. The cutscene voices are fine but the facials dont keep up. When I was fighting It shows like 2 strikes and sometimes they just drop dead after 1. I right click to loot and it takes like 3 secs for my character to do it. Same thing when I'm walking, just doesn't seem fluid if that makes any sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastivodl Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 So iam guessing i should be fine with my new pc. 16g ram terabytehardrive with a i7 2700k 3.5ghz with 570ti the caculator on the site said 143 fps on mdw2 on high settings. ididnt want to be short changed this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veilshatter Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 So iam guessing i should be fine with my new pc. 16g ram terabytehardrive with a i7 2700k 3.5ghz with 570ti the caculator on the site said 143 fps on mdw2 on high settings. ididnt want to be short changed this time. No your pc will blow up and run it at 1fps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veilshatter Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 We need some more questions I need something to do while I'm at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Znaus Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Will my laptop be able to run it? Acer Aspire 5742G Ram : 3 GB Processor : Intel Core i5-460M 2.53 GHz Graphic: Nvidia GeForce GT 420M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veilshatter Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Will my laptop be able to run it? Acer Aspire 5742G Ram : 3 GB Processor : Intel Core i5-460M 2.53 GHz Graphic: Nvidia GeForce GT 420M Ya, your laptop will be fine for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colobulous Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 The cutscene voices are fine but the facials dont keep up. When I was fighting It shows like 2 strikes and sometimes they just drop dead after 1. I right click to loot and it takes like 3 secs for my character to do it. Same thing when I'm walking, just doesn't seem fluid if that makes any sense That sounds more like a server lag issue than anything else, I'd just go with it being a problem for the server and you'll have to wait for them to work out the kinks. If it were some other day, I might credit it to another problem, but today, yeah, server problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildah Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Well here is a hardware question i do have though not 100% game related. I am building a me computer for the game and plan on having an ssd hard drive and then 2 others in raid 0. I plan on putting windows on the ssd and not sure where I should put star wars any suggestions. The ssd will be a sata 3 and 120 gig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spots Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) So just a tip for people running the game off of laptops. If you want to save your battery life and reduce heating, I recommend the following: -If you're using your laptop for extended periods, remove the battery and plug it into the AC adapter. Heat is a large contributor to reducing the battery life. Plus, every time you turn your computer on with the ac connector plugged in (regardless of if the battery is full), it begins a cycle. The lifetime of your battery is longer, if you minimize the number of cycles. Prop a book under the back to keep the fan from resting directly on the desk/lap. -buy a lap/desk cooling pad, such as the Belkin one. It raises your computer off your desk/lap and keeps it cooler. -clean out your fan if it's an old laptop... Edited December 13, 2011 by Spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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