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Ptraci
3 R Corporation The Irukandji
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Posted - 2012.07.10 11:26:00 -
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Wingmate wrote:
no one knows anything about computers unless you build them for a living. this is what i do. the armchair warriors who drool over tom's hardware (16gb lol) can go take a break so the real techs to do their job.
Not sure if trolling or... yeah, whatever Mr. "I build computers for a living". Just because they call you a member of the "Geek squad" down at your Best Buy $10 an hour job doesn't mean you are the worlds premiere computer expert. |
Fidelium Mortis
Quantum Cats Syndicate
100
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Posted - 2012.07.10 13:24:00 -
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Wingmate wrote:who on earth dualboxes or higher with graphics on max?
I do. Because I can and it looks good. ICRS - Intergalactic Certified Rocket Surgeon |
Ciar Meara
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
719
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Posted - 2012.07.10 13:36:00 -
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i5? I'd go for a i7 at least if you want top performance you need top equipment and have to pay top dollar.
I don't know what the GTX 670 does, but the best (or just below that) nvidea card should help you out, more memory always helps.
If you want top performance like that though you'll be better off with nvidea, I myself have an ATI and have no problem running two clients in high detail mode but since CCP has falled in love with nvidea for years now its better to be safe then sorry. - [img]http://go-dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/janus/ceosig.jpg[/img] [yellow]English only please. Zymurgist[/yellow] |
Wingmate
Raven's Flight Vanguard.
26
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Posted - 2012.07.10 16:26:00 -
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Ptraci wrote:Not sure if trolling or... yeah, whatever Mr. "I build computers for a living". Just because they call you a member of the "Geek squad" down at your Best Buy $10 an hour job doesn't mean you are the worlds premiere computer expert.
oh, come on, calling a computer tech a geek squad member is low even for the eve forums =)
naw, i build systems at a computer shop in town. it's actually surprisingly entertaining compared to the normal drudgery of just waiting for systems to reboot and stripping broken LCDs out of laptops. |
Ptraci
3 R Corporation The Irukandji
561
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Posted - 2012.07.10 19:35:00 -
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Wingmate wrote: it's actually surprisingly entertaining
Snooping through customers' hard drives? Still, I don't "build computers for a living", but since I've been around them, built them, programmed them, starting with the old punch-card IBM System 3 back when adding 16K meant building a new annex, right through ASM on my Z-80, Basic on PC's and TRS-80's and all the way through today's python, perl and ruby, I think I know a little about computers... :P |
Eternal Error
Exitus Acta Probant
67
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Posted - 2012.07.10 19:39:00 -
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Wingmate wrote:Eternal Error wrote:Some terrible replies in here.
Your first concern will be RAM, not the video card. You'll probably want 16 gigs. also lol. i ran four systems in VM on a 32-bit machine with 4gb of RAM (aka, actually only 3.25gb or so), and had no issues with four clients on a quad-core i7-860. an i7 is 1156, not even sandy bridge (let alone ivy bridge). 'old' tech. get an i7 quad with HT (NOT an AMD hex, the difference in performance is so significant), get at least 1gb per client (probably 8gb total if you want six), and load Tiny7 64-bit on the other VMs, with your main account in windows itself. you don't need expensive crap to make this run, guys, you need next to nothing - maybe 600$ for a reasonable setup with a decent PSU, from scratch. no one knows anything about computers unless you build them for a living. this is what i do. the armchair warriors who drool over tom's hardware (16gb lol) can go take a break so the real techs to do their job. Yea, so you want around 8 gigs just to run 6 clients. If you want to run even a moderate amount of other stuff without paging, you're going to want more than 8 gigs. The next step up is usually 16 gigs, and it's not that more expensive (sure, he could go for 12 if he wanted). So in conclusion, unless you're on a razor thin budget (which this guy isn't), I'm right and you're wrong.
I always tell people asking about system builds that more than 8 GB is overkill. In this case, he KNOWS he will be using at least 7 gigs just for one application. It makes perfect sense to go for more than 8 gigs. |
Rectangular Prism
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2012.07.12 07:55:00 -
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General consensus seems to be that more ram and a better gpu are the critical factors here.
Due to stock shortage I wasnt able to get the 4gb gtx 670 I wanted so im just going to stick with the standard 2gb and just to reiterate, the idea is to get a new computer that runs 6 clients on anything other than all settings on low.
I'm sick of seeing crappy blurs for textures on ships, bland lighting & occasional momentary hiccups when theres a fair number of ships on my view. I'm just after a system thats a step-up in stability, fps and detail from my aging Q6600 and gtx295, without breaking bank... I'm not asking for AAx16 + full HDR w/ post processing on high etc.
For the important parts, cpu, gpu and ram here is what I've decided on so far:
-Intel i5 2500k -EVGA gtx 670 FTW -16gb DDR3 1600mhz ram
Will this cut it? And before anyone asks, yes ill be getting a new mobo with this and no im not going cheap on that part.
I'll stick to an i5 since I can't find any solid proof that EVE benefits much from cpus with hyperthreading to justify the cost increase to an i7, unless someone can show me that HT can make a significant fps difference. |
Verone
Veto Corp
282
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Posted - 2012.07.12 08:22:00 -
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> Intel Core i7 980x (3.33GHz) @ 5.25GHz > Asus ROG Rampage III Extreme Mainboard > 24GB 1600MHz Corsair Dominator Triple Channel DDR3 @2100MHz > 2x Palit 3GB GTX580 (SLI) > 6x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 (3x 1TB RAID 1 Mirrors) > 1200w Antec TruePower Modular PSU > Three Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Panels @ 1920x1200 > Corsair H70 Liquid Cooler > Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
Runs 6 clients, fixed window mode, two on each display, all maxed out.
They run no problem at all, and stay on the 60FPS VSYNC limit.
Verone CEO & Executor Veto Corp WWW.VETO-CORP.COM |
Rectangular Prism
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2012.07.12 08:29:00 -
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Verone wrote:> Intel Core i7 980x (3.33GHz) @ 5.25GHz
Can I ask what cooler you use? |
Wingmate
Raven's Flight Vanguard.
28
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Posted - 2012.07.12 15:54:00 -
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Rectangular Prism wrote:i5-Intel i5 2500k -EVGA gtx 670 FTW -16gb DDR3 1600mhz ram
Will this cut it? And before anyone asks, yes ill be getting a new mobo with this and no im not going cheap on that part.
I'll stick to an i5 since I can't find any solid proof that EVE benefits much from cpus with hyperthreading to justify the cost increase to an i7, unless someone can show me that HT can make a significant fps difference.
a single client in eve does not benefit from HT. six clients will benefit because you can assign each instance to a discrete core, allowing two to stay assigned to the OS directly. if you VM - which, as i've pointed out several times, you should - you can even assign them during VM setup, since it's a built-in feature.
i would definitely go with a quad with HT from intel for the cpu.
i still don't think you need so much vram, but you've picked so i'll stop beating that horse.
as for a cooler, the hyper-212+ is still the best cooler under 50$ (for 30$ or so at newegg). you don't need anything more than that - since OCing would be super boneheaded for something that'll be at load so much, even a stock cooler would be fine. hyper just means that you'll have a lower internal temp.
remember that most coolers overshadow the location for the fourth RAM slot on modern boards (and you can't rotate them since often they're in the way of one of the graphics slots). pick RAM with low heatspreaders. G.SKILL ripjaw RAM, for example, will be too high and will probably bump the cooler if you use a non-stock with a big set of wings. |
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Rectangular Prism
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2012.07.13 06:34:00 -
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Wingmate wrote:a single client in eve does not benefit from HT. six clients will benefit because you can assign each instance to a discrete core, allowing two to stay assigned to the OS directly. if you VM - which, as i've pointed out several times, you should - you can even assign them during VM setup, since it's a built-in feature.
i would definitely go with a quad with HT from intel for the cpu.
i still don't think you need so much vram, but you've picked so i'll stop beating that horse.
as for a cooler, the hyper-212+ is still the best cooler under 50$ (for 30$ or so at newegg). you don't need anything more than that - since OCing would be super boneheaded for something that'll be at load so much, even a stock cooler would be fine. hyper just means that you'll have a lower internal temp.
remember that most coolers overshadow the location for the fourth RAM slot on modern boards (and you can't rotate them since often they're in the way of one of the graphics slots). pick RAM with low heatspreaders. G.SKILL ripjaw RAM, for example, will be too high and will probably bump the cooler if you use a non-stock with a big set of wings.
As I mentioned earlier, the 4gb versions of the 670 I was looking for was out of stock but regardless of that I've decided to stick with the plain 2gb version (2gb is standard for ALL gtx 670 cards). If your contention is that even 2gb of VRAM is excessive then thats okay because I want the gfx power of a 670 - they are well priced and good value for money.
As for HT and instance allocation, I guess I could go with a 2600k.
Lastly, yes i'm aware of the space issues some coolers can have with the 4th ram slot on socket 1155 boards. G-skill's ripjaws sticks are the worse offenders given their tendency to have tall, protruding heat spreaders so I'll be getting one of their 'ARES' series of ram sticks, they are designed to have low heatspreaders. |
ashley Eoner
24
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Posted - 2012.07.13 22:53:00 -
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Rectangular Prism wrote:Ill keep this TL:DR I'm buying a new computer and I want to run upwards of 6+ accounts with decent video settings on a single 1920x1080 monitor. Do I get a video card with 2gb or 4gb of VRAM?
The clients are never minimised. I couldn't even imagine trying to play on over 6 clients smashed into such a small screen. Since actually manually controlling them would be about impossible due to ridiculously small sizes I can only conclude you plan to run bots in which case I would like to discourage you from doing so.
On the flip side I've seen people posting ridiculous machines to run this game. I use an e7200 OCed to 3.6ghz (Hyper 212+ cooler is awesome) 4 gb of ddr2 and a HD5770 with 1 gb of ram and yet I run three clients (the main one is set to high quality others to memory) on two screens with good frame rates. If my cheapo several year old system can do that then pretty much any system listed in this thread would handle more then what you want.
Oh and make sure you're running a 64 bit OS :P |
Rectangular Prism
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
2
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Posted - 2012.07.14 03:56:00 -
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ashley Eoner wrote:I couldn't even imagine trying to play on over 6 clients smashed into such a small screen. Since actually manually controlling them would be about impossible due to ridiculously small sizes I can only conclude you plan to run bots in which case I would like to discourage you from doing so.
On the flip side I've seen people posting ridiculous machines to run this game. I use an e7200 OCed to 3.6ghz (Hyper 212+ cooler is awesome) 4 gb of ddr2 and a HD5770 with 1 gb of ram and yet I run three clients (the main one is set to high quality others to memory) on two screens with good frame rates. If my cheapo several year old system can do that then pretty much any system listed in this thread would handle more then what you want.
Oh and make sure you're running a 64 bit OS :P
I suggest you read all my responses before posting next time. Yup I do have win7 64 bit. As I already mentioned before the screens are windowed and stretched close to the full resolution of the monitor (1920x1080) and I'm not running Isboxer in case anyone was wondering.
Sorry, but the accusations that I'm a botter just constitutes a failure of imagination on people's part, "Oh I cant think of anyone who could run 6 clients at once, therefore bot." Someone wouldn't be asking for computer specs to run 6 accounts accounts NOT minimised and NOT with low graphics if they were botting.
As for the difficulty of multitasking 6 clients at once - it varies on the composition of ships and their respective setups. I usually take 3 buffer tanked bs with 2 logi (non-spider setups preferred since it means less micromanagement) and the last account is a boosting alt. Impossible setups would be something like controlling a fleet of nanoships or active tanks, anything that requires cycling different modules at various times on the same ship is a no. Most of the combat I normally do involves burning to optimal at a target, mashing F keys and then repair whatever damage is being done with logi during the fight.
This brings me to another question: given the computer specs I described, is it possible to run fraps in conjunction with 6 accounts? Is fraps CPU/ram intensive? |
ashley Eoner
24
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Posted - 2012.07.14 22:00:00 -
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Rectangular Prism wrote:ashley Eoner wrote:I couldn't even imagine trying to play on over 6 clients smashed into such a small screen. Since actually manually controlling them would be about impossible due to ridiculously small sizes I can only conclude you plan to run bots in which case I would like to discourage you from doing so.
On the flip side I've seen people posting ridiculous machines to run this game. I use an e7200 OCed to 3.6ghz (Hyper 212+ cooler is awesome) 4 gb of ddr2 and a HD5770 with 1 gb of ram and yet I run three clients (the main one is set to high quality others to memory) on two screens with good frame rates. If my cheapo several year old system can do that then pretty much any system listed in this thread would handle more then what you want.
Oh and make sure you're running a 64 bit OS :P I suggest you read all my responses before posting next time. Yup I do have win7 64 bit. As I already mentioned before the screens are windowed and stretched close to the full resolution of the monitor (1920x1080) and I'm not running Isboxer in case anyone was wondering. If you're stretching the screens out to full monitor size then you are in effect minimizing the clients behind the top client. So your obsession with VRAM is completely irrelevant to your goals. Also your statement that you will not be minimizing any of the clients was also wrong.
Quote:Sorry, but the accusations that I'm a botter just constitutes a failure of imagination on people's part, "Oh I cant think of anyone who could run 6 clients at once, therefore bot." Someone wouldn't be asking for computer specs to run 6 accounts accounts NOT minimised and NOT with low graphics if they were botting. Your assumptions run rampant. I run four clients at a time myself but I never saw the need to make a thread wanking about it. You are WRONG you are minimizing the clients behind the client covering the screen. Check the task manager in windows sometime and you'll see that the clients that are covered are using far less resources because in effect they are minimized. From the perspective of your graphics card those screens are minimized. So the only way to not be minimized is to have all the clients arranged to be visible and in such a case 7 or more clients wouldn't fit very well on your small screen. So the only way to possibly play a mess like that would be to bot them. Now I've come to the realization that your choice of words are incorrect and stem from your apparent lack of computer knowledge. So sorry for the misunderstanding on my part because I took your words at face value.
Quote:As for the difficulty of multitasking 6 clients at once - it varies on the composition of ships and their respective setups. I usually take 3 buffer tanked bs with 2 logi (non-spider setups preferred since it means less micromanagement) and the last account is a boosting alt. Impossible setups would be something like controlling a fleet of nanoships or active tanks, anything that requires cycling different modules at various times on the same ship is a no. Most of the combat I normally do involves burning to optimal at a target, mashing F keys and then repair whatever damage is being done with logi during the fight. FIrst off you've been saying +6 clients which means 7 and up aka "+6" = more then 6. Like I said earlier I fairly consistently use 3-4 clients when engaging in activities in EVe including low sec. So you're not telling me anything I didn't start doing years ago..
Quote:This brings me to another question: given the computer specs I described, is it possible to run fraps in conjunction with 6 accounts? Is fraps CPU/ram intensive? Last I used fraps it was a program that stuck to the game clients and not the actual desktop view itself. I don't know if they've changed it but if they haven't as soon as you tab out of one of clients into another it'll probably stop recording. |
Tarryn Nightstorm
Hellstar Towing and Recovery
499
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Posted - 2012.07.14 22:48:00 -
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Hey guys!
Let's see how leet "soloists" we all can be by running an army of alts! In irae, veritas. |
Wingmate
Raven's Flight Vanguard.
28
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Posted - 2012.07.17 15:09:00 -
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ashley Eoner wrote:Just buy the top end ivy bridge i7 k model get a coolermaster hyper 212 plus style heatsink at least a z77 top end mobo of your brand's choice at least 16 preferably 32gb of ddr3 2800 at least 2 preferably 3 GTX 690s a 120-240gb ssd with a 2tb conventional drive for storage at least a 1200 watt psu like Seasonic x-1250 or corsair pro series gold ax1200 which only run about 250-300 XFX proseries p1-1240-befx if you're scared to buy from seasonic (they are like one of three major performance OEM manufacturers that make the PSUs sold by corsair etc). top it off with a decent case for 100-200 and a good sound card like the xonar essence ST (cheap price and you'll hear a massive difference in quality) and bam you're done
BAHAHAHAHA
and a sound card recommendation too
troll rating 10/10 would bang so good
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ashley Eoner
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Posted - 2012.07.17 23:29:00 -
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Wingmate wrote:ashley Eoner wrote:Just buy the top end ivy bridge i7 k model get a coolermaster hyper 212 plus style heatsink at least a z77 top end mobo of your brand's choice at least 16 preferably 32gb of ddr3 2800 at least 2 preferably 3 GTX 690s a 120-240gb ssd with a 2tb conventional drive for storage at least a 1200 watt psu like Seasonic x-1250 or corsair pro series gold ax1200 which only run about 250-300 XFX proseries p1-1240-befx if you're scared to buy from seasonic (they are like one of three major performance OEM manufacturers that make the PSUs sold by corsair etc). top it off with a decent case for 100-200 and a good sound card like the xonar essence ST (cheap price and you'll hear a massive difference in quality) and bam you're done BAHAHAHAHA and a sound card recommendation too troll rating 10/10 would bang so good Okay time for a serious response. If you have a good stereo hooked up to your computer you will notice a magnificent difference between onboard audio and a good sound card. My on board sound while new has terrible S/N and frequency response plot. With the onboard my low end dies around 40hz while a XOnar allows my sub to extend to below 20HZ (rolls off hard at 12HZ). So between the way better S/N ratio and much longer flatter frequency response my speakers are performing much better with the Xonar. |
Terminal Insanity
The Filthy Ones
639
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Posted - 2012.07.17 23:30:00 -
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i wonder if ccp will find a way to share video resources between multiple clients, increasing the number of plex's we can consume monthly. "War declarations are never officially considered griefing and are not a bannable offense, and it has been repeatedly stated by the developers that the possibility for non-consensual PvP is an intended feature." - CCP |
Avril Scorpia
Chaos Empire
16
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Posted - 2012.07.18 01:28:00 -
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I have 16gb ram and a 3gig Geforce 580M card and have had no trouble yet with 1900 x 1080 with max graphics (even anti-aliasing/anti whatever filtering and those types of fps murderers) |
Wingmate
Raven's Flight Vanguard.
29
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Posted - 2012.07.18 13:24:00 -
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Avril Scorpia wrote:I have 16gb ram and a 3gig Geforce 580M card and have had no trouble yet with 1900 x 1080 with max graphics (even anti-aliasing/anti whatever filtering and those types of fps murderers) ...for one client? |
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Verone
Veto Corp
285
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Posted - 2012.07.19 03:43:00 -
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Rectangular Prism wrote:Verone wrote:> Intel Core i7 980x (3.33GHz) @ 5.25GHz
Can I ask what cooler you use?
Sure, I'm running a Corsair Hydro H100.
The trick is to lap and machine polish the heat spreader on your CPU (be aware that this voids your warranty, as you'll be removing the details and batch number) and the copper contact pad on the bottom of the H70's cooler block/pump.
Works wonders :3
Verone CEO & Executor Veto Corp WWW.VETO-CORP.COM |
Wingmate
Raven's Flight Vanguard.
29
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Posted - 2012.07.19 14:45:00 -
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i lapped my first flat-base heatsink (years and years ago). it's a fun project to do that makes pretty good coolers much more efficient. i did it during a football game on tv and was done before halftime. |
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