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Is this system good enough for SINS?

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Is this system good enough for SINS?

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Hey everybody, I was wondering if this setup would be goodenough to be able to play sins? I am most likely going to playing with a custom map and over 500 planets with 10 AI. My current system is an upgraded HP with 1gb ram, AMD 4200+ X2, and an 8500GT. I can not get anything more than mid-fleet sizes and medium maps until I start to see stutters. My current system will prohibit fully max setting. I am currently operating at the lowest widescreen resolution available, the highest stettings that my system will allow and 2x AA. So this is my new configuration And I wanted your guys oppinion on it before I build it. I want to be able to play on fully max visual settings, but only 4xAA, and mid-resolution widescreen screen settings. So how does this system for sins look?

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131232

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116063

Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184

Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152096

Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814141073

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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top

I'm still looking for relpies... HELP!!!

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Reply #28 from Sins Forums Top

e8400 on an asus p5n-d (750I) OC'd to 4 ghz.  4gb memory   i've tried running sins on both a single 9800gtx+ and also with SLI and SLI doesn't help sins AT ALL.  When i play sins my video card temps barely rise at all.  On big maps once fleets are assembled the game slows down but it is still playable however i can't be zoomed in or else my system chugs to 10 fps or less.

 

Heres my question.   I don't mean to be out of line to the developers but,,,,,  why would you include 8-10 player huge scenarios when even they can't be run on a current system?  I for one love playing huge 10 player single player battles for 10 hours but the slowdown is rough and I have a fairly solid system.   Has anyone been able to enjoy a large game with fleets and maintain a solid framerate? 

 

BTW:  You might as well buy an E8400 3.0 ghz duo for $169.00 on newegg instead of the one you have mentioned in your post. 

Reply #29 from Sins Forums Top

LOL.... ;P I'm nowhere close to any of those specs and sins runs fair on my system 6200T/C AMD3000+ 1(yes) 1Gig of ram. Thats with most settings on except AA. It has some slow moments, but ive seen worse on many other games.

Reply #30 from Sins Forums Top

all basic stuff...

Q.  What are the hardware requirements?
A.  The Iron Engine takes advantage of the latest machines and scales to support older hardware as well.

Minimum Requirements: 

 

  • Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista
  • 1.8 GHz Single-Core Processor
  • 512 MB RAM (1 GB for Windows Vista)
  • 128 MB DirectX 9 3D Video Card (Radeon 9600 / GeForce FX 6600 and above)
  • DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card
  • DVD-ROM Drive
  • 3 GB Hard Drive Space
  • Keyboard and Mouse
  • DirectX 9.0c

Recommended Requirements:

  • 2.2 GHz Dual- or Quad-Core Processor
  • 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Windows Vista)
  • 256 MB DirectX 9 3D Video Card (Radeon X1600 / GeForce 7600 and above)

 

about all u need right?

Reply #31 from Sins Forums Top

I'm on a laptop with a Radeon Xpress 200M (integrated, turbocache only) using 256MB of my system ram leaving me with 768Mb free, and a celeron-m 410 (1.46Ghz) and I can play fine with textures @ highest, details @ high, bump @ low, bloom & AA off, 1280x800.

Basically, this game runs on pretty much anything from the last 5-6 years, possibly more. PlasmaPong has higher actual requirements than Sins ^^'

Reply #32 from Sins Forums Top

I have to say I hit a lot of lag, large 3 star map, me and 7 computers.

All settings lowest, no AA, bloom on, 1400 x900 75hz (monitor native)

some skyboxes off, trade ship icons off,

C2D 2.66ghz (stock) & 3ghz when OC'd, 4GB ram, nvidia 8600gt oc2,

 

runs equally crappy when OC'd and stock, no discernable difference.

what gives?

Reply #33 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Simmyaz, reply 3
e8400 on an asus p5n-d (750I) OC'd to 4 ghz.  4gb memory   i've tried running sins on both a single 9800gtx+ and also with SLI and SLI doesn't help sins AT ALL.  When i play sins my video card temps barely rise at all.  On big maps once fleets are assembled the game slows down but it is still playable however i can't be zoomed in or else my system chugs to 10 fps or less.

 

Heres my question.   I don't mean to be out of line to the developers but,,,,,  why would you include 8-10 player huge scenarios when even they can't be run on a current system?  I for one love playing huge 10 player single player battles for 10 hours but the slowdown is rough and I have a fairly solid system.   Has anyone been able to enjoy a large game with fleets and maintain a solid framerate? 

 

BTW:  You might as well buy an E8400 3.0 ghz duo for $169.00 on newegg instead of the one you have mentioned in your post. 
End of Simmyaz's quote

Thanks. I had already pretty much decided on a system like this. Thanks for the help.

Reply #34 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Shadow_of_Light, reply 5
all basic stuff...

Q.  What are the hardware requirements?
A.  The Iron Engine takes advantage of the latest machines and scales to support older hardware as well.

Minimum Requirements: 

 


Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista
1.8 GHz Single-Core Processor
512 MB RAM (1 GB for Windows Vista)
128 MB DirectX 9 3D Video Card (Radeon 9600 / GeForce FX 6600 and above)
DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card
DVD-ROM Drive
3 GB Hard Drive Space
Keyboard and Mouse
DirectX 9.0c
Recommended Requirements:


2.2 GHz Dual- or Quad-Core Processor
1 GB RAM (2 GB for Windows Vista)
256 MB DirectX 9 3D Video Card (Radeon X1600 / GeForce 7600 and above)
 

about all u need right?
End of Shadow_of_Light's quote

What gives? I have a system just like this (just like the reccomended requirments) and I'm having freaking problems with anything more than Med fleets on a 4 player custom map. Sins needs to do better than this because I know they can. Come on, step it up. Even people with systems far better than mine are having problems. WTH. Stardock, it's time to make some MAJOR ratifications.