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Whats Your Computer for EVE?

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Chigger Troutslayer
Internet Spaceship Gamers
Sex Drugs And Rock'N'Roll
#81 - 2012-03-05 17:23:34 UTC

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W
ASUS M4N98TD EVO AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/768MD5 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB
Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333

2 LCD Monitors

Someday I might add another video card and SLI it but thus far I see no need as this rig handles whatever I throw at it with ease.
Pyrus Octavius
Flat Earth Believers
#82 - 2012-03-05 18:41:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Pyrus Octavius
Jose Black wrote:
Qin Shi Huang wrote:
[..]
4 GB RAM (diagnostics tell me I only have 3.5 GB though ?!?)
[..]

The theoretical maximum for a 32bit OS is 4GB. In practice the computer uses 256 Mega up to a Gigabyte for IO address space depending on mainboard and its BIOS. The actual installed RAM above the remaining amount is not used, not even for caching because it can not be addressed by the OS.

I'm running the game on a custom built machine (read: replacing one or the other part as soon as it bothers me) as follows:

AMD Phenom II X4 940 (3GHz)
8GB DDR2 RAM (4x 2GB, Kingston)
AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB graphics
750W power supply
23 inch CRT, full HD resolution

It's able to run 2 clients with pretty high settings, but I don't use antialiasing. Enabling it with 2 clients turns it into a slideshow and I bet it's way lacking graphics RAM then. The power supply leaves room for expansions, which are not planned ^^ .

When Incarna hit 4GB apparently weren't enough to run 2 clients and a couple of other programs at the same time.




Or he has a core i3 which uses a built in Intel Graphics GPU. This takes up available RAM, and can be customized in the BIOS of your motherboard. I could be wrong, since I didn't see the OP for this person. But this came instantly to my mind.

My rig:

PS3 3D Display 24"
Core i5 760 @ 2.8Ghz
Corsair DDR3 XPS 16GB @ 1333Mhz (2GB Page file on SSD, and System Managed page file on SATA)
Corsair 120GB SSD Force Series GT (SATA III)
1 TB Caviar Black (SATA III) for storage
eVGA 460 GTX GPU
Classic fan cooled.

Not spectacular, but runs everything I need it to nicely. EvE on an SSD is very nice. I highly recommend it.
Vincent Athena
Photosynth
#83 - 2012-03-05 18:47:11 UTC
CCP Punkturis wrote:
I would tell you guys about my macbook but I know you'll just make fun of me Sad


Is it at least a MacBook Pro? That's what I use. I can run 3 clients at once on it fine.

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IM0001
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#84 - 2012-03-05 18:48:08 UTC
Rig 1 (Desktop) Custom

Core 2 Duo Q9550 @ 3.84ghz
Asus Rampage Formula X48
8GB PC 1066 @ 1081Mhz Mushkin DDR2
SLI Zotac 560TI OC
2 Monitors (1 1080 + 3D, 1 1050)
X-Fi Platinum
SuperTalent 128G SSD OS/EVE
Corsair H100 + R500 Case
Bunch of other stuff

Rig 2 (Laptop) Asus G73JH-A1

I7 720QM 1.6Ghz
ATI 5870M
8G DDR3 PC1333
1080 FHD Monitor
etc..

Rig 3 (Mini Tower) V3

i3 2100 3.1Ghz
4G DDR3 1600
Zotac 560TI
Zotac H67 Mini ITX\
wiLik
Blank-Space
Northern Coalition.
#85 - 2012-03-05 18:53:49 UTC  |  Edited by: wiLik
It's aging a little now, but my rig:

Intel Core II Quad Extreme 3.2GHz (QX9770-12MB Cache) Twisted
Asus Striker II Extreme Mobo
8GB Corsair Dominator 1600MHz DDR3 8-8-8-24 RAM
2 x 300GB Veloci-raptor HDD's - Striped
2 x Nvidia GTX280 GPU's
2 x 24" Samsung SyncMaster T240 LCD Monitors (1920x1200)
Jose Black
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#86 - 2012-03-05 18:55:54 UTC
Pyrus Octavius wrote:
Or he has a core i3 which uses a built in Intel Graphics GPU. This takes up available RAM, and can be customized in the BIOS of your motherboard. I could be wrong, since I didn't see the OP for this person. But this came instantly to my mind.
It was Post #44. Would be nice if it'd include the number in quotes now that I think of it :) . It's neither an i3 nor onboard graphics in this case.
Trainwreck McGee
Doomheim
#87 - 2012-03-05 19:03:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Trainwreck McGee
i7
8GB RAM
Radeon followed by some numbers

2 23" NEC MultiSync EA232WMi

Logitech G500 mouse

Some sort of ergonomic keyboard that was probably over priced and bought at Best Buy (I.E i got it as a gift from an old person)

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Mokokan
Transtar Services
#88 - 2012-03-05 19:06:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Mokokan
I researched the components, ordered them, recieved them, put each together with my own hands, Installed all the software and tested the whole rig......................and I honestly couldn't tell you WTF is in the thing now. I hope that helps you with your purchase.

edit: It all came from Tigerdirect.com and Newegg.com, though. In past comps, Ebay, Radioshack, and literally the shopping center dumpster(behind the Radioshack) all played a part as well.
MadMuppet
Critical Mass Inc
#89 - 2012-03-05 19:31:49 UTC
AMD Phenom II X4 970 3.50GHz
8 Gigs RAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti

My mining FPS is incredible.

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Ager Agemo
Rainbow Ponies Incorporated
#90 - 2012-03-05 19:43:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Ager Agemo
actually it depends on the situation too, carebear? small fleet? blobfleet?

carebear i would say an I3 does fine with lets say an AMD 5450, or nvidia 550, and 2 gigs of ram.

small fleet, up it to a 5670 or an nvidia 560

for blob fights, do you want playable or smooth? for playable i use a phenom X4 at 3800mhz (cores dosnt matter for eve tho...) and an ati 5870, and with 1000 man fights it gets to run at about 10 to 15 fps with down spikes.)

so for smooth i would say an I5 or I7 at about 4500 mhz or 5000 mhz even and maybe SLI or Crossfire with ati 5970 or nvidia 590.

given EVE single core nature, it actually chokes the CPU quite ******* often no matter how beefy is it.
Anderron Shi
Perkone
Caldari State
#91 - 2012-03-05 20:11:01 UTC
OP, you're going to want to be, at least, quad boxing. And also, the lowest I would go on the RAM would be around 18-20 gigs.

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Eian
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#92 - 2012-03-07 02:14:53 UTC
TheBreadMuncher wrote:
I use grammar and correct punctuation.

EDIT: I don't overuse the word "considering".



I'm with you man.
Qin Shi Huang
Doomheim
#93 - 2012-03-07 05:36:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Qin Shi Huang
nvm

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Tiberius Amzadee
The Night Stalker Syndicate
#94 - 2012-03-07 08:00:58 UTC
A big black metal box with lots of fans,lights,and shiny complex looking things inside. I do know one thing for sure,the thing require massive amounts of money for fuel. The irony,so does everything in eve that it was built for. It's a perfect circle.
Tikera Tissant
#95 - 2012-03-07 10:10:07 UTC
I think if I post my computer I will get flamed for over-the-top. I'm running 6 clients on a single computer, all max details, blobs easily handled.

For the OP, I would suggest for a laptop a i5 at easy with 2gb of memory. That should be more than enough to handle a client without having to lose too many details.
For a deskop, an i3 with a simple card like the 6650 can handle the game.

Of course the higher the details you want, the stronger you need. But the max for a single client you really need is the i5-2400. It can handle the game and more.
Savage Creampuff
Vivid Entertainment Group
#96 - 2012-03-07 12:47:37 UTC
3 year old pc

i7-920 @ 3.25
6gb triple channel ram
2x gtx 260 sli
crappy hard drive

i had 14 accounts all shooting in space each getting about 50-55 fps. decided to stop there because of strange ram issues. obviously not at max settings.
Lijhal
Innoruuks Wrath
#97 - 2012-03-07 12:58:04 UTC
Asus G73JW

Intel I7 720QM
8 GB RAM
NVidia GTX 460M
128 GB Samsung 470
500 GB Seagate Hybrid

your girlfriend
knobber Jobbler
State War Academy
Caldari State
#98 - 2012-03-07 13:44:40 UTC
CCP Punkturis wrote:
I would tell you guys about my macbook but I know you'll just make fun of me Sad


Get out.
Saul Shardani
People of the Saiya
Silent Company
#99 - 2012-03-07 13:50:40 UTC
Q6600 slightly OC'ed to 2.7ghz (mobo sucks hard), 4GB Ripjaw DDR3 RAM, Radeon HD5870 video. Runs EvE full detail beautifully.
Tanya Powers
Doomheim
#100 - 2012-03-07 13:56:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Tanya Powers
MasterChief351 wrote:
Hey,Im Finally looking around for a new computer,Considering im using an Acer Extensa 5620z with a 1.60GHz And 2GB Ram,And I was wondering what people generally use,Considering im a lazy son of a ***** building a computer is unlikely.

So,What Do You Use To Play EVE And Do you have a suggestion?

Cheers



I actually build my own machines so I have no idea what you're talking about when it's about pre mounted machines by some lazy assembler.

PIck this as base for now:

GC: 460 as base, better reference but most important last tech (35nano), double GC or + techs are preferred over maxx Gb of pure DDR ram for gaming

Pross: latest doesn't mean best, higher commercial speed doesn't mean best. Indeed, very often the middle price references are those that support the highest over clocking values under normal conditions with regular fans/dissipaters thus increasing considerably your pross performances to the point they easily overpass higher reference that is less flexible for over clocking (ex: I5-750 vs I7-900).
Why over clock? -because it's awesome when it's well done, can you live without it? hell yeah

Mem: actual standard turns around 1600GHz frequency DDR3 with large dissipaters like Hyper-x tech, if you're using regular vista or 7 32b it's useless to buy more than 6Gb since the program it self cant 'use' more (it can but in short it's useless, specially for gaming)
8 to 32Gb if you're using 64b pro versions of win, pinguin <3

Those are only basics, not how to or what to. If you want the perfect machine to keep for 4/5 years with minimum invest changes every 2 year you need to hit top stuff witch is regularly around 6 to 8 thousand $ / €

As a matter of fact, you can build a pro gaming computer with small investment, older parts and a smart building.
Welcome to PC universe where any Mac will do the same for much more time and cheaper at the end.
In short, if you don't know what you're doing, buy a Mac, enjoy everything you'll do with.

hem, my crap stuff turns around 3.4Ghz (Over Clocked of course), 12Gb 1600 DDR3 but has a single GC waiting next series to come out (after this summer) and I'll put in this babe 2 hot last tech GC's. 2 HD's, 1x vista 32 and 1x win7 ultimate 64b