Min system specs for BS

[Air-Force-1]

Guys,

 

will my new system(next week !!) be able to run BS ok ?

 

Specs

 

CPU: - Intel® Core 2 Duo E8500

CPU Cooler:Thermaltake Golden Orb II

Motherboard:- Asus P5Q Deluxe (Intel P45 chipset, Crossfire) Memory: - 3.0GB Corsair DDR2 1066mhz Dominator (3x 1GB) Hard Drive: - 250GB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s

Optical Drive: - 20x DVD±RW DL S-ATA Lightscribe

Graphics card: - ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB

Sound card: - Onboard 7.1 Audio

Operating System: - XP PRO SP3

PSU: - 650W Thermaltake Toughpower

Case: - Antec Nine Hundred

 

The min specs given for BS look a little too low :book:

 

Q: What are DCS: Black Shark minimum specifications?

A: Although not final, we project the minimum specification to be as follows: CPU: 2 GHz; RAM: 1 GB; Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce FX with 256 MB of RAM / ATI Radeon X1300 with 256 MB of RAM or equivalent; 3 GB free HD space; Operating system: Windows XP SP2 and Vista with DirectX 9 or 10.

 

 

 

 

thanks

Edited November 2, 2008 by Air-Force-1

[Vekkinho]

AF-1 welcome to the forums and don't worry!

Your rig is very capable of running DCS:BS with fluent FPS!

[Air-Force-1]

Thank you sir.

 

All I need now is Black Shark !!!!!

[Acedy]

Here are the updated minimum and recommended specs:

 

http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgames.1c.ru%2Fka50_black_shark%2F%3Ftype%3Dsyst&sl=ru&tl=en&hl=de&ie=UTF-8

[Coolhnd1]

I agree. Based on other posts I've seen on this subject that rig should be fine. One suggestion though is to go with at least 4 Gb of memory and get the 64bit version of XP.

 

I think 3Gb is fine for today but if you want to future proof your rig for the next few years I think spending the extra $20 or $30 to do this is a no brainer.

[Air-Force-1]

Thanks guys.

 

what will the XP 64 version do better? Sorry I am not a PC expert ,

 

thanks

[BlackSharkAce]

In-game performances are globaly the same, or a bit weaker for some titles (I don't know the results in LOMAC or DCS) but what's interesting is that 64bit OS can alloy more than only 4 Gigs of RAM. And when I say 4 Gigs I mean GPU RAM included.

 

Regards

[Coolhnd1]

Generally speaking you need 64bits to see more than 3G of ram. Even though in theory regular XP should see 4G of ram that includes GPU Ram so if you have 4G of ram and 512M of GPU ram XP will only see something like 3.5G or less of regular CPU ram.

 

I should add that you'll want to be sure you have 64bit drivers available for your hardware I don't think that's generally a problem these days.

Edited November 2, 2008 by Coolhnd1

[Air-Force-1]

Thanks again guys. I searched for reasons to upgrade to 64 and here they are

 

Top 5 reasons to get to Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

 

 

High performance platform for the next generation of applications

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is a rich platform that enables the next generation of high-performance computing. 64-bit native applications can deliver more data per clock cycle, making them run faster and more efficiently.

 

Large memory support

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition supports up to 128 gigabytes (GB) of RAM and 16 terabytes of virtual memory, enabling applications to run faster when working with large data sets. Applications can preload substantially more data into virtual memory, allowing rapid access by the 64-bit processor.

 

Flexibility

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition provides a rich platform to integrate 64-bit applications and existing 32-bit applications using the Windows on Windows 64 (WOW64) x86 emulation layer, providing customers with the ability to move to 64-bit computing without having to sacrifice their existing investment in 32-bit software and Windows expertise.

 

Multiprocessing and multicore

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is designed to support up to two single or multicore x64 processors for maximum performance and scalability.

 

Same programming model

 

Developers with 32-bit skills will be comfortable and quickly productive in the 64-bit Windows environment, finding it virtually identical to the development environment for 32-bit Windows.

 

thanks

[jpm1]

Thanks again guys. I searched for reasons to upgrade to 64 and here they are

 

Top 5 reasons to get to Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

 

 

High performance platform for the next generation of applications

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is a rich platform that enables the next generation of high-performance computing. 64-bit native applications can deliver more data per clock cycle, making them run faster and more efficiently.

 

Large memory support

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition supports up to 128 gigabytes (GB) of RAM and 16 terabytes of virtual memory, enabling applications to run faster when working with large data sets. Applications can preload substantially more data into virtual memory, allowing rapid access by the 64-bit processor.

 

Flexibility

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition provides a rich platform to integrate 64-bit applications and existing 32-bit applications using the Windows on Windows 64 (WOW64) x86 emulation layer, providing customers with the ability to move to 64-bit computing without having to sacrifice their existing investment in 32-bit software and Windows expertise.

 

Multiprocessing and multicore

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is designed to support up to two single or multicore x64 processors for maximum performance and scalability.

 

Same programming model

 

Developers with 32-bit skills will be comfortable and quickly productive in the 64-bit Windows environment, finding it virtually identical to the development environment for 32-bit Windows.

 

thanks

 

and not to forget that the 64 bits structure has been developped with the AMD 64 bits capable processors arrival what underlines the importance of concurrency .

[leafer]

I should add that you'll want to be sure you have 64bit drivers available for your hardware I don't think that's generally a problem these days.

 

Not if you're using "the most advanced flight controller ever" a.k.a. TM Cougar a.k.a. "kitty".

[Prophet]

Yep, which is why I went with Vista x64

[Wicaeed]

Eegads man, 64bit for gaming has one advantage, memory addressing space, thats it. The biggest downfall of 64bit is if you have hardware devices that need drivers installed, they MUST be able to work with a 64bit OS

 

Thanks again guys. I searched for reasons to upgrade to 64 and here they are

 

Top 5 reasons to get to Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

 

 

High performance platform for the next generation of applications

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is a rich platform that enables the next generation of high-performance computing. 64-bit native applications can deliver more data per clock cycle, making them run faster and more efficiently.

 

You won't notice ANY difference between 32bit and 64bit OS for gaming purposes. The game has to be coded in 64bit to be taken advantage of, and even then most modern games AREN'T (especially BS)

 

 

Large memory support

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition supports up to 128 gigabytes (GB) of RAM and 16 terabytes of virtual memory, enabling applications to run faster when working with large data sets. Applications can preload substantially more data into virtual memory, allowing rapid access by the 64-bit processor.

 

You can use 4GB memory in Windows XP 32bit if you enable Physical Address Extension. Applications will not be able to use a maximum of 2GB/3.2GB memory ( I can't remember which) but Windows will be able to address all 4GB for applications.

 

Flexibility

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition provides a rich platform to integrate 64-bit applications and existing 32-bit applications using the Windows on Windows 64 (WOW64) x86 emulation layer, providing customers with the ability to move to 64-bit computing without having to sacrifice their existing investment in 32-bit software and Windows expertise.

 

Windows XP 64bit has innumerable driver issues. While mainstay items like video cards, motherboards and chipsets may have drivers readily available, many components (TrackIR included) have issues with 64bit XP drivers. I JUST got my TrackIR working with Vista 64bit after much hassle.

 

 

Multiprocessing and multicore

 

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is designed to support up to two single or multicore x64 processors for maximum performance and scalability.

 

Every version of Windows XP/Vista (32bit included) will take full advantage of multiprocessor/Multicore CPU's

 

 

Same programming model

 

Developers with 32-bit skills will be comfortable and quickly productive in the 64-bit Windows environment, finding it virtually identical to the development environment for 32-bit Windows.

 

While 32bit applications will run natively under a 64bit OS, the program specifically has to be written to work with a 64bit OS to take advantage of the fact. I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit, there are two places programs are stored, a 64bit program folder, and a 32bit program folder. A good 95% of my programs are 32bit. The only reason I use 64bit is for the memory advantage.

 

 

thanks

[joey45]

i probly just scrape the min specs of this fine game...