Poll: Whats your System Spec?

Atahualpa · November 3, 2000, 07:28

Since I thought as time has passed many CtPers have upgraded their PCs (at least I have) and I would like to know a general overview of what is the average "Ctp-Gaming" PC (maybe this helps Activision to set the minimum-requirement).

I have an Athlon 800 with 128 Megs of RAM (will be 256 soon), GeForce DDR

Please just state the PC that you plan to install CtP2 on (if at all, but,.... you would plan to install CtP2 then)

ATa

edit: forgot to mention video card
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Tiberius · November 3, 2000, 07:49

600 MHz Celeron

64 MB RAM

Intel i740 graphic card with 8 MB RAM

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Nikolai · November 3, 2000, 09:46

I know it's not so good, and I problaby have to upgrade it

, but this is what I have:

Pentium II 266 Mhz
96 MB RAM

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hexagonian · November 3, 2000, 10:00

PII 350 Mhz
64 Mg Ram

and I'm not upgrading for CTP2. It better work...

BTW, doesn't it just tick you off that your computer becomes obsolete the minute you buy it???

Big Dave · November 3, 2000, 10:18

K6-2 350 w/ 64 megs of RAM

if I install CTP2 at all.

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Ralf · November 3, 2000, 10:33

Athlon 500Mhz, 128Mb RAM, Creative TNT-2 Ultra 32MB

Dida · November 3, 2000, 11:05

Celeron 300/ 64 meg w/8 meg video RAM

aCa · November 3, 2000, 11:33

Athlon 550Mhz, 256Mb RAM, Creative GeForce 256.

If that hadn't been enough to play CTP2, I would bought a new computer

lev · November 3, 2000, 11:55

Sigh. I have a P2-266 with 128 meg; it was the hottest thing I could find when I bought it. Now, Mattel is offering "Barbie" and "Hot Wheels"-themed kids' computers that are twice as fast, for a fraction of what I paid.

I won't be able to upgrade for a while, either, so I'm curious to see whether my dinosaur will make for dumb AI...

Swissy · November 3, 2000, 12:14

Cyrix 300Mhz, 96 MB Ram. Will be getting a 16MB Video card which will help alot. Also adding Ram as I can afford it. I had problems with CTP1 before I added a second hard drive. When I was below 100MB available the game would hang and sometimes crash.

Atahualpa · November 3, 2000, 12:57

Anybody with a PII300 or higher should be happy I guess. Though I think the key is RAM. Thats why I will upgrade to 256. 64 RAM is playable, but I wouldnt go beyond that. I also have a P133 with 32 RAM (and thats a RAM of '95

) and I really wouldnt recommend playing CtP there. Even on a P200 with 64 RAM it wasnt very funny. But this was more to the CPU. 64 meg is playable, if you have a good CPU to back it up. A PII should do I think.

lev, the good thing is that you have 128 meg!

ATa

Nemo · November 3, 2000, 14:14

PII 450Mhz o/c to ~500Mhz, 256Mb ram, 12Mb VoodooII and 16Mb Tnt video, Live! audio - and a GeForce II 64Mb on the way (ooohhh i cant wait for the new vidoe card

...the VoodooII looks so blocky on a 21" triniton

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TheLimey · November 3, 2000, 15:15

Just upgrading for Christmas;

In the next 2 weeks, we shall be getting;

An Athlon Thunderbird 1.2G (waiting on a 760 chipset mobo to put it on, with 384Meg DDR RAM)

also

An O/C'ed Athlon Duron 800 at 1G with 256 Meg RAM on a KT7RAID

Paul · November 3, 2000, 15:21

P3-667, 256 MB, Nvidia Riva TNT2 (32 MB)

Ralf · November 3, 2000, 16:23

quote:

Originally posted by TheLimey on 11-03-2000 02:15 PM
In the next 2 weeks, we shall be getting;

An Athlon Thunderbird 1.2G (waiting on a 760 chipset mobo to put it on, with 384Meg DDR RAM)

Lucky bastard!

skorpion59 · November 3, 2000, 16:35

P3-800, 384M Ram, Nvidia TNT2 Pro w/32M

Athlon-650, 256M Ram, Nvidia TNT2 M64 w/32M

Atahualpa · November 3, 2000, 17:28

quote:

Originally posted by Hypocrite on 11-03-2000 12:39 PM
Slot-A classic Athlon 850mhz with 256MB RAM and 64MB GeForce II Gts Ultra.

Eventhough I am not a developer or in any ways connected to Activision I can ensure you that the game will be as fast as it should be!

ATa

MidKnight Lament · November 3, 2000, 21:50

Damn! I think I lose so far.

P2-233, 64Mb RAM, 2Mb Video card (no 3d)
I only bought it two years ago!

Luckily I'll be moving in with my brother next year though, and he's got a much better machine.

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Narck · November 4, 2000, 00:03

Pentium Celeron 600Mhz
192 MB RAM
Video Card with flexible memory (takes whatever is needed from RAM)

Tis I · November 4, 2000, 00:33

Wow, judging by some of your systems, i might be out of luck here. I've only got

300 Celeron
48mb ram
4mb Rage video card

neblig · November 4, 2000, 01:11

At home:
- P3 450, 128MB RAM, TNT2 32MB

At work:
- P2 450, 128MB RAM, TNT1 16MB
- P2 266, 64MB RAM, I'm too embarrassed to name my crummy video card. :-)

Joseph · November 4, 2000, 01:30

DSI PIII 600 Intel, 128 Megs of Ram, & Matrox Millennium G 400 w/32 Megs.

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Hypocrite · November 4, 2000, 01:39

Slot-A classic Athlon 850mhz with 256MB RAM and 64MB GeForce II Gts Ultra.
this damn game had BETTER be optimized (unlike CTP the original) because I won't expect to have any sluggish 2-D visuals.

not being a ***** here, but I just hope it runs on my machine as well as I would expect a program to run on it. I paid a good amount of money for my system so that I can enjoy my hobby/pastime/obsession without much incident. All in all I'm eagerly anticipating the release.

November 4, 2000, 04:43

quote:

Originally posted by neblig on 11-04-2000 12:11 AM
- P2 266, 64MB RAM, I'm too embarrassed to name my crummy video card. :-)

hehe, so how good does the game run on this machine????

Mr.Green · November 4, 2000, 05:49

Pentium II 300
128MB RAM
3D Card:8 MB Canopus (?)

For the next 11 months.

Locutus · November 4, 2000, 07:22

P200 MMX (yes, Pentium I, anyone remember those?)
64 MB
12 MB VoodooII
and not a chance on getting a better system within two years

I'll be hard to stay below that, so where do I pick up my consolation prize?

Monkey · November 4, 2000, 09:57

quote:

Originally posted by Locutus on 11-04-2000 06:22 AM
P200 MMX (yes, Pentium I, anyone remember those?)
64 MB
12 MB VoodooII
and not a chance on getting a better system within two years

I'll be hard to stay below that, so where do I pick up my consolation prize?

Man, for the next two years?? That's a long time in computer years.

I have a p2 233Mhz with 128RAM and Voodoo3 2000. So far my comp has handled every 2D game that I've bought so I'm relatively happy with it.

Tis I · November 4, 2000, 23:32

quote:

Originally posted by Locutus on 11-04-2000 06:22 AM
P200 MMX (yes, Pentium I, anyone remember those?)
64 MB
12 MB VoodooII
and not a chance on getting a better system within two years

I'll be hard to stay below that, so where do I pick up my consolation prize?

Don't feel so bad, at least you can fun the game. Activision's reply in the other thread basically states that i'm **** out of luck. Unless that 64mb requirement is an arbitrary number and variable to processor power i'm screwed untill my unemployed ass can get the parents to get more ram.

November 5, 2000, 00:58

Tis I

In San Francisco at DSI (Digital System Innovation) 64 megs for $77.00. If there is a dealer near were you live give them a call.

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ChaingKaiShek · November 5, 2000, 01:30

Ah, the system specs post.. no board would be complete without one

I myself am currently running:

AMD Thunderbird @1.1ghz on an ASUS A7V
Geforce II GTS (32mb version.. too cheap for the 64 :P)
128mb pc133sdram

But sitting on the table next to me I still have a 486dx33 with 15mb ram. The first computer I ever purchased... so many fond memories..

Chaing Kai-Shek