Computers of the people

**medival rome** · January 07, 2010, 02:05 PM

hey dude's

(im so cool?)

sorry if this is in the wrong place BUT

we should started a computer specs thread!

ok me first

my new computer which i will first play this sunday then i will tell you my graphics settings/framerate

ok

Graphics card:ati hd radeon 4890
Processor 2.50Ghz quad core
Ram:8gb

according to people in my other thread i might be able to play maxed out graphics but ill edit the post on sunday/monday telling you my graphics settings and framerate (to record framerate use fraps)

ok post youre specs ^_^

**l33tl4m3r** · January 07, 2010, 02:14 PM

Here is one thread we've started;
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=271147

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Mine:
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 B50 @ 3.6ghz
CPU HSF: Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer 120mm
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P
RAM: Corsair 4 x 1gb DDR2 @ 826mhz
GPU: eVGA GTX 260 Core 216 SC 896mb @ Core:626mhz/Shader:1350mhz/Memory:2104mhz
SOUND: Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro
HDD: Hitachi 1tb 16mb 7200rpm
CASE: Antec 900 with 4 x 120mm, 1 x 200mm through Scythe Kazi Master Fan Controller
OS: Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Validation: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=653121

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NOTE: My CPU is actually a Phenom II x2 550 -- with the motherboard and an update to BIOS K5A; I was able to overclock and unlock the other two cores turning my 3.1ghz dual-core into a 3.6ghz quad-core.

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**MortenJessen** · January 07, 2010, 02:21 PM

Hi there.
Q6600 (2.4gHz)
4 GB ram
1 GB geForce 9600 GT
Vista Premium x64
720 GB Harddrive.
Runs Empire perfect on all-high specs.
Y.S.
M. Jessen

**Pikemen** · January 07, 2010, 02:21 PM

My Sig

**medival rome** · January 07, 2010, 02:40 PM

these are all some awsome computer's! is it ok to keep this thread alive or do we need to post in the other thread but man l33tl4m3r youre computer is by far the best 3.6GHZ QUAD CORE bloody hell

**l33tl4m3r** · January 07, 2010, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by medival rome

these are all some awsome computer's! is it ok to keep this thread alive or do we need to post in the other thread but man l33tl4m3r youre computer is by far the best 3.6GHZ QUAD CORE bloody hell

Thanks!

The best part being that the CPU and MOBO that let me unlock a 3.1ghz dual core into a 3.6ghz quad only cost me $220 total!

**Astaroth** · January 07, 2010, 02:54 PM

This is more of a technical thread so I've moved it to Empire: Total War Technical Help.

**Caleb_141** · January 07, 2010, 03:18 PM

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ stock
CPU HSF: Noctua UH-12
MOBO: Asus P6T Deluxe
RAM: Corsair Dominator 8GB @ 1600MHz
GPU: EVGA GTX 295 co-op Edition
SOUND: Not sure
HDD: Seagate 500GB
CASE: Antec 1200 Full Tower Case 6x120mm, 1 x 200mm Fan
OS: Vista Home Premium 64-bit

**medival rome** · January 07, 2010, 03:31 PM

when the number of computer's reaches 20 we need to vote for the best!

**Socrates1** · January 07, 2010, 05:08 PM

My Laptop: 2.66 ghz Intel core 2 duo, 4 gb of 800 mhz DDR2 RAM, ati mobility radeon hd 4570, Vista 64-bit, 250 gb 7200 rpm Western Digital hd, sound- IDT (I think...); I use Sennheiser Hd 202 headphones though even though the built in speaker isn't half bad.

It's a Dell studio 1555.

**DUFFMAN** · January 07, 2010, 10:10 PM

mobo = asus p5n-e sli (iirc)
cpu = intel e6550 overclocked to 2.5 iirc
gpu = 9800GT 512mb
psu = 800 (a bit to much but i dont care)
ram = 4gb ddr2
os = win7 64bit

Yeah its not a very good system, gonna buy a new one in a year or so.. if i got the money. But it can handle Empire on medium-high and thats good enough for me. Sometimes a bit of lag in single player but I recently started playing multiplayer and no lags there at all!

Also I underclocked my ram from 800 to 700, so it is in 1:1 ratio with cpu. I did this long ago and I forgot what this ratio meant, something with FSB i believe? Also if I have 3 1gb sticks in my mobo everything works okay, but when I put the 4th one in there's something wrong. My computer freezes on startup, already on biosscreen. When underclocked to 700mhz i can put the 4th in and everything is okay. I did not even know it was possible to manually over/underclock the mhz of ram, and I was kind of afraid the ramsticks would be broken within days but its been more than a year now and its still good

I've also been thinking of overclocking the gpu, but I don't really think it would make a difference as my whole system is a bit dated, and maybe the cpu/ram will bottleneck.

Oh and that mobo comes with a bios that is great for overclocking, at least in my opinion

Do all mobo's come with good overclocking options in bios?

**l33tl4m3r** · January 07, 2010, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by DUFFMAN

Do all mobo's come with good overclocking options in bios?

Many motherboards these days offer a variety of overclocking options in the BIOS though you'll still want to read reviews and, if possible, take a look at the manual online.

It is also important to make sure you have a CPU that will remain stable when overclocked. This is easy to achieve with unlocked multipliers, not sure about Intel but I know black edition CPU's from AMD have unlocked multipliers.

Proper cooling is a must!

Here is an article talking about how my CPU and MOBO work together to achieve the impossible.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...-ii-x2_15.html

**medival rome** · January 08, 2010, 10:31 AM

these are all very good computer's and DUFFMAN it is ok seeing as 4gb ram is twice the needed ram for empire

**joewagner501** · January 12, 2010, 10:50 AM

CPU: Intel i7 920 @ 3.8ghz
CPU HSF: Corsair H50
MOBO: Asus P6T
RAM: Corsair 3 x 2gb DDR3 @ 1600mhz
GPU: eVGA GTX 280
SOUND: Auzentech X-Fi Prelude (DTS Live)
HDD: Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD
OS: Win7 64-bit