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Old 2012-07-24, 09:02 AM   [Ignore Me] #1
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Let's play Planetside 2 on low-end systems !


Preliminary Message : Poor & penny-pinchers welcome. Rich people are requested to head towards this > thread <.

Hello, fellow earthicans.

As I saw the first page of the forum's main section, the evidence struck me that the massive amount of questions would not find any answers until beta, and that therefore these numerous threads were pretty pointless (no offense, being impatient is understandable). So, why not add another silly thread to the melee ?

In my first thread (that I hope is not my last, that some of you will hope it is, and that most of you don't give a sh*t about), I won't talk about guns that sound like some people ruining fragile paper-based packaging materials. Instead, I will address a situation (my situation) that some other Planetside 2 enthusiasts certainly share: having a crappy pc but nevertheless intending to play the game.

As for myself, I just learned that I'm gonna be stuck in England for a year with kidney pies and a laptop I can't stress at the risk of ruining it permanently (faulty 8600m Gt). So, I intend (at first) to play the game at a 800x600 resolution with low details and mainly eat pasta. What about you ?

You are broke ? In dire straits (and you have money for nothing) ? You are ashamed to say "Nothing 'cause I don't even have enough money to buy new underwears" in the "How much does Planetside 2 really cost you?" thread ? Don't worry, express yourself here about the way you'll enjoy the game, and share some compassion.

Please, pardon probable excessive cultural references and spelling mistakes as english isn't my native language.

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Old 2012-07-24, 09:05 AM   [Ignore Me] #2
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Preliminary Message : Poor & penny-pinchers welcome. Rich people are requested to head towards this > thread <.

Hello, fellow earthicans.

As I saw the first page of the forum's main section, the evidence struck me that the massive amount of questions would not find any answers until beta, and that therefore these numerous threads were pretty pointless (no offense, being impatient is understandable). So, why not add another silly thread to the melee ?

In my first thread (that I hope is not my last, that some of you will hope it is, and that most of you don't give a sh*t about), I won't talk about guns that sound like some people ruining fragile paper-based packaging materials. Instead, I will address a situation (my situation) that some other Planetside 2 enthusiasts certainly share: having a crappy pc but nevertheless intending to play the game.

As for myself, I just learned that I'm gonna be stuck in England for a year with kidney pies and a laptop I can't stress at the risk of ruining it permanently (faulty 8600m Gt). So, I intend (at first) to play the game at a 800x600 resolution with low details and mainly eat pasta. What about you ?

You are broke ? In dire straits (and you have money for nothing) ? You are ashamed to say "Nothing 'cause I don't even have enough money to buy new underwears" in the "How much does Planetside 2 really cost you?" thread ? Don't worry, express yourself here about the way you'll enjoy the game, and share some compassion.

Please, pardon probable excessive cultural references and spelling mistakes as english isn't my native language.
Erasmus student? You'll be lucky if you have broadband in your student dorms! I can recommend visiting internet cafes to get your fix of FPS.

I did the Eramus thing myself, and you'll be out drinking and shagging and not doing so much gaming anyway (and gaming should not be on your mind when you're on an Erasmus exchange...and this is coming from a hardcore geek gamer, sorta).

But if you're not a student, buy new and get home broadband. But good luck sorting that out if you haven't got any utility bills, bank account or anything The UK is not user friendly when moving here and wanting broadband.
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Old 2012-07-24, 09:10 AM   [Ignore Me] #3
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I'm gonna play this game with a 8600 gt, 2 gigs of ram, and a 2.4 gigaherz quadcore. (If this is really too low I'll maybe upgrade it, but I'm at least gonna try it.)

Playing games for the graphics is just like watching porn for the story.
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Old 2012-07-24, 09:10 AM   [Ignore Me] #4
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Being a poor college student, I have essentially 0 chance of getting a better gaming computer, so I will have to deal with my Asus k53-SV, equipped with a GT540m, an Intel i5 2410m, 6gb of RAM, and a 7200rpm mechanic hard drive.

Needless to say I'll get through it, but I would love to have $1000 to drop on a new lappy.
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Old 2012-07-24, 09:12 AM   [Ignore Me] #5
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Assuming the closed beta goes on for a several month period I'll begin that with a shitty Core2Duo, 9500 GT, and 4 gigs of RAM. With that being said I can afford about one computer part a month and the new motherboard just shipped yesterday.
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Old 2012-07-24, 09:27 AM   [Ignore Me] #6
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To Snaffe: I'll be a teaching assistant in a comprehensive school for 12 hours a week, so I'm required to open a bank account I suppose, at least for the CRB check. Haven't chosen any definite accommodation yet, but if there's only wireless, well, I'll do with that, I think...

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Old 2012-07-24, 09:29 AM   [Ignore Me] #7
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i have a laptop with nvidia gt555. is that a low end or medium card?
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Old 2012-07-24, 09:31 AM   [Ignore Me] #8
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i have a laptop with nvidia gt555. is that a low end or medium card?
Upper medium range, it's a better than decent laptop card. What processor do you have? The game is very processor heavy so far if I read correctly.
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Old 2012-07-24, 09:33 AM   [Ignore Me] #9
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i have a laptop with nvidia gt555. is that a low end or medium card?
Low end by today's standards in the realm of graphics cards (desktop). According to notebookcheck its a Class 2 for laptops however. Though if you have the 144 cuda core version you will be fairing a lot better than the 96 one.

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Old 2012-07-24, 09:33 AM   [Ignore Me] #10
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To Snaffe: I'll be a teaching assistant in a comprehensive school for 12 hours a week, so I'm required to open a bank account I suppose, at least for the CRB check. Haven't chosen any definite accommodation yet, but if there's only wireless, well, I'll do with that, I think...
Roll back any thoughts about having wireless

Really, the UK is in the backwater when it comes to broadband.
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Old 2012-07-24, 09:33 AM   [Ignore Me] #11
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thanks for the info bro. my system says its i5 2.4 ghz. is taht good?
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Old 2012-07-24, 09:36 AM   [Ignore Me] #12
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thanks for the info bro. my system says its i5 2.4 ghz. is taht good?
Thats not half bad. At least its not C2D lol. Smed said those will have quite the hard time running this game.
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Old 2012-07-24, 09:36 AM   [Ignore Me] #13
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Griffevent: oh and when you get to the UK, on the first day, ask for a letter from your employer so you can open a bank account. Otherwise you are screwed as you typically have to show utility (gas, electrics, phone) from the past 3 months to open a bank account. And to pay bills you have to have a bank account, so slight catch 22.

I think the best option would almost be to offer to pay for your neighbours broadband and tag onto the wifi. But like, depends if they trust you etc.
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Old 2012-07-24, 10:03 AM   [Ignore Me] #14
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I have a pretty decent system I expect will be able to run on high (as opposed to ultra, though perhaps, as it runs BF3 mostly ultra?) but in the same breath I REALLY want Planetside 2 to be low end system friendly. I'd tune out super high def grass if it meant a few more people could play. Planetside isn't about being the prettiest.

I got a lot of friends who just don't have the money for BF3 friendly PCs not that I'm entirely sure these PCs exist mind you, installing that game was the hardest thing I've ever done.
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Old 2012-07-24, 10:03 AM   [Ignore Me] #15
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Thanks for the advice Snaffe, I will try to do that.

Mepper comment is interesting, graphics are secondary. I think it will be enjoyable netheirtheless. And, due to the game genre (exp, progression, skill increase), I'm sure that once in front of a real computer, all the skill gained piloting and all will still be there.

Furthermore, It will add some kind of Planetside 1 vibe...

yeah, not so great actually... but not so bad hey!

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