Let's play Planetside 2 on low-end systems !

Griffevent · 2012-07-24, 09:02 AM

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.

snaffe · 2012-07-24, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by Griffevent

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.

Mepper · 2012-07-24, 09:10 AM

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.

Noxey · 2012-07-24, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by Mepper

Playing games for the graphics is just like watching porn for the story.

true that

noxious · 2012-07-24, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by Mepper

Playing games for the graphics is just like watching porn for the story.

Do you use the same logic to rationalize watching SD over HD video content? Higher visual quality is a wonderful thing.

Landtank · 2012-07-24, 09:10 AM

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.

Sunrock · 2012-08-24, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by Landtank

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.

Here is a little tip if you have a small budget. Never ever buy a laptop for gaming. A stationary midi tower costume gaming PC for around $1500 will have the same or better benchmark score as gaming laptop for $3000 from alien ware.

And if you really in need of a laptop for school/work. Buy a cheap i3 laptop too just for that and you still save money.

GreatMazinkaise · 2012-07-24, 09:12 AM

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.

Griffevent · 2012-07-24, 09:27 AM

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...

snaffe · 2012-07-24, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by Griffevent

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.

snaffe · 2012-07-24, 09:36 AM

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.

Griffevent · 2012-07-24, 10:03 AM

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!

OnexBigxHebrew · 2012-07-24, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Griffevent

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!

I almost died hahaha.

I'll be playing mine on a fairly new Asus gaming laptop. I do have some friends playing on weaker systems though. My friend Dumpy is playing it on a phenom 2, but he just bought a 560 ti. My dick friend Rob just built a PC with a high-end GTX 680 and a bunch of other high end shit - put him in the financial crapper, lol. Still jealous though.

I plan on buying a desktop withing a year and a half, toward the end of school. But for now, my laptop runs BF3 on Ultra (with a couple tiny tweaks), so its all good. Just a bit worried about my processor, since that will potentially be my big bottleneck in this game (2670qm quad i7 up to 3.1), as my 560m 2gbDDR5 and 12 gigs of ram will do fine. Not to mention this thing has a BA cooling system.

Just wanna get into beta so I know how my mobile i7 handles

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