Ship Simulator
English forum => Ship Simulator 2008 => General discussions => Topic started by: firestar12 on October 04, 2008, 14:51:15
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Well, Many of us have learned that Ship Simulator requires a top-spec PC and some of us (Like me) Am learning it the hard way by adding more stuff we need to to it. But where will they draw the line? What if they keep going on? Its obvious that they cant keep asking for more speedy processors and more ram and a better graphics card each Version. So where will they draw the line? Here is for us to discuss that.
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As long as you keep asking for things like working lifeboats and cranes, more interiors for walkabout, more realistic waves, and people milling about, the requirements for your PC will continue to increase.
Be prepared to keep upgrading or replacing your system as VSTEP responds to all those demands.
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As long as you keep asking for things like working lifeboats and cranes, more interiors for walkabout, more realistic waves, and people milling about, the requirements for your PC will continue to increase.
Be prepared to keep upgrading or replacing your system as VSTEP responds to all those demands.
Well, I believe We should take it one step at a time. Its silly for people to ask "Hey Vstep, Give us Lifeboats, More Easter eggs, A dozen New ships, More realistic waves, More Accurate PoR All in the next Patch/version" And People out there DO do that, so they should slow down a bit. Im not saying anoything bad, But none of us want to keep buying a new processor every x year(s)
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In a simple 1 word answer...
Never!
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Greetings,
Well,my oppinion is,we will have to buy new stuff anyway,and not only for Vstep.
Videocards you buy now,will be old tommorow,and this just an example!
The game will get bigger,and more advanced ,so your system has to follow to get the best quality out of it.
It is with all the games.
This is also the reason why i have still my old case of the computer,there is lots of space to extend.
Marc
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Well, maybe some efforts could be done for reducing the specs instead of blowing them up? Just an idea...
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VSTEP makes the best game they can, and if you want to play it you should be up to specs. But VSTEP requirments are not that high, they are just about what any other3D game is now.
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VSTEP makes the best game they can, and if you want to play it you should be up to specs. But VSTEP requirments are not that high, they are just about what any other3D game is now.
I know, But im worried they wil begin to ask for 7000 MB of ram and 6GHz Processor Thats what i dont want to happen.
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The 6GHz is projected to happen in the Spring of 2010... ;)
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The 6GHz is projected to happen in the Spring of 2010... ;)
ARE YOU FOR REAL?!
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Yup, that's what they say. ::)
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I thought it had been revised to 8 GHz? With 128 bit Windows 7 and 128 GB of RAM?
Or was I dreaming of my next PC?
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8Ghz and 8 cores.
Firestar, you don't expect computer development to just stop do you? That's like saying, hey, i've got a horse and cart, who needs a car, I'll just amble along and watch the world pass by
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8Ghz and 8 cores.
Firestar, you don't expect computer development to just stop do you? That's like saying, hey, i've got a horse and cart, who needs a car, I'll just amble along and watch the world pass by
Well, Howcome Iraqi Arabs use camels?
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Because they live a different lifestyle and cars don't work very well in deserts
Would you like to use a camel in your everyday life instead of a car? E.g to go on holiday or go to work
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Because they live a different lifestyle and cars don't work very well in deserts
lol. Rhetorical Question. And also. 8 Cores. And ShipSim will only use 1 of them. lol.
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lol. ok. rhetorical question on forum?. 8 cores. ShipSim could (in the future.) use more than one. 8 cores. computers aren't just built for shipsim. some things can use 8 cores. lol.
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lol. ok. rhetorical question on forum?. 8 cores. ShipSim could (in the future.) use more than one. 8 cores. computers aren't just built for shipsim. some things can use 8 cores. lol.
Like my sister Crystal's Treadmill.
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Processor: Intel Ultimate Power Ten-core 10Ghz :o
RAM: 300GB ::)
Operating System: Windows Universe-in-a-PC 8) (ver24.667345527.903) (512 bit)
Paging File: 3000GB :P
DirectX Version: InstantZ 57.c ;D
Graphics Card: NNNVIDIA MachForce Go 27400, 20Gb Video Memory
Max Screen Resolution: 14670 x 9450 :o; Color: 128Bit; Refresh Rate: 500hz
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Am I missing something?
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The next generation PC's will have a processor where the GPU is a part of it. The CPU and the GPU will melt together. The DirectX version which will use this is DirectX 11 (which depends on the new Windows 7)
(..just recently been reading this at Norway's most popular computer hardware news site) ;)
Anyway...when will DirectX 10 graphics come to Ship Simulator...or is it already supported?
Talking about draw the line here if DirectX 10 still isn't avaiable for this game... :P
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It's a terrible fact that the human eye only has a refresh rate of ~40 Hz ::)
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I see fine ;D.
And going back to this, I also don't think that the specs are too much to ask for, but I am most certantly not spending my money every year on new computer parts and what not just because a game requires it. That is just plain rediculus. The computer was not created for playing a video game people, it was created for sending messages to military commanders so that they could get information withought the enemy reading the information like they could hear it on the phone. True it is nice of the advancement, but you must think to yourselfs how much money you spend on something that is for an ammusemnt rather than a neccesity. That is where I draw my line ;D.
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(1)In (2)a (3)simple (4)1 (5)word (6)answer...
(7)Never!
7 words, actually ;D :P
Anyway, I think I'm good for a fair number more releases ;D
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7 words, actually ;D :P
Anyway, I think I'm good for a fair number more releases ;D
What if the answer was just the word "Never!" ::)
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What if the answer was just the word "Never!" ::)
You still had more than one word in it.
Oh, well :P
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The next generation PC's will have a processor where the GPU is a part of it. The CPU and the GPU will melt together. The DirectX version which will use this is DirectX 11 (which depends on the new Windows 7)
(..just recently been reading this at Norway's most popular computer hardware news site) ;)
Anyway...when will DirectX 10 graphics come to Ship Simulator...or is it already supported?
Talking about draw the line here if DirectX 10 still isn't avaiable for this game... :P
This is my CPU;
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs)
So I have 4 CPU's, each one having 2 cores. In effect I have 8 processors?
CPU builders get more and more from each one they design but...
As TerryRussell has said, "at least two of them are laying about in the sun enjoying a lager or two".
It takes 'Windows' to give them a task to do.
The CPU and GPU will not melt together until 'Windows' can handle unlimited memory. In the future it may be able to use all of the processors in a computer but until it can access all of the memory present in a computer then you will have seperate GPU's.
As far as I'm aware DirectX 10 is only fully usable if you have 'Vista'. ShipSim does run under 'Vista' and so can use DirectX 10.
Regards, Dave
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Nah you just have 4 cores, windows calls them CPUs for some reason, even though some motherboards actually support more than one CPU i think
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Hi Person264,
You are right, :-[
I have just looked at the spec again and I have 4 cores, (it was the Core 2 Quad that threw me).
The comment still stands though. You need an operating system that is able to access all the cores and as much memory as you can put in it, (in my case that is four x 2Gigabyte memory sticks giving 8 Gigabyte in total), before you could do away with GPUs.
Regards, Dave
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The next big step in computing is gunna be quantum computing. At the moment, we aren't really doing anything really radical, everything workings in pretty much the same way (correct me if i'm wrong). Quantum computing has been in the minds of scientist for decades, its just we haven't quite worked it out yet. The discovery of "non-abelian anyons" that work properly is quite a big step forward.
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The next big step in computing is gunna be quantum computing.
There have been a lot of 'next big steps' talked about but not many have actually surfaced.
[Memory lane on.]
RISC CPU's, I saw that work!. A 12 MegaHertz 32Bit CPU outperforming Intel's efforts at the time. (Unfortunately it wasn't an Intel CPU and didn't have 'MS' support and so it was ignored).
Computer memory, using one single bit to have three different states, (instead of two), -1, 0, +1. (Same as above). This memory is a bit hazy in 'memory lane' but I know that at the time the developers were claiming that it would mean unlimited memory for your computer.
[Memory lane off]
All of the developements up until now have been limited by the 'backward compatability' that 'Intel' and 'MS' want for their products. This is good news for us at the moment but........ Soon we will hit a barrier where we can't have faster processors because of the heat generated and the power needs of the more powerful CPUs.
Computers are like cars. A car's engine hasn't changed in it's basic operation since it was first invented in the late 1800's, the way a computer works hasn't changed significantly since 'Babbage' in 1834. (A bit over the top but makes the point ;) .)
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....and traffic on roads,,etc,and they should endorse so the game play more realistic. ;) ;D
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....and traffic on roads,,etc,and they should endorse so the game play more realistic. ;) ;D
Hello Dustytrails, This is a very old topic. No need in bringing it back up eh? I shall lock it to insure that doesnt happen again ;)