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what do you play ss2008 on

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danny

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the ideal p.c.
« on: January 23, 2008, 18:06:09 »

i am upgrading my pc and wanted to no if anyone could recommend the best pc specs to play ship sim 2008
all suggestions accepted
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JHB

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Re: the ideal p.c.
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2008, 07:15:44 »

This one runs Ship Simulator 2008 very smooth (my system). Built by my own ;)

CPU (processor)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775, 4MB, BOXED w/fan
65 nm processor technology. 4 MB chache.

Mother board

Asus P5B, P965, Socket-775, ATX, GbLAN, 6xSATAII, PCI-Ex16.

- LGA775 socket
- 1x ATA, 5x SATA, 1x eSATA
- Soundcard with 7.1 sorround
- supports DDR 2 SDRAM
- RAM types supported: PC2-4300, PC2-6400, PC2-5300
- One PCI-E 16x, 3 PCI-E 1x slots and 3 PCI slots

Memory

Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 4096MB CL5, Kit w/two matched CM2X2048-6400 Dimm's + Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5 Kit w/two matched CM2X1024A-6400 Dimm's (6 GB total memory)

Graphic card

XFX GeForce 8800Ultra 650M 768MB XT, PCI-Express,2xDVI/HDTV/HDCP, 650/2200Mhz

Cabinet

Antec Nine Hundred black miditower, with window.

Power

Thermaltake Toughpower 850W, Modular, 8xSATA, ATX/EPS, 4xPCI-E, 20/24pin

OS

Vista Ultimate 64 bit version

Hard drives

250 GB internal
500 GB internal
160 GB USB external

Monitor

22" LG Flatron Wide running all time in 1680x1050 pixels (32-bit colors at 60 Hz).
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llamalord

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Re: the ideal p.c.
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2008, 13:03:04 »

I must say that I don't have a Duo core and my friend does and his SS08 does run a little bit faster ::)
But, a single core is fine...

Get a cuad core if you can  ;D

For a graphics card anything Nvidia 7600 or above will work.

Hope it works out for you ;)
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danny

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Re: the ideal p.c.
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2008, 16:40:29 »

thanks for the suggestions
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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danny

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Re: the ideal p.c.
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2008, 11:59:42 »

does anyone know what computers vstep use to run the game?
if so please tell me  ???
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Re: the ideal p.c.
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2008, 23:40:05 »

Somebody, please stop me before I answer this one! ;D
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