PC Specs

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Hi people,

 

I hoped that my pc would be able to run the game quite smoothly but it appears that the difference is not that great from my last pc. My specs are: Acer AMD 8550 Triple-Core Processor, 2.2GHz, 4.00GB RAM, NIVIDIA GeForce 8200. It sounds allright to me but medium maps are a big of a problem late-game. What is the first thing I should upgrade? Any advice will be much appreciated, thanks!

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

for sins, assuming your computer IS a desktop I would suggest a LARGE cpu heatsink and then overclock the cpu to increase the GHZ, as sins is a single threaded application it only uses ONE of the cpu cores and benefits from the ghz far more than any other upgrade, and as you have enough ram the second choice replace the current ram (assuming dd2 800mhz/ddr3 1333mhz) with the fastest (highest mhz )ram you can fit, the third option would be the video card, but it is not going to affect the speed of the game much.

hope this helps

harpo

 

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

NIVIDIA GeForce 8200
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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

yrag, I have used a ati mobility 200 with sins without problems, and in my experience the biggest improvement is  cpu speed, the second best is the ram speed, and video card a poor third, and just for your info my primary development system (which I use for quick testing of maps/mods/etc has only a geforce 7600GS, and im my experence is cpu/ram bound far more than gpu bound.

harpo