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Time for an updated survey on Founders' PC specs?

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Time for an updated survey on Founders' PC specs?

from StarControl Forums

I was scanning through posts of Nov/Dec last year, realizing that this Founder's Experience has been going for almost a year now.

During that time it's likely that many of us have upgraded from the systems that we originally spec'd out a year ago. I know I have...

It would probably be interesting for the SCO team to get an updated view of Founders' tech specs and publish a comparison of findings, for their benefit and our interest.

Mercy

----EDITED for latest specs

1) Desktop Specs :

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz, 3601 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Monitor: Vizio 43” 4K UHD

Drives 240GB SSD (ADATA), 1TB SATA (Seagate)

2) Laptop Specs :

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home Version 10.0.14393 Build 14393 
System Manufacturer & Model Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. GE72 6QF 
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2601 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s) 
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB 
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M GDDR5 3GB
Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 
Drives: 250GB SSD (NVMe SAMSUNG MZVPV256), 1TB SATA (HGST HTS721010A9E630)

3) MSI laptop with an i5/GT940M (2GB DDR3)/16GB / SATA drive

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Reply #51 from StarControl Forums Top

I've been running a long term PC life extension experiment, but I may have to upgrade my work PC soon anyway as I need a second one now to play multiplayer with the kid. He wants to kick my butt in a SOASE Titan clash.

Mobo: Asus P5

CPU: Q9650 3ghz

Ram: 8 GB Nanya cheapo DDR2 PC2-6400 ram 

GPU: Nvidia GTX 950 running in a PCI 1.1 slot 2gb GDDR5 SDRAM

System Drive: 128GB Samsung SSD

OS: Windows 10 x64 Pro Creators Update (from last night) aok

Dual 1080p LCD monitors.

This 10 year old box runs No Mans Sky just fine on medium (ram is the limitation due to textures), also early access Dawn of Andromeda seems ok on Ultra. Latest Doom and XCOM 2 run just fine as well on high, in addition to SOASE on extreme is great until a late game multi star system massive fleet fest slows it to a crawl.

Interestingly here's a benchmark of this config (approx) against the latest CPU 

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core2-Quad-Q9650-vs-Intel-Core-i7-7700K/m1706vs3647

A lot of it comes down to GPU, and the GTX 950 is very capable. It replaced a GTX 750ti which died after only ~ 1 year, which replaced a 9600GT. 

I also have a mid 2009 MBP.

Reply #52 from StarControl Forums Top

Got new laptop. Thus, new specs listed:

  • 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7-7700HQ Quad-Core
  • 16GB DDR4 RAM | 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD
  • 15.6" 1920 x 1080 G-Sync Display
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB GDDR5)
  • Windows 10 Home (64-Bit)

 

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Reply #54 from StarControl Forums Top

hi, i'm new here and kinda short in time in terms of posting and such however after following the project as far as was possible over the last year, i've joined the ranks of the founders :)

so my own specs:

cpu: i7 6700k

ram: 32 GB DDR4 (3200 GHz GSkill something)

gpu : 970 gtx

os: ssd, hd and whatnot.

monitor: an Asus 2560x1440 27"

OS: Win 10 home 64 bit

Reply #55 from StarControl Forums Top

Updated my specs with a new home build:

Asus Prime B350-Plus + Ryzen 1700 (Overclocked to 3.8ghz on stock fan) + 16gb 2666 RAM 

GeForce 1060 OC 6GB 

 

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Reply #56 from StarControl Forums Top

Since I have new laptop from May, time to add new specifications here:

Asus ROG GL502VM-DS74 laptop:
*15.6" LED FHD G-Sync (1920x1080)
*Core i7-7700HQ 2.8GHz
*GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
*16GB DDR4 RAM, 128GB SSD, 1TB HDD
*Windows 10 Home

 

Reply #57 from StarControl Forums Top

I have a few high end Desktop and Laptops, but I'll post my weakest machine.   It runs Super Melee, a bit sluggish for a few second, but then all good.

i5-2400
8GB RAM
500GB 5400RPM HDD
1050TI 4GB RAM
Windows 10 64bit Ver. 1709

I also have a few high end PC, but if you can get it to run on the PC above, it'll run great on the other ones.  Note: PC above can run Shadow of War on High and some Ultra setting pretty great at 40+ fps.

Reply #59 from StarControl Forums Top

Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 15063) (15063.rs2_release.170317-1834)

 Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor            (8 CPUs), ~3.5GHz

 Memory: 16 GB RAM

DirectX Version: DirectX 12

NVIDIA GTX 980 4GB

No performance issues with Super Melee so far.

Reply #60 from StarControl Forums Top

I've upgraded to a mid-range gaming laptop in anticipation of SC:O.

Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Intel i7-7700HQ
16GB RAM
nVidia GTX 1060 Max-Q 6GB
256GB SSD + 1TB spinny bits