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[SnakeStrike8]

So I'm going to be buying some new hardware, and I wanted those more tech-savvy than I to weigh in before I commit:

a) How well does the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 (1GB DDR5 memory) compare against the system requirements of ME 2?

How well does an Intel Core i7 with a processor speed of 1.6 Giga hertz compare against the requirements of ME 2 (this one bothers me the most, since it quite clearly lists the minimum processor speed must be 2.2 Giga hertz)...?

[Zephur]

 I played mass effect 2 on a four year old cards, on max settings and only had 2-3 cut scenes cause my frames to stutter/drop. Everything else played smoothly. The one you listed has greater specificiations than mine, so it should do just fine.

As for the cpu, that is a rather low core clock. You might look into a faster cpu, or perhaps you are willing to overclock it yourself?

Modifié par Zephur, 15 septembre 2010 - 11:43 .

[SnakeStrike8]

Do you still stand by that statement on the video card after I tell you it's a laptop card? (Should have mentioned it in the opening statement, I guess).



That's the listed processor speed. It supposedly has 8-way processing and Intel's making a big deal out of it, but it's alos got a little thingamajig called 'Twin turbo Boost' that raises processor speed to 2.8 Giga hertz. That's probably the closest thing to overclocking I can find, which of course begs the question why Intel didn't just make that the standard speed.

[Zephur]

I assumed after seeing "mobility" in the name it was a laptop graphics card. I am not as knowledgeable on laptops as I am on desktop hardware. It does have a 700 mhz clock speed, and 1gb of vram, I will stand by the statement. I have never liked laptops for gaming though.



I have never heard of intel twin turbo boost. So I'm not sure what it really does. Another thing that games rely on is the amount of ram you have. The standard today seems to be around 4gb+.

[SnakeStrike8]

Ah well. I can still hold hope, it seems!



And RAM isn't a problem, even for me: I know that 6GB is greater than 2GB. If you're curious, this laptop runs DDR3 type RAM.



Thanks for the input, friend!

[Zephur]

No problem. After looking at the wikipedia on the turbo boost. I have a better grasp as to what it does. Apparently, if the task you are preforming requires more speed than 1.6 ghz, then it will start to overclock the processor gradually until you no longer need the speed boost, or it reaches it's maximum overclock/thermal threshold. Which in your case is 2.8ghz, or until it starts to overheat. So it sounds like it should run Mass effect 2 just fine. As long as everything on it is working properly, heh. Out of curiosity, how many cores does the cpu have.



If you need anymore assistance, I will do my best to help.

[Kloreep]

The requirements I found said a 1.8 Core 2 Duo is the minimum. A 1.6 Ghz chip, using the architecture that succeeded the Core 2 and performs a bit better per Ghz, shouldn't be too far behind that, though I'm not sure that it would actually match it.



That turbo boost does sound promising. Turbo boost works by shutting off unused cores, so that the energy & heat budget can be diverted to the remaining ones. A Core i7 would be four cores, more than most individual programs (including ME2) will really use, so I would presume you may actually see it kick in when playing ME2 or other games that are optimized more for a second core than for a third or fourth. The real question, though, is under what circumstances it will start shutting off cores and using turbo boost; I can't tell you if it will do so for ME2, not being familiar with the laptop. Certainly, though, I would expect ME2 to be playable with this machine, I just can't guarantee you a particular resolution.



BTW, "8-way processing" probably refers to hyperthreading, which allows each CPU core to hold two different threads in memory. There isn't additional processing going on; hyperthreading means less wasted CPU cycles if one program has to wait up. However, this only helps to the extent a program is actually multi-threaded (programmed to make use of multiple cores). Many games are still aimed at using just two cores, so it's not likely to do anything for your gaming, especially not when this CPU has four cores to begin with. If you plan on doing video conversion/editing with this machine, then it might be something to care about.

[SnakeStrike8]

Zephur wrote...

No problem. After looking at the wikipedia on the turbo boost. I have a better grasp as to what it does. Apparently, if the task you are preforming requires more speed than 1.6 ghz, then it will start to overclock the processor gradually until you no longer need the speed boost, or it reaches it's maximum overclock/thermal threshold. Which in your case is 2.8ghz, or until it starts to overheat. So it sounds like it should run Mass effect 2 just fine. As long as everything on it is working properly, heh. Out of curiosity, how many cores does the cpu have.

If you need anymore assistance, I will do my best to help.

Four, or so it says. It's a quad core.
Someone else told me that a chill mat would counter the overheating problem, and could be considered a simple way to maintain processor speed at 2.8 giga hertz all the time (without, y'know, melting anything).

[SnakeStrike8]

Kloreep wrote...

That turbo boost does sound promising. Turbo boost works by shutting off unused cores, so that the energy & heat budget can be diverted to the remaining ones. A Core i7 would be four cores, more than most individual programs (including ME2) will really use, so I would presume you may actually see it kick in when playing ME2 or other games that are optimized more for a second core than for a third or fourth. The real question, though, is under what circumstances it will start shutting off cores and using turbo boost; I can't tell you if it will do so for ME2, not being familiar with the laptop. Certainly, though, I would expect ME2 to be playable with this machine, I just can't guarantee you a particular resolution.

It's supposed to be as easy as pressing a button near the keyboard, and Lo! Twin turbo boost is on!
Sounds like magic to me and my simple mind.
 
As for the resolution... well, that's not a problem. This laptop will be the first top-of-the-line machine I'll have ever possesed, and I'm worried that the shock of playing a video game with excellent graphics AND a high rame rate will overwhelm me. That's how bad all my computers/laptops so far have been...

[Kloreep]

Ah, I didn't realize there was a button associated with it. Hadn't heard of something like that, it does indeed sound nifty.