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[Elentar01]

Not the answer I was hoping for, but well, I'll just start playing Premier Manager 92 again

[Gorath Alpha]

The latest comment being on its own page, I don't see if it's a laptop or not, and thus, a dead end. So far, the official GPU requirements have seemed quite lenient. A 9300 can be either a "real" desktop card, or a laptop chipset chip. If you have a desktop, there are plenty of cards in the borderline zone, not really full-on game cards, but apparently good enough for the Demo, at very reasonable costs:

Here is a good buy on an XFX HD 6570 for $50 after the mail in rebate:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814150543

[Kaitheus]

Been getting some heavy FPS drops in ME3 and I'm not really sure why as my system should be more then capable of maxing out ME3.

System:
Phenom II X4 955BE @ 3.8GHz (stable)
Zalman CNPS10X Performa with 2 Thermaltake Smart Blue LED Fans.
(Idles 25-30c Loads 33-39c)
8GB G.Skill DDR3 1600MHz Cas 9-9-9-24-2T
GigaByte HD4890OC (915MHz Core, 1GHz GDDR5)
ASRock 990FX Extreme 4
Seagate 750GB SATA HDD

Even with AA Off I get the same FPS drops, I'm thinking that ME3 just needs an optimization after release, lets hope that's the case lol, cause I can play ME2 50+ to 60+ average at 1920-1080p with everything maxed out.

[SSV Enterprise]

Yes, it's probably an optimization/driver issue. You shouldn't be having performance problems on a Radeon HD 4890.

[DHJudas]

they really should make heavy use of at least SSE2...... SSE2 is standard on ALL True Dual Core CPU's since their first day of light on the AMD Athlon 64 x2 series debut on the socket 939. Intel had already implemented SSE2 on previous generation cpus in it's lineup.

So if the minimum requirement is a dual core cpu... i hope that they added the SSE2 optimisation flags to the game. Otherwise we'll have a hunk of crap like skyrim before it's 1.4 update which had ZERO Computer Optimisations at all. No one would deny a near 2x or higher boost in load speeds/fps and less stuttering.

[SSV Enterprise]

Mass Effect 2 did seem to be well optimized -- whether that was because of real optimizations or the low resolution textures is anyone's guess, but still. Mass Effect 3 (sadly) doesn't seem to have very improved textures over ME2 on the PC, so I'm pretty confident that the final game will be decently optimized.

[Solid Sherlock]

I desperately need some help guys. I have a computer which broke about a year and a half ago, sparks flew out the back and since then it wont show any signs of power. I'm guessing that means the power supply was severely messed up. I need to know if it's worth it to try and fix this thing or if I should just go for something entirely new. If it is worth fixing, how do I know what kind of power supply to pick up?

Processor: AMD Phenom™ 9950 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
OS: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100218-0019)
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series
(I believe I have two of these in there.)

Now I can't seem to find my ram in the dxdiag, this can't possibly be right can it?
Memory: 4094MB RAM

Modifié par Solid Sherlock, 28 février 2012 - 06:51 .

[mad825]

Solid Sherlock wrote...

I desperately need some help guys. I have a computer which broke about a year and a half ago, sparks flew out the back and since then it wont show any signs of power. I'm guessing that means the power supply was severely messed up. I need to know if it's worth it to try and fix this thing or if I should just go for something entirely new. If it is worth fixing, how do I know what kind of power supply to pick up?

Sparks...

Does it turn on with a diffrent PSU? If not, sounds like the motherborad is buggered with other possable damage. Can you test the other componets on a diffrent system?

The wattage of the PSU should be your first concern, you can workout what you'll need with an online calculator but higher the better if you don't mind wasting money. Then you'll need to know the amps in which the devices will need which can be done through simple comparison research....Or get a PSU simalir to yours.

Processor: AMD Phenom™ 9950 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
OS: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100218-0019)
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series
(I believe I have two of these in there.)

Not too familiar with AMD/ATI however I do know that the GC is...Rather old and the CPU seems to be okay. What's your motherboard model?

Now I can't seem to find my ram in the dxdiag, this can't possibly be right can it?
Memory: 4094MB RAM

That's 4GB.
Run>msinfo32.exe gives a much more detailed if not slightly technical overview of your system.

My opinion, it seems worthwhile if the MB is ok.


....Also, get rid of Vista.

Modifié par mad825, 28 février 2012 - 07:49 .

[SSV Enterprise]

Solid Sherlock wrote...

I desperately need some help guys. I have a computer which broke about a year and a half ago, sparks flew out the back and since then it wont show any signs of power. I'm guessing that means the power supply was severely messed up. I need to know if it's worth it to try and fix this thing or if I should just go for something entirely new. If it is worth fixing, how do I know what kind of power supply to pick up?

Processor: AMD Phenom™ 9950 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
OS: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100218-0019)
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series
(I believe I have two of these in there.)

Now I can't seem to find my ram in the dxdiag, this can't possibly be right can it?
Memory: 4094MB RAM

I dunno, it could be just your PSU that blew out, or the PSU could have damaged the motherboard/CPU/GPU and it may be that none of the components are reliable or functional anymore.  I don't know too much about PSUs, I just figured out enough to find a reliable one.  I use an Antec Earthwatts 650w Green edition PSU -- it's overkill for my rig, honestly; I got it to last.  With your system, I'd recommend a PSU between 500 and 600 watts.  Some reliable PSU brands (or so I've heard) are Antec, Corsair, Seasonic, and OCZ.

[Solid Sherlock]

Unfortunately, I have no other systems to arrange things around and see what is broken and I can't get to turn on at all so I can't run msinfo32. I was just lucky to have that old dxdiag on this laptop. So I only have two real options. Either I take it to a repair place and quite possibly get ripped off or I buy a part in hope that the rest is okay which is a gamble at best.
I definitely want to get rid of vista, no question there. Is there a place in the dxdiag I can find the motherboard model?

My girlfriend is encouraging me to just buy a new complete system with a warranty, but looking at newegg at around the 600 dollar range it seemed like they were a major rip off. I know jack about computers, but looking up reviews of the graphics cards they came with made them appear barely able to be called gaming computers. Is there anywhere to get complete systems that aren't a rip off? How much would I have to spend to be able to play something like mass effect 3 decently well?

I really appreciate your help by the way. I'm incredibly grateful that your taking time out of your day to help me.

[mad825]

Solid Sherlock wrote...

 Is there a place in the dxdiag I can find the motherboard model?

I use CPU-Z when I'm lazy.

Build it. if you have the time, it's isn't as hard as people make it out to be but you should seek advice on installing the CPU. There are even Youtube videos in which you can follow step-by-step.
 

Modifié par mad825, 28 février 2012 - 08:31 .

[Solid Sherlock]

Well I certainly have no problem building one, as in putting it together. The issue there is actually selecting the parts.

I've been looking to this site here to teach me a bit more about computer parts and they have a few recommend builds including one for $588. Does it look like it will be able to play mass effect well?
http://www.build-gam...p-computer.html

[Forkinater]

Lol my video card costs as much as that whole PC.

[Muzouka]

Is this setup for a desktop good enough or do I need to start upgrading to play?

CPU: Core2Duo E7400 @ 2.80Ghz
Motherboard: Asus P5G41C-M
Video Card: GeForce GTX 260
Memory: 4GB
OS: Windows XP SP3

Modifié par Muzouka, 28 février 2012 - 01:40 .

[Gorath Alpha]

Looks just fine to me.

[DHJudas]

Solid Sherlock wrote...

I desperately need some help guys. I have a computer which broke about a year and a half ago, sparks flew out the back and since then.......

Unfortunately short of tearing the PSU ... getting a decent power supply to replace it with such as a Corsair 600-700 (recommended) or at minimum ANY DECENT quality psu that has at least 36-40 amps combined 12v Output power (this is critical) just to plug in and try, there is no way to know.. and it would be terrible if you couldn't test the other components as some of them have good value yet.

[Kriton57]

Gorath Alpha wrote...

Pentium Ds don't qualify. They aren't anywhere close to C2D equivalent. Not that it isn't barely, almost capable, but it's really a poor old antique when faced with modern games. You don't pass either the ME-1 or the ME-2 minimum CPU.

I beg to differ. I'm currently running ME1 and ME2 easily w/ no problems at all.  This doesn't have anything to do w/ not being able to DL it.  The OS error is what I'm questioning, not the CPU.  I've seen others report similar issues w/ this error message, so I'm wondering why it's not letting me DL it.

Thanks if anyone  can help.

[RGFrog]

Solid Sherlock wrote...

I desperately need some help guys. I have a computer which broke about a year and a half ago, sparks flew out the back and since then it wont show any signs of power. I'm guessing that means the power supply was severely messed up.

If the PSU went out that violently the likelyhood of much surviving is slim.

Or you could be extremely lucky and only the PSU went.

Find a local mom and pop shop and tell them what happened. That you need it checked out, what's broken and what is still viable and an estimate on what it would take to fix/replace the parts. And an estimate on what a computer that is at least a step up from this one would cost.

If they want your business they'll be happy to look at it. At the end you'll know if you just need a PSU (A good 750W would be my suggestion but you could get along with a good 550w as well) and whether or not you want to/can afford to buy it from them.

[Cronix8]

My PC configuration is as follows:

CPU: Intel Core i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
RAM: 4.00 GB (only using 3.50 GB because of 32 bit OS)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
GPU: ASUS EAH5450 1GB
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster B2230

I usually use this website http://www.systemreq...tslab.com/cyri/ to check if I meet the requirements to play any game. According to it I surpassed the recommended requirements for Mass Effect 2 but I never played at higher than 1280x720 because it would get laggy, even without being in a fight, just walking around didn't feel as smooth as I think it should have. Even at 1280x720 resolution it would sometimes get laggy. Only at 800x600 resolution would the game run smoothly which I found sort of weird since I surpassed the recommended requirements.

The same goes for Mass Effect 3, only this time I only have the minimum requirements to play it, which means I have been playing multiplayer at 800x600 because even 1280x720 gets too slow to react.

Is this normal or should my PC as it is be able to run ME2 and ME3 better than it is doing now?
Do you think my GPU is too weak?
Could it be my monitor that can't display higher resolutions?
Could installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and using that extra 0.5 GB help in any way?

Sorry for the long post but I just feel kind of frustrated and thought that maybe someone could help me out.

Thanks in advance.

[SSV Enterprise]

Cronix8 wrote...

My PC configuration is as follows:

CPU: Intel Core i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
RAM: 4.00 GB (only using 3.50 GB because of 32 bit OS)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
GPU: ASUS EAH5450 1GB
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster B2230

I usually use this website http://www.systemreq...tslab.com/cyri/ to check if I meet the requirements to play any game. According to it I surpassed the recommended requirements for Mass Effect 2 but I never played at higher than 1280x720 because it would get laggy, even without being in a fight, just walking around didn't feel as smooth as I think it should have. Even at 1280x720 resolution it would sometimes get laggy. Only at 800x600 resolution would the game run smoothly which I found sort of weird since I surpassed the recommended requirements.

The same goes for Mass Effect 3, only this time I only have the minimum requirements to play it, which means I have been playing multiplayer at 800x600 because even 1280x720 gets too slow to react.

Is this normal or should my PC as it is be able to run ME2 and ME3 better than it is doing now?
Do you think my GPU is too weak?
Could it be my monitor that can't display higher resolutions?
Could installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and using that extra 0.5 GB help in any way?

Sorry for the long post but I just feel kind of frustrated and thought that maybe someone could help me out.

Thanks in advance.

No no no.  "Can You Run It" is notoriously inaccurate.  Don't use it.  Unfortunately, your graphics card doesn't really meet the minimum requirements even for Mass Effect 2 .  A Radeon HD 5450 is little more than a suped up Radeon HD 4350, which is specifically named to not meet the minimum requirements.  Your processor and RAM are just fine, and you don't need to upgrade to Windows 7 just for the game.  Simply upgrade your graphics card to something like a Radeon HD 6570 (which I linked to in my first post) and you should be good to go.

Modifié par SSV Enterprise, 28 février 2012 - 11:26 .

[Kriton57]

Kriton57 wrote...

Gorath Alpha wrote...

Pentium Ds don't qualify. They aren't anywhere close to C2D equivalent. Not that it isn't barely, almost capable, but it's really a poor old antique when faced with modern games. You don't pass either the ME-1 or the ME-2 minimum CPU.

I beg to differ. I'm currently running ME1 and ME2 easily w/ no problems at all.  This doesn't have anything to do w/ not being able to DL it.  The OS error is what I'm questioning, not the CPU.  I've seen others report similar issues w/ this error message, so I'm wondering why it's not letting me DL it.

Thanks if anyone  can help.

OK I finally figured out the problem.  My anti-virus software (Avast!) was interfering w/ the installation after DL.  When I disabled it, the installation proceeded fine.  After that it worked great.  So I'm running w/ Pentium D 3GHz Dual Core just fine w/ all settings on maximum.

Correction/Addendum:  I reinstalled Origin and tried to DL ME3 Demo again.  It DL'd fine until it got to 99.99% and wouldn't install until I disabled Avast!.  Then it installed and worked perfectly.

Hope this may help anyone else having similar issues.

P.S., the ME3 Demo is awesome!  Can't wait for full release!

Modifié par Kriton57, 28 février 2012 - 11:57 .

[Cronix8]

SSV Enterprise wrote...

Cronix8 wrote...

My PC configuration is as follows:

CPU: Intel Core i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
RAM: 4.00 GB (only using 3.50 GB because of 32 bit OS)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
GPU: ASUS EAH5450 1GB
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster B2230

I usually use this website http://www.systemreq...tslab.com/cyri/ to check if I meet the requirements to play any game. According to it I surpassed the recommended requirements for Mass Effect 2 but I never played at higher than 1280x720 because it would get laggy, even without being in a fight, just walking around didn't feel as smooth as I think it should have. Even at 1280x720 resolution it would sometimes get laggy. Only at 800x600 resolution would the game run smoothly which I found sort of weird since I surpassed the recommended requirements.

The same goes for Mass Effect 3, only this time I only have the minimum requirements to play it, which means I have been playing multiplayer at 800x600 because even 1280x720 gets too slow to react.

Is this normal or should my PC as it is be able to run ME2 and ME3 better than it is doing now?
Do you think my GPU is too weak?
Could it be my monitor that can't display higher resolutions?
Could installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and using that extra 0.5 GB help in any way?

Sorry for the long post but I just feel kind of frustrated and thought that maybe someone could help me out.

Thanks in advance.

No no no.  "Can You Run It" is notoriously inaccurate.  Don't use it.  Unfortunately, your graphics card doesn't really meet the minimum requirements even for Mass Effect 2 .  A Radeon HD 5450 is little more than a suped up Radeon HD 4350, which is specifically named to not meet the minimum requirements.  Your processor and RAM are just fine, and you don't need to upgrade to Windows 7 just for the game.  Simply upgrade your graphics card to something like a Radeon HD 6570 (which I linked to in my first post) and you should be good to go.

I am a little shocked but it's making sense now. Someone posted this link http://www.tomshardw...iew,3107-7.html that sort of compares the different graphic cards. Mine is at the level of the Intel HD Graphics 3000 which is what my girlfriend has in her laptop and in the "Can You Run It" site it always said her laptop didn't meet the minimum requirements for neither Mass Effect nor Mass Effect 2, but it said that my graphic card surpassed the recommended ones. It makes sense since I could run the ME3 demo in her laptop just as "well" as I ran on my desktop.

I feel a little silly right now but thank you very much for clarifying me on that matter and I guess I won't be using "Can You Run It" anymore.

I was looking for graphic cards and found this one http://www.pixmania....2-gb-gddr3.html which seems to be a little better than the one you suggested to me and is roughly around the same price. Do you think it's worth the difference?

[Gorath Alpha]

A full-power HD 6670 is roughly 30 - 35% better than an HD 6570 for only 15% more money, when both are at MSRP. 

www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php

Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 29 février 2012 - 01:33 .

[SSV Enterprise]

Cronix8 wrote...

I am a little shocked but it's making sense now. Someone posted this link http://www.tomshardw...iew,3107-7.html that sort of compares the different graphic cards. Mine is at the level of the Intel HD Graphics 3000 which is what my girlfriend has in her laptop and in the "Can You Run It" site it always said her laptop didn't meet the minimum requirements for neither Mass Effect nor Mass Effect 2, but it said that my graphic card surpassed the recommended ones. It makes sense since I could run the ME3 demo in her laptop just as "well" as I ran on my desktop.

I feel a little silly right now but thank you very much for clarifying me on that matter and I guess I won't be using "Can You Run It" anymore.

I was looking for graphic cards and found this one http://www.pixmania....2-gb-gddr3.html which seems to be a little better than the one you suggested to me and is roughly around the same price. Do you think it's worth the difference?

You're welcome, just trying to help.  The graphics card you linked to is a bit better than the one I suggested, but there are a couple issues with it.  First of all, it has 2 GB of memory, and that's overkill.  The card, while decent, is too weak to use that much memory -- it won't even help.  Save some money by getting a card with 1 GB of memory rather than 2.  Also, the card you linked to has GDDR3 type memory, which is rather slow; if you got a card with GDDR5 type memory it would be faster.

Other than that, looks good.  I'm not familiar with the euro, so I can't really comment on the price.

Modifié par SSV Enterprise, 29 février 2012 - 01:24 .

[S1L0]

One thing I find interesting about " System Requirements ":
They never specify the RESOLUTION that those specs are for.
Never mind framerate.

1080p Required Specs > 720p Required Specs - In EVERY GAME
720p 30 Fps ? - STOP IT