My VG Rig

[Sarcoth]

Case: Antec Performance One P180B Black
PSU: Thermaltake ToughPower W0117 750 Watt ATX Power Supply
Mobo: EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6400
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 DOMINATOR 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
Vid: eVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card
HD: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
O/S: Windows XP Pro

OC: Getting 3.20 out of it. Could go higher, but I'm happy.

FPS:
70-90 outside of towns
50-70 in most towns

[Nil]

Originally Posted by Sarcoth

FPS:
70-90 outside of towns
50-70 in most towns

Color me jealous.

[tehgeek]

Originally Posted by Sarcoth

FPS:
70-90 outside of towns
50-70 in most towns

Nice rig, but what graphics settings do you have it set at to get those numbers? Jealous because I get less then 10 most everywhere hehe.

[FEDS-91]

8800 is a damn nice card. Nice system man. My 7900 GTX isn't even a year old and I might upgrade when VG comes out.

[Eyse Gage]

I'm expecting my 8800GTS & new Dell 22" monitor in the mail here shortly. Pretty sure they should take care of my vanguard needs.

Definetely a great setup you have.

[Sarcoth]

High Quality is what I was using for that FPS. The game looks really nice at those settings. I tried the Highest Quality and had the same FPS, but in towns the video would freeze on me for a second off and on. The FPS never had a chance to go down, so the numbers were still high.

I'm going to test it out on Balance tonight. I rebuilt the O/S last night so I didn't get a chance to play. I wanted a clean install since I knew what was needed this time around. Everything was running better on it last night, so maybe the game will run better too.

[tehgeek]

Originally Posted by Sarcoth

High Quality is what I was using for that FPS. The game looks really nice at those settings. I tried the Highest Quality and had the same FPS, but in towns the video would freeze on me for a second off and on. The FPS never had a chance to go down, so the numbers were still high.

Nice, I wish I could turn everything up like that. I think I'm running one of the "high performance" settings.

[Sarcoth]

I played for awhile last night and everything is running much nicer. The first time I go to certain places, it appears to take a little longer to load and the FPS drops to about 40 for a second or two. After that, it jumps back up.

I decided to turn off my Over-Clocking and put it back down to 2.13 for awhile for testing. I lost about 10-15 FPS off my normal, so the OC doesn't appear to be that important. I then lowered my video settings to "Balance" and everything still looks nice. That also raised my FPS back up.

Last night I was seeing mostly 80-90 in most areas. I didn't notice the average for towns, but like I said approve, it was down to about 40 for a couple seconds whenever I went somewhere new and crowded.

[tehgeek]

Originally Posted by Sarcoth

Last night I was seeing mostly 80-90 in most areas. I didn't notice the average for towns, but like I said approve, it was down to about 40 for a couple seconds whenever I went somewhere new and crowded.

I hate you! j/k I get like avg. of 9 FPS in most "outdoor" areas, and I have now idea in towns as w/ stuttering I offen get I don't get a steady number lol. I still think the game is great, just can't wait to upgrade my system.

[Exum]

I plan on closely mocking this system. I'm debating on the case you're using now or this Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower. My only worry was housing the 8800GTX in the Antec, but if you've got one inside, I'm that leaning more towards using that. My budget will be as close to $1750 as I can get. I'll let you know what I plan on doing in a future post here in a bit... Thanks for the information!


Edit: Here's what I'm wanting in that same case!