What type of computer do you have?

[Shawn319]

Taking a poll on what type of computers people have. please select an option and vote. If your computer range is not listed, or if you wish to describe your computer completely please reply. looking for processor type/speed, amount of RAM, 3D card specs, internet connection and PLEASE describe how EQEmu runs on your computer (hosting and playing).

[Shawn319]

Sorry for lack of options hehe.. didnt know exacly what to ask in the poll itself. please reply with full computer specs and how EQEmu runs (hosting and/or playing).

[Shawn319]

BTW, i'm using a PIII 933MHz with 512mb ram, 40gig + 50gig HD, ATI Radeon 32mb PCI 3D card, Road runner cable modem, 16'' standard monitor.. I can play on servers fine with little to no inherit lag but when i host server mysef + play on it, it gets a little laggy..


On the way: PIV 2.2GHz, 1024MB ram, 120gig HD, NVidia Geforce 4 128mb 3D card, 18'' LCD flat panel screen, DVD-RAM/DVD-R and 40x12x48 CDRW (Yes i said 40 times WRITE). Gateway rocks ! :) http://www.gateway.com click "most powerful PC".

[coughcool]

Server is a PIII 500 512 Megs ram. runs a 3% with sleeping zones (15)

so far no complaints about lag. of course its an empty world at this point.

[Melissa]

AMD Athlon 1700XP
256mb RAM
GeForce 2 Ti 64megs
13gig HD (its a letdown compared the other parts :P )
56k modem
15" monitor


(btw, 16"? never heard of that size before!)

[Shawn319]

heh i measured my monitor.. it comes out to 16'' and 13'' viewable.

[chaos_hunter]

I've got a few machines. All are connected to a Cable modem via a linksys dsl router (soon to be cisco switch and router). This is my personal equipment...... :cool:

Compaq proliant 2500 server:
Pentium Pro 200
256 mb ram
2 4gig HDD mirrored system drive
3 4gig HDD on RAID 5 for data

Second server computer:
Dual PentiumIII 500
256 mb ram
2 9gig 10k rpm Ultra2 scsi mirrored system/data drive

Thrid computer(play\video toaster machine)
Dual PIV Xeon 1.8GHz (supermicro p4dc6+)
1 gig 800MHz rdram memory
40gig ata100 system drive
40gig ata100 backup storage/junk drive
4 36gig 10k rpm Ultra3 scsi stripped for 140gb (video drive)
Visiontek G-force III 64mb Ti500
21" Nokia Monitor
(a few other toys)

Basicly I have minilogon set up on the second server and play from the third system.

[Uber]

My computer specs:
PIV 1.8Ghz
1gb 800mhz RDRAM
2 40 GB Hard Drives
Geforce 4 128MB video
19" Monitor
Cable modem connection

I can play on other servers, I sometimes get lag, and sometimes don't.
When I run my own server, the lag makes it unplayable at times (using drawde's 0.7 world data), but runs fine when I use an empty world. ;)

[hogger]

I saw a pretty big performance jump when I went from a PII with 256 cache to one with 512. (Hey, what do you want for $150?)

[theCoder]

Here are my computer specs:

First the Linux server. This is the one I run the emu on:
133MHz Pentium
128 MB RAM
Linux len 2.4.8-26mdk #1 Sun Sep 23 17:06:39 CEST 2001 i586 unknown
About 30 GB hard drive (multiple partitions)

Now my Windows client for Everquest:
350MHz Pentium II
320 MB RAM (used to be 64 -- that was a real pain to run EQ with)
Windows 2000
11 and 15 GB hard drives

Internet connection is usually pretty good, and the Internet2 connection is really nice (yay for unrestricted gigabit line!)

I really need to buy a new computer...

[Stud]

My Linux server:
933MHz Pentium III
768 MB RAM
Red Hat Linux 7.2 (Enigma) 2.4.9-31 #1 Tue Feb 26 07:11:02 EST 2002 i686
24 GB hard drive
Voodoo 5500

Windows client:
1700MHz Pentium IV
768 MB RAM
Windows XP Pro
3-D Blaster Annhilator 2
30GB and 20GB hard drives

[ibleet]

I am running 4 Dell's on my cable network via linksys router. 3 desktops and a laptop.

Main:
Windows ME
P4 1.7Ghz
384 RDRAM
40Gb HD
32Mb Geforce2
Soundblaster Live
19" Monitor

[devn00b]

Server on :

p2 400mhz
512meg ram
30gig hdd
DSL (1500/384)
win 98

Runs great! ran it on XP and didnt run as well so reverted to 98.

=)

[Lyenu X`Arie]

Custom built is the way to go, and AMD is the best! Pentium can go to hell. Anyways.. here my comps stats....

Windows XP Comp:
AMD Athlon XP 2100
ASUS MB (WOOT!)
2GB mushkin (russian) memory
GeForce4 Ti 4600
300GB of HD
16x DVD
40x12x48 CD-RW
4 piece digital speakers with subwoofer

I don't get that one til Friday though when the MB/Processor come in, but it's pretty good.

Right now I got 2 others and 5 sun systems (Sun systems are sortof old.. from my friends graphics company, they upgraded and I like collecting stuff like that, and their still pretty good so =D.

[Malevolent]

1.2 GHZ AMD
512 2400 DDR
4 Gig 5400rpm hd (about 200 meg free)
Win2k Advanced Server
.NET Framework RTM preSP1


0.2.5 && 0.2.6+

Results:
I haven't had any stability issues. Although, the box does tend to lag a bit when task switching with the IDE, world server, and eqw processes running.

--MV

[ibleet]

Most of us actually don't give a shit which processor is superior...like it really matters. Thats an argument that is as old as processors themselves and is futile....so....WHO CARES as long as it runs the emu :) Right?

[Shawn319]

Who said anything about what processor is better? i'm just trying to figure out how well emu runs of differant computers. we we can have a System Requirements/recommendations list. btw that almost looks like a flame...

[ibleet]

Ummmm....If you really must know, It was Lyenu. He....I mean she said it :)

LoL, you are way off base....it's not a flame at all. I just don't want to start a "my processor is better then yours" war. Those kind of things drive me crazy. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I just with they would keep it to themselves....thats all.

[Shawn319]

ehh i see it know *spanks Lyenu*





btw Intel is the best! jk :)

[Hmm]

hmm i usually build my own computers. no part will be either crappy or more than i need. cheaper that way.

[Trumpcard]

Linux Server

Dual 466 Celery Mobo (ABIT MP-6)
512 Meg Ram
NVidia GeF2 MX400 (32meg)
60 Gig IBM 7200 RPM Hard Drive
Dual Boot RH7.3Beta, Win2K Advanced Server
Testing a 2.5 Kernel right now.

Windows Box
1.4 GhZ AMD Athlon Processor
512 Meg PC2100 DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 7500 64meg
180 Gig HD Space (1 IBM 60 gig, 1 120 WD Cavalier)
Windows XP

Connection is a pretty darn fast cable connection..

[hogger]

...AMD is the best!...

If you've got the new one that doesn't FRY if your fan fails... Check out tomshardware.com - they've got a cool video of the Athalon gettin roasty-toasty.

[Shawn319]

It took me an hour to find that video lol and i dont wana put everyone elce thru it so here is direct link to video (i think it requires DivX..


http://www12.tomshardware.com/images/THG_CPU_Cooling.zip


here is the entire article.. http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q3/010917/index.html

[Teppen]

Operating System: Windows XP
CPU: (Dual) AMD Athlon XP 2100
Memory: PC 2100 DDR 2024mb (2gb)
Hard Drive 1: 100gb 15,000 RPM Ultra SCSI
Hard Drive 2: 100gb 15,000 RPM Ultra SCSI
Ram Disk: Rocket Drive SDRAM 2024mb (2gb)
CD Rom: Plexor 40x UltraPlex SCSI
CD RW: Plexwriter 40/12/40 UltraPlex SCSI
Video Card: nVidia Geforce 4 Ti4600 128mb DDR
Monitor: Cybervison 22'' LCD
Sound Card: Creative Labs Audigy Gamer
Modem: Cable

[dayzedmadman]

P3
650 mhz
384 mb ram
17" flatscreen trinitron
cable connection
960 watt subwoofer, w/ 4 speaker surround
SB live xgamer
GF2 mx400 64 mb ram

[Hardarac]

Ok Here is my setup

My server is on a Toshiba 8100 laptop P3 500Mhz, 256 ram, 2 x 12Gb Drives and 100Mhz lan card

I have 3 potential client machines but the main one I use is
Home built P3 600, 512 mem,
10 x 18GB Scsi disks,
Matrox G400 Dual Head video and
100Mhz lan card

They are all connected via Cisco 2940 Switch to a Netgear Cable router and then on to the 1Mb/s Cable connection (Just got that last bit this week ... VNice)

From the net I get next to no lag ...except if i play EQlive cos the UK server is laggy.

Fo some reason the internal lan is a bit more laggy ...... strange that ... must look at it


Marv.

[Bently]

Gaming PC -
AMD Athlon XP1800+
512MB PC2100 DDR-RAM (Kingmax)
Leadtek GeForce 2 GTS 32MB
MSI K7T266 Pro2 Motherboard (Red Silicon, Uber)
17" Tritton CRT Monitor (Max Res of 1600x1200x32)
Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 Surround Speaker System
Windows 98SE (Tweaked up)
SB Live Platinum 5.1
Realmagic Hollywood Plus DVD Decoder
8x32 DVD-ROM, Region 0
Seagate 30GB ATA100 7200RPM HDD
Netgear FA311 10/100Mbit Network Card

Multimedia Editing PC -
P4 1800MHZ (Updated Core Model)
512MB 800MHZ RDRAM
Asus GeForce 3 Ti500 Delux 64MB
Asus P4 Motherboard (Cant exact model)
17" Phillips CRT Monitor (Max Res of 1280x1024x32)
Cambridge Soundworks 5.1 Surround Speaker System w/ Dolby digital decoder
SB Audigy
Windows XP Professional
Asus 10x32 DVD-ROM, Region 0
Quantum Fireball 40GB ATA100 7200RPM HDD
Realtek 10/100Mbit Network Card

Internet Gateway/Server PC -
PIII 1000MHZ
512MB PC133 SDRAM
Asus CUSL2-C Motherboard
Some budget GeForce 2 MX400 64MB
17" LG CRT Monitor (Max Res of 1280x1024x32)
4x32 DVD-ROM, Region 4
Creative 8x4x32 CDR
Seagate 20GB ATA66 7200RPM HDD
56Kbps Modem, Soon to be ADSL Modem :)
Realtek 10/100Mbit Netword Card
Windows XP Home Edition
SB Live Value

Guest PC -
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1330MHZ
512MB PC2100 DDR RAM
Asus A7A266 Motherboard
SB Live Value
Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 Surround Speaker System
Asus GeForce DDR Delux 32MB
Seagate 40GB ATA100 7200RPM HDD
Realtek 10/100Mbit Network Card
Windows XP Professional
4x32 DVD-ROM, Region 1
17" IBM CRT Monitor (Max Res of 1280x1024x32)

3D Modeling PC -
Dual P3 Xeon 800MHZ
1536MB
Dual P3 Motherboard (Cant remember Brand or Chipset)
21" Sony Trinitron CRT Monitor
Windows NT 4.0 SP6 (OpenGL Drivers are optimized for this OS)
2 10000RPM 80GB HDD's in RAID 0 Setup
10/100Mbit Network Card
SB Live Value
3DLabs Oxygen GVX420 Video Card
52x ATA100 CD-ROM Drive

All go through a Netgear 10/100Mbit Switch.
Hope I didnt leave anything out :P

In case you are wondering about all this, my mates and I spend alot of time developing hardware and programs to run them. We recently made a cool case mod that uses tri-colour LED's to cycle through RGB colours.
Making a plugin for winamp to have it drive the LED's :P
Writing hundreds of lines of code in assembly for a PIC sucks.

[Tallis]

900mhz AMD

512 SDR Ram

20gig hard drive

GeForce 2

[TheClaus]

Firewall/Internet Gateway/EQEMU/Web/FTP/SSH Server
P166 w/128MB RAM
6GB Hard Drive
8X CD ROM Drive
2MB PCI Video Card
Redhat Linux 7.2

*Runs EQEMU just fine and not too much of a slow down that I see. Been in a full zone too.

Main Gaming Desktop
AMD Athlon 750 w/512MB Ram
80GB Hard Drive
64MB Hercules Prophet 4500
Hercules Muse XL Sound Card
Windows XP Pro

On the road Laptop for Gaming and a SEQ Box
Toshiba Tecra 8200 w/256MB Ram
20GB Hard Drive
16MB Trident Cyberblade Video
Yamaha Sound Card
Dual Boot Windows XP Pro and Redhat Linux 7.2

[Firehawk]

Main: 550 Pentium
512 Ram
Nvidia TNT2 w/ 32 Ram
-It's over clocked like crazy though:)

Second comp: 1Gig Pentium
256 Ram
Geforce 3
-Reason this one isn't my main comp is because it's a labtop that i just bought a sure while ago and i use it mostly for Lab work and school work.

[DeletedUser]

Athlon XP 1900+
1024 MB SDRAM
IBM 16.8 Gig 7200 RPM
Western Digital 80 Gig 7200 RPM
Asus v8200 Deluxe GF3 64 MB (w/ 3D glasses, ooo!)
Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
19" Optiquest Q95

P3 700 MHZ
256 MB SDRAM
IBM 20 Gig 7200 RPM
Crap Video and Sound
15" ViewSonic

Celeron 500 MHZ
128 MB SDRAM
Western Digital 3 Gig 5400 RPM
Crap Video and Sound
15" Viewsonic

P2 400 MHZ
256 MB SDRAM
Western Digital 40 GIG 7200 RPM
Crystal Sound (Don't ask...)
3D Prophet GTS Pro 2 64 MB
15" Viewsonic

All work great on EverQuest (original version, no luclin models). Although they have little ram so they suck for servers.

[septimus]

Here's my specs:

P4 2GHz (I looked at AMD, know a lot of people with AMD, but they just run too hot for my liking)

Winfast GeForce 4 TI4600

512MB Crucial DDR RAM

Epox RAID motherboard

95GB combined HDD (adding 120GB of RAID 0 soon)

Acer 16x12x24 CD-RW

Iiyama 17" Vision Master Pro 413 flat CRT monitor

Various fans, blanking plates, screws and other assorted PC paraphernalia :p

ntl 512/128 cable (England, we put the 'urgh' in broadband)

[t3mp14rX]

Shawn, I hope you realize that flat-panel LCD screens are absolutely HORRIBLE for 3D gaming. Make sure you've got a spare CRT lying around or you'll be sorry :P
As for gateway... *shudder*... I absolutely despise them, they build shitty as hell systems that flip out if you try and do anything with em.

As for my specs:
1.1ghz AMD Athlon Thunderbird (Pentium's are shit nowadays btw)
512 Megs DDR-SDRAM PC2100 266Mhz
Soyo K7V-Dragon+ Mobo (KT266A)
Creative 5x DVD-ROM
TDK 24x10x40 CD-RW w\BURN-Proof Technology
Dual 40gig Maxtor 7200RPM ATA66 and ATA100 Hard Drives
KDS Avitron 19inch Trinitron (aka flat, and crystal clear) CRT Monitor
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro & Intellimouse Optical Explorer (an older model... the newer models are uncomfortable as hell).
5.1 Digital Sound (integrated with mobo) with EAX1 support
Cambridge SoundWorks 4 speakers+SubWoofer (their digital model)
Magical Fairy Midget that Lives in my Pantaloons (just seeing if you were paying attention).
WindowsXP Pro

As for my gateway (INTERNET gateway, not gateway brand btw) PC:
1.4ghz AMD Athlon Thunderbird
256megs SDRAM
Asus A7V Mobo
Maxtor 40gig 7200RPM ATA100 HD
56x Acer CD-ROM
KDS Visual Sensations 17inch monitor
Windows XP Pro
256megs SDRAM

Built them myself, as I have all previous systems i've had.
Store bought pre-build systems are the DEVIL!

EDIT: The "too hot for my liking comment" is bullshit. You guys just don't understand AMDs. I mean their newest AMD XP 2000+ is about 1.5GHZ and it runs faster than a pentium2 1900-2000! The infamous "heat problem" with palamino's as observed in the THG video is the result of shitty mobos. Now you can get mobos that actually detect a change like that and will shut down to avoid damage to the processor. And btw, the chances of your heatsink falling off the processor are slim to nill unless you're a dimshit and didn't install it correctly.

[DeletedUser]

Plz watch the language, but it is true Athlon XP's don't run that hot, mine runs at 100-130 degrees F

[Kaiyodo]

Athlon XP 1800+
Creative GeForce 3 TI200
Creative Audigy soundcard
512MB DDR RAM
MSI mobo
2x40 gb IBM 7200 HDD
Sony 21" GDM-F520 monitor
Telewest 512/128 cable
Windows XP Pro

Both EQ and the Emu run fine and lag free with Luclin models off. I had the models on for a bit but the loading times shot up and the framerate went the other way.

K.

[Froggy]

Flat panels aren't horrible for 3D gaming if you choose a good one. I use a 17" flat panel screen that is perfectly clear and never blurs.

And as for the Pentium vs. Athlon debate.. it's always going to be a matter of personal preference. I'd personally never touch an AMD product (too many bad experiences have soured the company and their products for me). However, some other people feel that same way about Intel. So let the argument die, please.

BTW, my system specs:

my main computer (notebook):
P4 1.6
512 MB ram
30 GB hard drive
ATI Radeon
15" XGA screen
DVD/CDRW combo drive
Linksys wireless network PC card
WinXP Pro

desktop:
P4 1.6
512 MB DDR2100
80 GB hard drive
64 MB Geforce 2
17" flat panel
DVD
CDRW
WinXP Pro

Both are connected to my DSL modem through a Linksys router with a wireless access point (so I can use the laptop anywhere)

servers:

P3 550
512 MB Ram
50 GB hard drive
Redhat 7.2


Sun Ultra 2
dual 400 mhz Ultrasparc processors
512 MB ram
20 GM hard drive
Solaris 8

The servers are currently on a network in a small office connected to my airplane hangar. The run on a business SDSL line.


EQemu runs perfectly. I run the server on the P3 at the hangar and the client on either home system. MySQL runs on the Ultra 2.

[Profett]

Pentium 3 733 MhZ
10 Gig Hard Drive =(
512 Megs SD Ram
32 Meg Vid Card - TnT 2 M64

I accidentelly picked !pentium 2! 500-1000mhz lol

< and wow! Image could cook on his processor while playing a game! (I know a guy that stores his computer in a small refrigerator under his desk, uses it to keep sodas and stuff in too! ) >

[VaWeN]

Pentium IV 1500 Mhz
40 Gb HD
256 Mb SRIMM
GForce2 MX400 64Mb
Win98 OS

The client and the server run on the same machine.
Works great both, Everquest with Luclin models.

btw this is my first post to the forum guys, so hi all and grats!, you all are making a great work.

VaWeN.

[jackfrostint]

Specs:

AMD Athlon 600mhz
512mb pc133 ram
30 gig HD
GeForce2 MX500 32mb
Sound Blaster Live Platinum

running a 100 base T lan connected to DSL through a Cisco router..

<EDIT> oh, and a 17" FPD that works absolutley *GREAT* for 3d gaming. If you don't believe me, i can show ya screenshots .. and it's made by gateway, too.. one of the best flat panels i've used..<END EDIT>

The server runs well with 5 zoneservers running, and the only time i have encountered lag is when i cast Innoruuk's Wrath in hateplane about 100 times in a row. Seems to work well running on a LAN as well, with 2 people connected. Going to test out how the server runs with 8 people playing on a 100 base T network this weekend!

-j

[Bently]

I completely agree with t3mp14rX. Not a chance in hell that your processor fan will fall off to the degree that they depicted in that AVI. The new Athlon XP models offer lower power consumption (Less heat buildup) and do have some form of thermal protection. Supposedly the one in the AVI failed and hence the CPU failed to shutdown.

Only bad thing I did to a poor unfortunate AMD chip was I crushed the die while putting on a heavy duty fan and heatsink (Thermoengine, you know, the ones that are like a cheese grater on the bottom and have parafin wax through the centre to aid with cooling...).

What people fail to realise is that now that AMD and Intel have stopped producing CPUs based on the same architecture, CPU speed does not give a fair comparison. AMD proved this with their Ahlon XP model. The XP 1800+ runs at 1.53GHz yet performs at, if not above the level of a Pentium 4 1.8Ghz.

However, those that are Intel fans, keep your eyes on the new Pentium III Tualatin as it performs great, and the updated Pentium 4 Core (Northwood) drastically improves their performance.

Multi Processors = Go Intel! (AMD MP's suck donkey's balls)
Single Processors = Go AMD!

Bently

[AcydRx]

Main P-C:>
Athlon Thunderbird 1.1
768MB RAM
2 80GB Maxtor drives (5400rpm.. ew)
19" Viewsonic Monitor
Guillemot GF2 Ultra 64MB
( cost a pretty penny, and isn't that great now)
SB Audigy
Sony Home Theatre Surround Sound System (mm. DTS)
12x8x32 CD-R/RW
3Com 10/100NIC
Windows ME (bah.)

Server 1:
Celery 466
512MB RAM
2 8GB Hard drives
32xCD-ROM woot!
SB Live! Value
15" Monitor
Geforce 2 MX 32MB
Redhat 7.1

Server 2:
K6-2/500
640MB RAM
8gb HD
24x CD-ROM
GeForce 2 MX 32MB
15" Monitor
Windows XP Pro (bah.)

[AcydRx]

Uhh, if anyone wants to donate working computers capable of running EQEmu (at least 5 zone servers) I'm willing to accept them.. just get with me (via private messages or IRC) to work out the details. lol

/sit
/camp

[Shawn319]

Unstuck thread. if it dies it dies ;\