Specs for a computer

[fixcrash]

i am getting a new computer due to my old one dieing at the hands of ryzom,

just wanting to know whether u diehard computer guy think that this will be able to run ryzom without any problems:

Processor: AMD64 Athlon X2 4600+ 1Mb cache AM2
Memory: 2.0GB DDR2 533mhz (2 x 1GB)
Hard Disk Drive: 300GB S-ATA2 3.0Gb/s 8MB buffer
Optical Drive: 18x Double-Layer DVD+/-RW
Graphics card: NVidia GeForce 7600GT PCI-E 256MB DDR3 TV/DVI
Operating System: Genuine Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2
Sound Card: Onboard Sound

if it is flawed could u tell me which component needs 2 be changed and recommend something that wont break the bank.

[katriell]

Heh! That is better than mine in most aspects.

[fixcrash]

lol, well my last one was mince, barely ran the game on lowest settings, and over time crashed more and more eventually to i logged in got 2 mins of gaming and it crashed.
i got to watch ryzom kill a computer over a period of 2 years lol was fun.

so finaly got a job n decided to get a new computer with first couple of pay checks

so u think that'll run it fine

PS guess who my main character is
(this account was created to post on forums due to me canceling other account due to the game being unplayable)

[totnkopf]

it'll run just fine. Thats about what I'm running and I'm not having any problems

[acridiel]

Wham! That one´s gonna rock!
Yeah, it´ll run smoooooothely

Have Fun.

Acridiel

[geezas]

Maybe a faster hard drive, I don't know what is bank breaking for you tho. a faster drive lets ryzom boot and load zones faster.

edit, it will run smooth with the specs you posted tho

[jamela]

Sound Card: Onboard Sound

My own rig is 5 years old so I don't imagine yours will have any difficulty. However, I have had trouble possibly related to sound card drivers. I suspect that whatever mainboard you get will now cope perfectly well, but if you do experience problems then a sound card may be something that you should consider adding to your system.

[pahya]

If you can, slurg for a better sound card. On boards can sometimes sap your resources with their crappiness, specially with a game as sound intensive as Ryzom.

Other than you're a lucky dog and you have my sad sad little PC beat by a long shot. By boyfriend still plays a 512mb RAM system, heh.

[dakhound]

I would have said 4gb ram

but seeing as it will work pretty perfectly I wont

[praha]

I would have said 4gb ram

but seeing as it will work pretty perfectly I wont

Windows XP will only use 2 Gb of RAM. Assuming you aren't going to upgrade to Vista (jan 31st) or run Ryzom on Linux OS, I would get 2 Gb of RAM while making sure to max out each slot. I have had no interaction with Vista so I have no clue as to it's memory usage as an OS or if Microsoft has better utilized memory management (XP memory management is still flawed but way way better than Windows 98 and hogs more mem than 2k does). That way you can max the RAM slots at a later time if you plan to get 2-3 yrs out of this mobo/cpu combo.

Onboard sound would be a major no no IMO. Typically poor driver support in my experience. But you can always get a soundcard later if you want.