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recommendation for second PC specs for game engine

Discussion in 'Forum and Website' started by abs, Jan 5, 2016.

  1. abs

    abs Active Member Gold Contributor

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    Hello,

    will multicore be beneficial for the game engine on a second pc on network?
    or just a dual core is enough and no difference is seen if more cores?

    thanks
    abs, Jan 5, 2016
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  2. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    SimTools uses few system resources, so it won't matter what you use to run it on.

    For simplicity sake most just run SimTools on the machine that runs the game, SimTools does not use enough system resources to be any sort of performance issue.
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    noorbeast, Jan 5, 2016
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  3. abs

    abs Active Member Gold Contributor

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    Hello Noorbeast, you might be right in many cases but according to what i have experimented that is not my case.

    I improved the game play and motion tremendesly by running a laptop for the game engine.

    My first PC is an old am2 + amd computer . I run 3x 27 inches screens. I use simvibe + extenal usb sound card. the usb sound card takes a lot of ressources as it is USB . I use z1 dashboard software and periferials. I can tell you depending what you run that motion slows down noticebly . Over the years i became very picky about motion quality ...

    i experience once in a while a slow down of my snc5 (3x) even if i use a laptop (also old) for the game engine. It could be that the cpu gets too hot . I have another system laying around (dual core) . I could buy a quad core cpu in ebay eventually to use it if it is worth it ...
    does the game engine run faster and better on a x4 system?
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  4. noorbeast

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    I guess it may depend on your definitions relative to hardware, but in my view the system load is minimal, and does not alter that much even when running a game.

    resources.jpg

    resources2.jpg
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    noorbeast, Jan 6, 2016
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  5. Kiki17027

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    Gut zu wissen.Nutze zur Zeit Simtools auch nur auf einen PC. Bin aber am überlegen ob ich meinen alten Athlon64 rauskrame. Sollte ja für Simtools reichen. Oder?
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    Kiki17027, Mar 11, 2016
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    Hello @Kiki17027 You are of course welcome to post in your own language but please also post in English as that is the language of the general forum. A handy tool to use is Google Translate


    Hallo @ Kiki17027 Sie sind natürlich willkommen in Ihrer eigenen Sprache zu schreiben , aber bitte posten auch in Englisch als , dass die Sprache der allgemeinen Forum ist . Ein handliches Werkzeug zu verwenden, ist Google Translate
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  7. Kiki17027

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    Ok. I will try my best. :)
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    Kiki17027, Mar 11, 2016
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