It used to be the case that AMDs were better for gaming, comparing Athlons to P4s. But it's all changed now.

My pc (boola in the charts) does super pi 1M in 11sec. My P4 3.2 extreme used to do it in 36, so for raw number crunching power my new computer is 3x faster and lfs is completely cpu bound in that benchmark.

Try a super pi and see what time you get... The numbers in the lfsbench look fairly believable to me.

ftp://pi.super-computing.org/windows/super_pi.zip

Last edited by southamptonfc, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 12:08.

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About 1280 res, my monitor actually doesn't even support it

southamptonfc, what's your cooling system by the way? 4.275 is pretty nice o/c for this cpu.

I've had it higher than that but I can't make it stable without danger levels of heat or vcore so 4.13 is what I run at 100% stable.

I have a thermalrite ultra120 extreme with a nice big case with lots of fans.

CasseBent, there's always someone faster I am top for the moment!

I think res should be increased to 1280x1024, it would make it a more relevant benchmark imo.

:tombstone

I think the runoff is a good idea and just like it would be on a normal circuit.

I think you should only get punished if you use it consistently or maybe more than once in case it was a genuine lockup or coming together which resulted in you going off. Otherwise people will be forced to drive back onto the track and turnaround which will cause trouble.

0-60 in 7.2 ooooh exciting!

I used to have a corrado vr6 so nothing against vw's but I was kinda hoping for more exciting cars

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OK so i'm not the best looker or the hottest chick in town, but my girlfriend is *smug grin*.

Prove It!!

get a job and earn it like normal people

Only the things I like are worthwhile, everything else is pointless and stupid. People who like things I don't like are a$$holes.

I'm never going to be able to prove it to anyone so I suggest that you use a program like TAT to slow your cpu down and try it yourself. Can you be bothered to do that? I expect it's easier to dismiss what someone is saying as rubbish

ps it's a Sun monitor, don't know the model number, think it's a rebranded sony trinitron

100hz at those settings and I know what you're going to say, that I can only get max of 100fps well my friend has a 60hz lcd so there's more to it than that

I have an old school 21" CRT, I like the flexibility of CRTs, I play lfs in 1600x900

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Really, if you want the best PC to play LFS with at least 150fps, what type of computer would someone have to buy to run Crysis ?

Even a laptop from last year can be used to play LFS very well.

My computer runs crysis pretty well but it's a different type of game, you don't need to find 100ths of a second

I agree a laptop from last year can play lfs very well. I'm just saying that I go quicker with 150fps compared to 100fps.

To get 150 fps you only need a 2.5ghz core + a semi decent graphics card I would think, how much graphics card you need depends on how much AA and AF you want and not much else.

I don't like playing with less than 150fps. People wont believe me but I promise that I set faster laptimes at 150fps than 100.

I have tested this, I was instantly ~.5sec a lap quicker when I played at my friends house with exactly the same wheel.

So I would recommend getting the best system you can. Oh and DON'T buy a DELL unless you never want to upgrade it.

Intel 8400 - overclock it if you can
ATI graphics card - they are faster than nvidias in lfs
fast and reliable internet connection

I have

[email protected] ghz
geforce 9800gtx
2gig ram

and I get a solid 340fps with max detail and 16xaf 8xaa

The chicane and final corner are the main areas to work on.

2 things.

Normally lower tryre pressure means the rubber flexes more easily and so generates more heat.

However, IF higher tyre pressures give less grip, they will slide more and generate more heat.

So who knows??

If someone is doing impossible gear changes everytime and it's easy to spot in replays, they will include a fix for it in the next release.

Last edited by southamptonfc, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 07:31.

don't believe everything you read but fair enough if it's pci, he needs agp and he knows that

I'm sure they never made them in pci, only pcie

ooops, forgot they did those in pcie...

I had a geforce 5500, ati 9800 pro and x800 xl agp cards. Trust me, the x800 is soooooooooo much faster than the 5500, when using AA+AF, 10X faster is not out of the question.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sapphire ... p;_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

Ati cards are a lot quicker in lfs. That 5500 is bad card, this one is probably 10X faster:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RADEON-X ... p;_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

Building a pc would be the way to go. I don't know if it's in your budget but with a 4ghz e8500 and a 9800gtx I get over 300fps Very playable!

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Lol

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