Share your Hardware Specs :-)

[anandrkris]

Hi Guys -

Thought it would be really interesting to see what rigs people have on their gaming machine(s). It will be great if Mint members could share their hardware specs (key components - processor + graphics card) + performance (FPS) to others in Mint family.

I am sure there are some people here who constantly upgrade to newer gear and can deservedly brag about!

Well, personally, i can not boast much of my hardware. I have modest specs of i5, 4GB RAM and 1gb Nvidia Graphics card 540M on my Dell inspirion laptop. TFS runs just fine. I just got started into gaming, you see!.

P.S. You're welcome to share game acessories info as well.

[Linthdk]

Dell XPS 8300
i3-2100 @ 3,10 GHz
8 gigs of ram
GeForce GTX 580 1,5gb

Next upgrade is a SSD. Feels like thats the last thing team fortress 2 needs to run perfectly. Well it runs just fine, but load times can get abit excessive.

[homerscousin]

I just wish I could find one game I was really interested in - a Linux game. I'm really not a gamer. My favorite was the Myst series on Windows. Shooting type games are no interest. I do have Amnesia. Haven't installed that. I just downloaded FlightGear 2.10, all the source code. Haven't tried installing that. I'm waiting on a few you-tube videos to check the graphics quality. So far,I'm not impressed enough to even think about installing.

I have run the Xonotic game as a Phoronix Test Suite benchmark. I got 27 fps at 1920 x 1080 at ultimate settings.

[SlipperySausage]

Dell XPS 8300
i3-2100 @ 3,10 GHz
8 gigs of ram
GeForce GTX 580 1,5gb

Next upgrade is a SSD. Feels like thats the last thing team fortress 2 needs to run perfectly. Well it runs just fine, but load times can get abit excessive.

Yeah I find the source engine games lag when calling audio files first starting the game. My SSD solved that issue though.

I'm running:
i5 Ivy Bridge 5570k overclocked to 4.7ghz (no turbo)
1 x 120gb OCZ Vertex 2 SSD
2 x AMD 6850 - (which are now running as good as Windows since today's AMD 13.3 beta driver)
8gb DDR3 at 2133
With some extra storage.

[BrowserXL]

You can find my hardwarestats here: http://www.xfire.com/users/browserxl

Cheers XL

[homerscousin]

Hey, BrowserXL. I clicked on your link , but not much comes up. The screenshots and videos pages work but not the individual screenshots and videos. Just says loading...at a new page. I don't know.

[catweazel]

GA-Z77-D3H motherboard
Intel i7 3770 CPU
16GB 2134MHz XMP RipJaws RAM
GA GTX 680 Super Overclock
Dual Samsung 840 Pro 128MB SATA III SSDs in RAID0
4TB Hardware RAID10 (4 disks + hot spare)
Ducky mechanical keyboard
Microsoft Sidewinder mouse
Dual 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 SATA II SSDs in RAID0
Dual Acer X243H 24" LCD monitors
Thermaltake v02000

[Jamesc359]

AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3100+ @ 1.8Ghz
2 x Corsair 512MB DDR400
NVidia GT240 512MB GDDR5
Compaq LCD (1024x768)
100GB Seagate PATA
500GB Seagate SATA
Antec NEO ECO 400C
An old HP USB mouse
An even older Microsoft PS2 keyboard

Well it plays Half Life.

[igor83]

Thinkpad R60 laptop
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83 ghz (I think?)
2 gigs of ram
60 gig 5400 rpm hard drive
Linux Mint Nadia KDE
Linux Kernel 3.8.4

The above is overpowered for a gaming rig. I play online chess and Dungeon Crawl (Tiles Version). The only drawback is the laptop's keyboard. The directional arrows lack properly placed diagonal keys, so it is necessary to press Y for left-up and U for right-up. I'm considering buying a USB numpad from Ebay.

I prefer turn-based games because there is a strong possibility of interruptions in my life; I can't allow myself to be 'consumed' by anything on the computer. Pause keys just don't cut it. Even with online chess, I often lose games due to outside influences, so I prefer chess games with very long time controls.

[bigj231]

Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83 ghz (I think?)
2 gigs of ram
60 gig 5400 rpm hard drive
The above is overpowered for a gaming rig.

Overpowered? Maybe by 2002 standards.
Have you checked out Battle for Wesnoth? It's in the repos and is the only turn-based game I regularly play. http://www.wesnoth.org

My systems. The laptop barely runs TF2 (~15 FPS), the desktop runs everything I play at 1440x900, and maxes most of it.

[JacobStar9104]

Athlon ii x4 640 (Overclocked to 4.0Ghz)
2GB DDR3 Ram
Galaxy GT 640 1GB (Overclocked to 950Mhz)
40GB Sata (OS)
300GB Sata (For junk and games)
Gigabyte 760g-s2p motherboard
Kentek 450W PSU

All together was just a little over $200 and it can run BF3 no problem.

[igor83]

Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83 ghz (I think?)
2 gigs of ram
60 gig 5400 rpm hard drive
The above is overpowered for a gaming rig.

Overpowered? Maybe by 2002 standards.

I was tongue-in-cheek there, but I do feel that less can be more. Satisfaction is in the head of the gamer, depending upon what one thinks one's "needs" are. When I was thirteen, I played all weekend long on an Atari connected to a little color television set with something like 320x240 resolution, playing Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Tank Wars. I never thought these games were tired, dull, or in any way inadequate. So I think that by adjusting expectations, an old computer can be just as much fun as a more expensive one. To me, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is the best game in the world right now. Its hardware requirements are modest, and I have never felt it was too slow in any way. I can play it on any computer, although I have been frustrated by my laptop's lack of a number pad.

If one goes low tech as a gamer, the advantages are many, not least of which is that almost everything costs peanuts.

Have you checked out Battle for Wesnoth? It's in the repos and is the only turn-based game I regularly play. http://www.wesnoth.org

Thanks for the tip. I will try it once I get my desktop back in order.

[edalbkrad]

whats the system requirements for wesnoth? will it run on a netbook?
it reminds me of heroes might and magic

[dagon]

whats the system requirements for wesnoth? will it run on a netbook?
it reminds me of heroes might and magic

It will most likely run just fine on a netbook.
"netbook" search on wesnoth forum.

[igor83]

whats the system requirements for wesnoth? will it run on a netbook?
it reminds me of heroes might and magic

I'm running Wesnoth 1.10 just fine on an 25 watt AMD E350, so that should give you some idea.
It's a great game and very difficult indeed for a novice, but I suppose that's the charm.
I tried installing the beta version of Wesnoth, but it aborted when I tried to run it, so I resorted to the stable version.

[rkmugen]

I'm gonna make you all laugh at this, but my "gaming" Linux machine is my laptop from 2004/2005 (bought in early 2006).

http://www.ehow.com/info_8110984_compaq-presario-v2000-specs.html

The only thing I upgraded was the RAM from an "obsolete" 512MB to a "rudimentary" 2GB (its maximum).

Despite its archaic specs, I manage to play mostly emulated arcade games on it via MAME and "Mahjongg". But apart from those, I haven't really managed to successfully play any of my 2000/2002-era Windows games via WINE or PlayOnLinux. I *know* that this machine is capable of playing them alright when they were run from within Windows, but I got hit by the fact that MESA 9.x, OpenGL, and my Intel 855GM chipset don't jive well together, so I already know to expect that I won't be able to run them at all until somebody can convince the MESA guys to continue to support this lowliest of Intel integrated graphics chipsets.

[Acid_1]

Hmm..

Year: 2009
Brand: Sager NP2096

2.66Ghz Dual Core Intel Centrino
4Gb Ram
nVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT w/512MB

Running Mint 14 + Cinnamon and custom kernel 3.9.0RC7.

Have no problem playing HL2 at 1680x1050 with everything turned on.

[Wouter_db]

I'm traveling around a lot, so my Asus Eeepc R051BX Netbook works beautifully. I bought it for a meager 249 Euro's when the Netbook times where ending. Then molested and shrunk that useless Win7, installed WinXP-lite and LM XFCE 14. It's my e-book reader, multimedia system, office, game station and science platform all in one.

As for gaming, I'm a sucker for old school stuff from the good times.
-Fallout 1 & 2 High res modded
-Pontifex 2
-Worms Armageddon
-Dungeon Keeper 1 + KeeperFX TC (almost the max I can handle).
-Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe
-Dosbox with Volfied, Das boot, Wolvenstein 3D, ROTT, Doom 1/2, Pizzaworm, TIM, Worms 1.

Running on ~1000mhz, 1 Gb ram
-Display- : AMD Radeon HD 6290 Graphics
Swiftpoint M300 mouse for gaming.

[Acid_1]

Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83 ghz (I think?)
2 gigs of ram
60 gig 5400 rpm hard drive
The above is overpowered for a gaming rig.

Overpowered? Maybe by 2002 standards.
Have you checked out Battle for Wesnoth? It's in the repos and is the only turn-based game I regularly play. http://www.wesnoth.org

My systems. The laptop barely runs TF2 (~15 FPS), the desktop runs everything I play at 1440x900, and maxes most of it.

Thanks for posting that. My wife loves the game and I think it's pretty fun too.

[bigj231]

Wesnoth is a good game, but the completely random nature causes too much rage and save scumming for me. Especially when I lose 2 high level units with good defense (in the same turn with mostly full health) to 4 level 1 units with single digit combined HP.

Anyway, sorry to derail the thread and back on topic.
Desktop: (sadly no Mint since the motherboard died a year and a half ago)
Intel C2Q 6700 @ 2.97 GHz (It's starting to get old and isn't stable at 3 GHz anymore, even with temps below 50C)
12 GB DDR3-1333
640GB WD caviar black
2TB WD caviar green
ATI Radeon HD6850 (XFX DD 1GB)
https://sites.google.com/site/bigj231/about-me/my-systems