Tasque

There really should be an official SI Games FM benchmark.

muncherdave

26mins just to get to the 21st july, the tests too long for us poor people with the likes of just a 2.2GHz processor, aborted :p

scaffscazz

i know i have 4 gigs of ram but how do i find out what type it is

T-Bag

erm where is this option to set it to "maximum detail" ?

I ran it on my old A64 which is overclocked to 2.2hghz (can't remember what the default speed is) 2 gig of ram and it took:

8 minutes.

I presume i've done something wrong looking at the other times but I can't find this option for maximum detail.

chuzcredit

Well I thought McDoul was full of it too until I tried it on mine, though now I'm convinced I missed something...
Intel Core2Duo, 2.4ghz
4gb RAM, I think 667 (note 32 bit vista limits to 3200mb ram)
Vista 32
400gb western digital hdd

3mins, 37secs
I also noted that cpu1 stayed around 60% and occasionally spiked to 75% and cpu2 stayed around 45%. RAM usage was about 40% if it means anything to ppl

chuzcredit

Hoooooooly mother of god. Forgot the maximum detail rubbish and boy did that make a difference! Got sick of it 20mins in and I was barely into August

dane0

2 ghz Intel Core2Duo
1 GB DDR RAM
5200 RPM harddrive
Mac OSX

5 mins 04 secs.


I was surprised my computer did so well with only 1 GB RAM...

bridport_james

I'm no computer wizard - but don't background tasks and things running in the background such as an Anti-Virus Program or MSN slow the process down?

To speed my game up I cancel all these processes on the Task Manager... Does it really make a difference - or is it my imagination!

The Gaffovski

No, you are right. Testing this is a good idea, but it needs a little more work to come up with a definitive benchmark one for everyone (if that is even possible).