Howdy all, Sullivan (AUS) here. Many will know me as captain of the high pings from the Galt and Lazy Dog servers, many won't.

Someone who wanted to get into Nexuiz was asking what top-of-the-line gear I was running to be able to play as well as I do (not that I play all that well, but I manage to get myself to the top of the list now and then).

They were surprised to know that most of my setup is made from bottom-of-the-line recycled goods.

So I thought I would ask everyone else the question, what's under your hood?

For me:

Processor: 2.4ghz Celeron, 128 L2 Cache.
Ram: 1G DDR400 (@333) Value Select (pulled from recycled computers)
Video Card: GeForce FX5500
Hard Drive: Old IDE 80GB Seagate
Keyboard: Acer Chicony (recycled)
Mouse: Dell (recycled)
Network: Onboard
Sound: Onboard, runs to a set of old Nicole speakers (recycled)
*I actually bought some Sony headphones yesterday, so I can now hear when people (I'm looking at you Lixivial) are sneaking up behind me.
Monitor: 17inch @ 600x800 (for game only)
OS: Windows XP (highly optimized)
Connection: 1.5mb/256kb

The only thing good about my setup is my router which is a WNR834B, which I won in a competition (for being APC Magazines geek of the month this last February).

So anyways, what are you all running?

Hi there Sullivan .

My configuration:

Processor: 2900+ AMD Sempron
Ram: 512 Mb
Video Card: crappy ATI 9250 series
Keyboard: Logitech Y-SU61
Mouse: a rather unpredictable Dell mouse
Network: 3Com EtherLink something
Sound: Onboard
Monitor: 17" Samsung LCD
Connection: 512 / 256

Hmm. Maybe I'm a little spoiled

AMD Athlon X2 4200
2GB RAM @ 400mhz (mixed brands)
nVidia 6600 GTX PCI-E
120GB SATA II (WD)
And varying distros from Slackware to Kubuntu and PCLinuxOS.
Keyboard: Happy Hacking Lite 2 (I LOVE this keyboard!)
Mouse: Cheap Logitech optical
19" Viewsonic VP-920b
Sound: Onboard
Net: 15mbit down / 2mbit up (but the connection drops all the time )

Processor: Dual-core 3.2GHz Pentium 4 (Prescott, aka the PresHOT due to thermal issues ), latest microcode
Ram: 4GB DDR2 (non-EDAC, 667Mhz, 5-5-15)
MOBO: GA-P35-DS3R (rev.2), latest stable BIOS
Video Card: 256MB GeForce 7900 GTO (modded to near-GTX timings)
Hard Drive: Two Western Digital Raptors (WD740GD) in AHCI (slash and home) and two Seagate Cheetahs (15K.3 ST318453LC 18GB) on an Adaptec 29160N (yes, running at 180, since I can't justify the $200+ for a 320 controller) (for /tmp, /var/tmp - rbind on one drive - and audio projects on the other)
Keyboard: PS/2 MS Natural. Everything else *sucks*.
Mouse: PS/2 MS Optical Wheel Mouse. Gaming mice are for wussies.
Network card: D-Link something or other (8139too)
Sound: Audigy 2 ZS
Monitor: 19" ViewSonic CRT (A91f+) - 19" (18" viewable)
OS: back to Archlinux, custom RT kernel (2.6.24-rc2-rt1-dp01)
Connection: 10Mb down / 1Mb up cable modem behind a DD-WRT modded router.

For more see this thread: http://forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.ph ... light=Dave

yeah and welcome to the forums

Core 2 Duo E6300
2GB DDR2
Intel 965 graphics (YOU think Nexuiz is slow...)
1x 320GB SATA for /boot and /backup
4x 200GB SATA, RAID5 for /home /var and /usr
FC6 Linux
M2 ATX 160W 12V power supply
Queenserver RM414B case, biggest pile of crap ever, hence all the aluminium bar and custom fan bracket in there.

Nice cabling job Taiyo.uk

Intel Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS 256MB
2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 RAM
EVGA 122-CK-NF67-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI Motherboard
2 x Western Digital 36.7 GB Harddrives
2 x Western Digital 250 GB Caviar SE (SATA)
2 x Western Digital 320 GB Caviar SE (IDE)
4 x Samsung Spinpoint T series 500GB in a RAID5 on a HighPoint RocketRAID 2300 PCI Express SATA II Controller Card (Total 1.36TB)

Made sure everything is ready for upgrades:
SLi Ready, Quadcore Ready and the board supports up to 8GB of RAM

AMD Athlon XP 2100+ 1.7 GHz
1024 MB DDR 400 RAM
Gigabyte ATI Radeon 9000 PRO 128 MB (Love this card despite it's age)
Used to have X1650 PRO but ATI closed source Linux drivers are horrible.
On board AC97 audio for Linux
SB X-Fi ExtremeMusic for Windows
13.0 GB Fujitsu HD w. Ubuntu Linux 7.10 RC (Need bigger HD!!)
100 GB Segate HD w. Windows XP Home Edition SP2
5.0 MB/364 KB on cable modem

All in all, this rig runs Nexuiz surprisingly well. Major overhaul coming up for full Linux compatibility and ditching Windows completely.

Intel Core2Quad Q6600 @ 3.0 Ghz (only when needed, otherwise stock 2.4 Ghz)
on Gigabyte P35-DQ6
with 4 GB DDR2 400Mhz RAM,
a GF 8800GTS 320 MB,
a SB Audigy 4,
and 2x 500 GB WD RE2.

Running Win XP 32 bit and 64 bit (Dual boot).

Connected to Internet by University (which is good and bad at the same time, good because of bandwith, bad because of packetloss and downtimes)

System cooled by water and some additional fans for motherboard heatpipe.

For gaming I use a default keyboard from 1999, a MX518 and a Speedlink Medusa 5.1 Headset. Using two mousepads (Steelpad QcK and QcK+).

Ah well, to fill up the forum with more useless content, here's my PC specs

AMD Athlon64 Venice core at stock 1.8GHz, scythe ncu-3000 monster heatpipe.
Gigabyte K8NF-9 motherboard. Chipset runs pretty hot.
3GB DDR-400 RAM (2x512MB + 2x1GB)
Gigabyte GF 6600 non-GT 256MB PCE-E 16x heatpipe, no fan.
1 120GB Seagate 7200.7 P-ATA suspended with rubber bands
1 320GB Seagate 7200.9 S-ATA mounted on acoustic foam
Nec 3540A optical drive
Antec SLK3000 case lined with acoustic foam, Seasonic S12 430W PSU
Air cooled by three (including PSU fan) 120mm case fans (cpu idle/load temp 28/33C),
The only audible noise in the system is made by the ESI Juli@ sound card
Logitech flat keyboard, prefer the action and lack of height compared to the Keytronics KT-2000 I used previously.
Copperhead, mousepad is a hard plastic-on-neoprene thingy that's at least 10 years old.
LG L2000C 20" LCD 1600x1200 (S-IPS, proper 8 bit, 8ms)
17" ADI 5GT 1600x1200 CRT from '98 with dying electronics. Still hooked up, but not used anymore.
DSL 8/1 Mbit/s connection. Ping was very low until they replaced the modems in the switching station a couple of months ago.
Linux (ubuntu edgy + custom...)
No printer!

In response to all the power rigs, might I say that my lightweight laptop...

2 GBs DDRII RAM
Core Duo (1.6 ghz)
Windows XP Media Center (HEAVILY optimized and meticulously maintained.)
Intel Integrated 950 Chipset (256 megs shared video RAM)

...actually runs the newest edition of Nexuiz very comfortably on default settings. The previous release sucked - I usually had about 15 FPS with EVERYTHING turned off - but this new one is speedy and runs great.

We have similar setups green marine.

Q6600 OC'd to 3.0Ghz
Gigabyte P35 DS3R
2GB DDR2
8800GTS 320MB
X-Fi Platinum

running Vista Ultimate 64 / openSUSE 10.3 64

AMD Athlon64 3000+
1 GB RAM
GeForce 6800 GT
Soundblaster Live! 5.1
Dual Monitor Setup
Win XP Pro & Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

CPU: AMD Sempron 64 3400+ (Stock: 2,0GHz, Over Clocked: 2,38GHz)
Mainboard: EPoX EP-8NPA SLi
Soundcard: Soundblaster Live! 24-bit
RAM: 1GB 300MHz
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 206BW (20", 1680x1050 native resolution, widescreen, 2ms response time, DVI connection between the PC)
Video Card: 2x NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT, SLI linked together. (AFR) 128MB VRAM
PSU: 500 Watt Nexus, SLI-Ready
Harddisks: Both are seagate. One is 80GB which I use for the root filesystem, and the other one is 120GB which I use for the /home folder. Pretty handy in case I really screw up the system, where I only need to format the root fs and keep all of my old settings, documents, downloads, map projects and other files in /home and they are usable right after the first boot.
Case cooler: *Erhm* I've detatched the 120mm case cooler from the back of the case and *Cough* just loosely put it next to the two *Ahem* passively cooled video cards. (Which now idle at 55 degrees instead of 70 like they used to.
Case: Antec Sonata II which I've painted some ugly flames on. Oh and by the way, I have no case door attached to the case, because I wanted the hot air from the GPU to blow right out of the case and this seems to work pretty well. (It's just my room getting close to 30 degrees hot after for example cl_capturing a video with full effects.)
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse keyboard (Illuminated)
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Mousepad: Unknown brand, low friction teflon mousepad. Pretty huge surface
Operating system: Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (2 days till it's not beta anymore!)


The 4 last properties, and of course the monitor, those are the only things I'm happy with in this... umm... *Thinks for another hour to find something offensive to say... ... rubbish bin! Yeah!

It shouldn't take too long until I have yet another new PC and this thing will be working as a server for some random crap... :>

Frag ya' later! ^^

CPU: AMD XP2100
Mainboard:PChips K7 M848A
Soundcard: On-board
RAM: 512Mb
HDD: 2 x 80Gb drives, 1 Seagate, 1 Maxtor. Dunno models offhand.
Monitor: Proview 17" TFT monitor 8ms response time
Video Card: NVidia GeForce 6200 128MB VRAM
PSU: 500 Watt Nexus, SLI-Ready

So, essentially, I am entirely steam-driven and I STILL kick bottom

I have an Intel iMac, which is:

CPU: 2GHz Intel Core Duo
RAM: 2GB
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1600 w/ 256MB
I usually go with the Low quality settings and get about 100 fps. On many maps, I can get away with Medium quality, but don't want to have to switch back and forth when a new map loads.

I'm using a 5 button mouse and a standard keyboard. My mouse driver is called SteerMouse. If you have a Mac, you need something like this to give you the best control over mouse settings.

I feel like I could use more mouse buttons, so I'm checking on 72 button mices. Well, maybe less than 72, but I need a lot.

Motherboard: Intel DP965LT
CPU: Intel Core 2 DUO E6600
RAM: 2 GB dual channel
Video Card: PNY NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 160GB 7200 RPM SATA
Case: Asus Vento 3600
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse II
Mouse: Cheap Dynex 5 button mouse
Display: 19" Westinghouse widescreen (1440x900)
Accessories: Thermaltake Xray

My main rig's configuration at the uni can be found here http://www.forums.alientrap.local/viewtopi ... =7942#7942

Only change that I've thrown out the 10GB disk (into "lair" ), and now I only have one disk, and I have debian only.

I have an other little pc too at home, but I don't know the exact config of it, but some info can be found about it in the performance section here.