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Sr. Guapo
Swordmaster
USA
272 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 21 2004 : 9:06:33 PM
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I was thinking you would have specific textboxes. Maybe that way a person could search the database for everyone with, say, a Radeon 9200 card, rather than searching through several huge textboxes...
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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2004 : 08:35:26 AM
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| well, what should there be for hardware text boxes? |
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
617 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2004 : 10:36:50 AM
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- CPU
- RAM memory (size, speed, type)
- Video Card
- Operating System (VERY important)
just some basic ones  |
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Sr. Guapo
Swordmaster
USA
272 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2004 : 1:42:38 PM
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Yes, definately CPU (type, speed), RAM (type, amount), Video card (type, memory, speed), OS (since it is a VB site, you can probably get away with only listing the Windows ones) .
Also it may be nice to have "sound card" and "Internet Connection" (Dial up, DSL, cable).
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Edited by - Sr. Guapo on Jun 22 2004 1:50:16 PM |
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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2004 : 9:43:59 PM
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CPU, Ram, video card, os, that's all the obvious things, here is the list that I've come up with so far, any additions are welcome.
- cpu
- ram
- video
- os
- compilers
- soundcard
- networkaccess
- lan
- directxversion
- openglversion
- NETframeworkversion
- joystick
- multiplemonitors
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messix
Squire
Australia
19 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2004 : 11:41:11 PM
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Might be a bit extreme but maybe the service pack that the OS is on - just incase you're making a call to a system API that fails in either early/late versions of the service packs...
Might also be good to know if it's a lappy or a desktop.
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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 08:17:06 AM
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the service pack would fit in the OS category, Windows 2000 SP4, WIN XP SP1, etc.
Other than the shape of the computer, what difference does it make if it's a laptop or desktop? I'm sure you had something in mind when you wrote that, but it's early in the morning for me as I write this, and my brain isn't working yet. I need some coffee.  |
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ballistik
Moderator
72 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 09:04:06 AM
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| This sounds great to me. One question though... and maybe I'm just brain-farting here, what would the networkaccess field entail? Because you also have a LAN field, don't they coincide? Or were you thinking something different? |
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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 09:11:05 AM
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| I should probably rename it to "internet connection speed," but when I named it "network access" I was thinking more along the lines of ADSL, SDSL, Cable, Dial up, Satelite, MMDS, ISDN, etc. |
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ballistik
Moderator
72 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 10:37:56 AM
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| Ah ok, that makes sense then. |
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Lachlan87
Moderator
USA
160 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 11:47:24 AM
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Might want to add one for speakers (2, 2.1, 4, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1). I know not many people make 3D games, but for the few who do, they might want to be able to get testers for their surround sound functions.
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Edited by - Lachlan87 on Jun 23 2004 11:52:47 AM |
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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 1:27:32 PM
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I wouldn't know what to do with hard disk speed numbers. Even a slow hard drive is still pretty fast these days.
I thought about the sound card stuff, but considering that you're extremely lucky to get any sound at all in a VB game, advanced surround sound programming in VB might be a fantasy, although I guess I'll add it just to be complete. |
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
617 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 1:32:59 PM
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Hard disk speed, along with type, might be useful. Like everyone here knows that a 5000 RPM IDE hard drive is a lot slower than a 10000 RPM SATA one. For example, take a game that uses a really big save file. It may not be a problem in a new (fast) drive, something like 5 seconds for example. But a slow (old) one would maybe take 15-30 seconds to save, who knows? It may be useful.
(also I want to add how virtual memory slows down disk access, I used to play a game where it would take 30-60 seconds to save the game; with 4 times the RAM and 4 times the Video RAM it takes 2 seconds only to save. Remembering: VRAM Full-> Textures go to RAM; RAM full due to textures -> data go to virtual memory. We know that textures using system memory and data using virtual memory is not quite fast) |
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ballistik
Moderator
72 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 3:55:01 PM
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| hehe, my computer is so old I can't remember how fast my hard drive is anymore lol... I think it's at least 5400 though... hmmm... |
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
617 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2004 : 4:04:03 PM
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| I think mine is an IDE 7200 RPM... |
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