After using TRS 2010 for a good bit and being quite pleased with the graphics and level of realism, I'm considering looking at buying a new PC so this one can be rid of the effort of running it. It still runs fairly decently, but for some of the newer routes that are a bit more graphics-heavy than others, (except good ol' Clovis Sub, excellent framrates) such as the Trainz Italia payware Donner Pass route, I'm pretty sure I'd need a better PC. Anyone have some advice for the best PC for lowest price?
Best kind of hardware to run TRS 2010/2012 at good speed & no lag?
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. Time to teach extra classes so I can buy a V8 Cooler Master CPU cooler so I can overclock the CPU and a SSD for Trainz 12 only!Probably the best - and most economical - is a build-it-yourself Intel i5-2500k- or i5-3570k-based system with an nVidia 550Ti video card and 4Gb or more of memory. There are barebone kits at Tigerdirect that are based on this, which is what I used. You can go more expensive and get an i7, though I think you start seeing diminishing returns. All told, my current system came out to a little over $600, though I already had a copy of Windows XP-64 bit.
FYI, AMD isn't bad either, and you can usually get a kit for less than Intel, but get the fastest processor you can get.
FYI, AMD isn't bad either, and you can usually get a kit for less than Intel, but get the fastest processor you can get.