do I need to buld new system for trs 10?

[Relick]

I have read the specs in regards to trs10, but I am confused with video cards.

specs say nVidia 8600 or eqivalent. I can not find any one in New Zealand that sell's the 8600 card. Can someone give me any idea as to a good substitute video card.

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I am currently runnng an XP (sp3) system with 2Gb Ram, nVidia 8500GT Silent video card with 512Mb Ram, Pentium D "Prescott" 3.0Ghz cpu and this is above the minimum specs, but is painfully slow in running trs10 and the graphics are slow at time (like frame by frame). any advice on a new build or an upgrade to my exsisting system would be welcomed.



My system has passed every test point in the trains diag program. (see below)


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Test Results
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CPU Speed : ~3.00 GHZ : Passed
CPU supports SSE instructions : Passed
System Memory : 2047 MB : Passed
Hard Drive Space: 30.38 GB Free : Passed
OpenGL : Version 3.3 : Passed
DirectX : Version 9.0c or later : Passed
Desktop Mode : 32 bit colors : Passed
Card Type : GeForce 8500 GT/PCI/SSE2 : Passed
Video Driver's Age : Less than 1 month : Passed
AGP Memory : 502MB Free : Passed
Total Video Mem : 512MB : Passed
Stencil Buffer : 8 Bits : Passed
Multi-Texturing : 8 Textures : Passed
Texture Compression DXT : Passed
Texture Combiners : Passed
Vertex Shaders : Version 3.0 : Passed
Pixel Shaders : Version 3.0 : Passed
Bump Mapping : Passed
Spherical Environment Mapping : Passed
Cubic Environment Mapping : Passed
Vertex Buffers : Passed
NVIDIA driver compatibility : Passed
Monitor: No compatability problems detected : Passed

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Extra Details Return from Tests
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System Memory : 2047 MB : System Memory : 2047MB (1344MB free)
Hard Drive Space: 30.38 GB Free : Drive C:\ : Total 74.50 GB Free 30.38 GB
Drive H:\ : Total 186.31 GB Free 136.09 GB

OpenGL : Version 3.3 : OpenGL : Version : 3.3.0
Vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
Card : GeForce 8500 GT/PCI/SSE2
DirectX : Version 9.0c or later : Driver : nv4_disp.dll
Description : NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Product : (PRODUCT) Version : 14 SubVersion : 12 Build : 5896
Driver not WHQL signed
Desktop Mode : 32 bit colors : Desktop Mode : 1440x900 with 32 bit colors
Video Driver's Age : Less than 1 month : Contact your card manufacturer at www.nvidia.com for the latest drivers.
Card's driver date is Sat Jul 10 10:38:00 2010
File Version :6.14.12.5896
File Description :NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 258.96
Product Version :6.14.12.5896
Total Video Mem : 512MB : Total Video Mem : 512MB
Stencil Buffer : 8 Bits : OpenGL stencil bits : 8
DirectX stencil bits : 8
Multi-Texturing : 8 Textures : OpenGL texture count : 32
DirectX texture count : 8
Vertex Shaders : Version 3.0 : OpenGL vertex shader : Version 3.0
DirectX vertex shader : Version 3.0
Pixel Shaders : Version 3.0 : OpenGL pixel shader : Version 3.0
DirectX pixel shader : Version 3.0

 

[RRSignal]

I've been running an 8400GS with no problems. Comparable video cards to the 8600, pricewise, are the 210 and maybe the 220, which come in somewhere around $50, as well as the 9400 series.

But if you have the money you might want to consider upgrading your CPU to some kind of quad-core model, like the Q9550. You'll should get more mileage from a CPU upgrade than a video card one.

Of course, seeing as you have a Pentium-D, that may not be an option with the motherboard you are currently using, despite having the same socket type.

 

[SuperFudd]

Your CPU is single core, right? See if there is a way to get at least a dual core on that main board. If not, think about a new main board. TS2009 and TS2010 are alot less dependent on video cards and more on CPU than earlier Trainzs.
Meanwhile, limit your draw distances and try no shadows. Switch between Directx and OpenGL to see which is fastest on your system.
I see you have TS2009. How well does that work?

 

[gremlin1812]

G'Day, I found that using Otto's speed tree immobiliser helped my below spec PC handle TS10 reasonably well, I did not like the way they moved either. Who has ever seen a trees trunk move in an average wind?:hehe:
Regards
Barrie

 

[Relick]

Your CPU is single core, right?
I see you have TS2009. How well does that work?

Yes, curremt cpu is single core Hyper Threading.

TS09 was a bag of poop and I ditched it in favor of trs 06.

Looks like some hardware upgrade are sorely needed.

Thanks for your help.

 

[clam1952]

Yes, curremt cpu is single core Hyper Threading.

TS09 was a bag of poop and I ditched it in favor of trs 06.

Looks like some hardware upgrade are sorely needed.

Thanks for your help.

I was using a GT 8500 1GB which while not having wonderful frame rates was usable with 2010 but with a dual core 64bit processor and Win7 64bit , since upgraded the card to a GT240 and the improvement is vast.
Incidentally I added a fan to the 8500 as it was getting a bit too warm when running Trainz which was causing one or two odd things to happen, with the added cooling it was far more stable.

 

[Relick]

will this be any good

for running trs2010 EE?
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E7500 2.93Ghz 3M 1066Mhz LGA775
Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo G41 FSB1333 DDR2 / DDR3 VGA PCIEx16 SATA2 GbLAN mATX Engry Saver
Super Talent 2GB DDR2 800Mhz PC2-6400 CL6 240pin x2
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Prem 64bit
nVidia 8500Gt Silent 512Mb Ram

thanks

Ray