Just wondering, what are some of the forum member's computer specs?

[x002x]

For everyone, especially with running high detail routes and rolling stock.

 

[RRSignal]

Until about a week ago, a E2200 Core Duo with 1Gb (dual channel), nVidia 8400GS, Windows XP, which ran TS2010 just fine.

Now running a E8400 Core Duo with 4Gb (dual channel, /3Gb switch enabled), 8400GS, XP of course.

 

[JCitron]

For everyone, especially with running high detail routes and rolling stock.

My machine is about 3 months old, and I built it myself from parts I purchased at NewEgg. www.newegg.com

Motherboard: EVGA Classic Series P55 3-way SLI capable.
CPU: Intel i7 920 at 2.9GHZ
Video Card: EVGA 275/250 with 1.8GB RAM
Memory: 8GB expandable to 16GB
Hard Disk(s): 3 x Seagate 1TB SATA 7200 RPM drives not RAIDED.
Audio: Creative Labs Soudblaster XFi
Display: Samsung SyncMaster 226 - 21" LCD.
Case: Corsair 800D with 2 Noctua Fans in addition to the built-in 1400mm ones that came with the case.

The system is running Windows 7 Ultimate.

John

 

[saintjimmy]

AMD Phenom II X4 940 overclocked to 3.5 GHz
8 GB DDR2 memory
1 TB Western Digital Caviar Black SATA 3
Sapphire Toxic 1 GB 5850
Creative Sound Blaster Titanium Fatal1ty Pro sound card
Corsair TX650W power supply
Logitech X-540 speakers
Samsung B2430HD 24" monitor & HDTV @ 1920 x 1080
Dell 20" monitor @ 1680 x 1050
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

I have very little problems with running large routes...it's more of the hi-poly track or extremely detailed scenery that brings my computer down. Otherwise, anything else is a piece of cake for me. Even extreme multitasking (sometimes 3 games at once) is not a problem.

 

[tomurban]

Low specs here but it runs TRZ 09 beautifully.

5 year old IBM Think Centre
Intel P4 (dual core) @ 3.0 Ghz
2 Gb DDR3 RAM (maxed out)
nVidia (PNY) NVS295 Video/256 Mb(DDR3)Fanless uses 20W
19" Acer LCD @ 1440x900 Res
WIN XP Pro/Sp3
Toshiba 250GB USB Portable HD
Creative X-Fi Sound Card
Altec Lansing Speakers

With this set up I get frame rates in the low 30's running Philskenes gorgeous Industrial Routes, except in very heavy built up areas and yards with lots of engines and rolling stock where frame rates drop to the low teens. I also run TRZ 06, however frame rates average about 30% lower with less draw distance. I am posting this merely to demonstrate that a Super Computer is not needed to run TRAINZ.

Cheers, Tom

 

[kin3]

Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D Deluxe P55 1366

Graphic Card: XFX Radeon HD 5870 1GB PCIe DDR5

Monitor: Dell 2407WFP-HC

DVD: LG GH22NS50 22XDVD-RW SATA

Sound: onboard

Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750HX 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC

CPU: Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core

CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Silent 1156 CLP0552 92mm CPU Cooler For Intel Socket LGA1156

Memory: CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M4A1600C9

Hard Drive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

OS: Win7 Home Preium 64

 

[Gandalf0444]

Here is my Dinosaur:

Windows XP SP3,Modified Compaq Presario SR1030NX, 2.16GHz,3000+ AMD Athlon processor,2 Gigs of Ram,512MB Nvidia 7600GS Overclocked, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE,6.1 surround sound, 500W Power Supply, Presario 160GB memory(internal HDD), Seagate Barracuda 160 GB (Internal HDD), Western Digitial 1TB Mybook Essential Edition(external HDD), 15 USB 2.0 slots,CD drive,DVD/CD writer drive,17" Compaq 7550,15" NEC Multisync LCD1525M

 

[BLACKWATCH]

Motherboard: MSI ms-7345

Graphic Card: Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 512MB GDDR3

Monitor: Goodmans QV900

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 @2.8GHz

Sound: Onboard (running thru Marantz Amp. & JVC 3 way, bass ported speakers)

Memory: 2 gig OCZ PC-2 6400 in dual mode

2 sata hard drives

550 watt PSU

XP home

 

[gary6204]

heres mine:
motherboard: asus msn-sli
graphics card: nvidia gforce 9500gt evga version
processor: AMD athlon(tm)64X2 dual core 5400+ @ 2.81ghz
memory: 3.25g of ram
sound: none
500g sata hardrive
windows xp home edition with sp3
moniter acer 20in

 

[rebel57]

My machine is 2 month old so I built myself

MB :ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core

MEMORY: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

VIDEO CARD: BFG TECH NVIDIA 9800GT PCI-E 16X 1GB Low Power (no add power plug on card)

HARD DRIVE : 2X 250GB SATA 1.5GB 7200RPM SEAGATE WITH RAID 0 AND 1TB SEAGATE 7200 SATA 3.0GB NORMAL FOR BACKUP (reuse to new mb)

DISPLAY: ACER 23" FLAT LCD

PSU : CORSAIR 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC

OS : WINDOWS 7 64BIT ULTIMATE

update: swap out motherboard and videocard
replaced to MSI 870A-G54 and Nvidia GeForce 550ti 1gb

 

[MAGLEVSX]

Here's Mine

Mainboard Gigabyte X58A-UD7
Cpu Intel core i7 930
PSU silent pro M700 Cooler master
Video EVGA Geforce GTX480
seagate 500 gb hard drives x2
Ram kingston Hyper X 2gb stick x3 (6gb)
Card reader cooler panel III
case Aero Cool Cyborg
Mouse Laser Z2 gaming
Keyboard VooDoo DNA
Speakers logitech Z2300
Viewsonic 2433wm 24inch
os Windows 7 64 bit

FPS Dead Smooth

 

[djt]

Specs as follows -



[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]ASUS Rampage III Extreme (802 BIOS)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition w/Noctua NH-D14[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Mushkin Enhanced Ridgeback 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) (6-8-6-24-1N)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]EVGA GeForce GTX 480 SuperClocked (258.96)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]WD VelociRaptor 150GB – Windows 7 Ultimate 64[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]WD VelociRaptor 300GB – Games/Programs[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]PC Power & Cooling T1KWSR 1000W[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]LIAN LI PC-A70B[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]ASUS Rampage II Extreme (1802 BIOS) [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition w/Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Mushkin Redline Ascent 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) (6-7-6-18-1N)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Asus/ATI 5870 (Catalyst 10.6)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]WD VelociRaptor 150GB – Windows XP/SP2 64-bit Edition[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]WD VelociRaptor 300GB – Games/Programs[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]SILVERSTONE 1500Watt SST[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]SILVERSTONE TJ09-B[/FONT]









[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]TS2010 with the 980X and GTX 480 -[/FONT]






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RailWorks at 1920x1080 resolution 8x Supersampling AA/16xAF -



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OpenRails 1920x1080 resolution 8x SuperSampling AA/16xAF -




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[SuperFudd]

See mine below. Got it last December. I think the Dell 8100 is the current version. I am very happy with it, not just with TS2009.

 

[Wessex_Electric_Nutter]

Specs of one of many computers I have:

Custom built ITX machine:
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz LGA775 Quad Core chip
nVidia nForce 730i (Geforce 9300 core, always active)
nVidia Geforce 9600GT 512mb
Western Digital 1TB SATA HD
LG SATA DVD-RW with lightscribe (never used LS)
Realtek HDA Audio (nVidia variant)
The wrong intel Heatsink and fan, with 5 fans inside as well. (One on the MCP as its called, CPU, intake, Powersupply, GPU)
VERY NOISY


Travelling machine:
Acer Aspire 3023WLMi
1.8ghz AMD Sempron processor (3200+)
1GB RAM
ATi Xpress 300 chipset IIRC
ATi Mobility Radeon X700 128mb video card (I have 2 other systems with simliar styling, ones a 3023WLMi with less ram, the other is a half built 5022 IIRC, with an X600 64mb chip)
160GB Travelstar hard drive (The other 3023 has a 60GB Hitachi I think, hard drive, the other has no hard drive at all yet)
15.4in dispaly, one doesn't have one, one has a broken display back.
Broadcomm 802.11b/g wireless card
etc, etc, etc.


Ultraportable:
eeePC 901.
Intel Atom N270 (1.6Ghz)
2GB RAM
Intel GMA950 with SMA
120GB Toshiba 1.8" hard drive (yes! I squeeze one in... just)
Sierra wireles MC8775 3G card, retrofit.
Intel WifiLink 5100 wireles card

and 10 more systems to document.

 

[marky7890]

Here are my two:

Trainz Machine:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz
4GB DDR2 RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4850 - 512mb
Samsung 320 GB SATA Hard Drive

Laptop:
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 @ 2.20Ghz
2GB DDR2 RAM
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 - 358mb (Onboard)
Hitachi 160 GB Hard Drive

Mark

 

[RoysTrainz]

still happy with your gtx480 (eggs fryer?)

Specs as follows -



[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]ASUS Rampage III Extreme (802 BIOS)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition w/Noctua NH-D14[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Mushkin Enhanced Ridgeback 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) (6-8-6-24-1N)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]EVGA GeForce GTX 480 SuperClocked (258.96)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]WD VelociRaptor 150GB – Windows 7 Ultimate 64[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]WD VelociRaptor 300GB – Games/Programs[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]PC Power & Cooling T1KWSR 1000W[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]LIAN LI PC-A70B[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]ASUS Rampage II Extreme (1802 BIOS) [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition w/Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Mushkin Redline Ascent 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) (6-7-6-18-1N)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Asus/ATI 5870 (Catalyst 10.6)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]WD VelociRaptor 150GB – Windows XP/SP2 64-bit Edition[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]WD VelociRaptor 300GB – Games/Programs[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]SILVERSTONE 1500Watt SST[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]SILVERSTONE TJ09-B[/FONT]









[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]TS2010 with the 980X and GTX 480 -[/FONT]

DJT,

can you tell me what draw distance you used to measure fps?
I use average 7000-8000 m on my routes coz of rocky mnts scenery a must be part of the routes charm!
I run average fps 20-25 with my 9800gtx card and plan to upgrade to gtx 480 if it really makes sense.
What about the heat and how much fps more for you compared to what in the past you used as card?
Still happy with 480 and maybe more info for us to share on good and bad things??

thanks

Roy

 

[fran1]

Here's my cheap and cheerful effort,

cpu. E8500 dual core @3.16 ghz
gpu. N/vid GSO 9600 768 mb
mobo. MSI P45 Platinum.
PSU. 750 watt
Monitor. 19 inch.
Ram. 6 g b dual channel.
Sound. on board. I use headphones to avoid annoying the alien !!
O/S. XP home SP3.
Drives. Sata. 1x 240, for system drivers etc.
1x 80, general use
1x 150 gig raptor (12000 rpm) partitioned 50/50, 2006/2010.

 

[djt]

DJT,

can you tell me what draw distance you used to measure fps?

Roy

All of the options in TS2010 were at their maximum settings including the draw distance set to it's max of 5000m.


As far as the 480 GTX is concerned as long as you have the CPU to back it up, it's a great video card. Image quality is about as good as gets with super sampling AA enabled without the frame rate hit that I've seen with my previous video cards.

 

[RoysTrainz]

does Acer Aspire G 7700 support gtx480? enough

All of the options in TS2010 were at their maximum settings including the draw distance set to it's max of 5000m.


As far as the 480 GTX is concerned as long as you have the CPU to back it up, it's a great video card. Image quality is about as good as gets with super sampling AA enabled without the frame rate hit that I've seen with my previous video cards.

thanks DJT:

wonder if you have heat problems like the internet rumours so much about 480 hot as a frying pan.
Does my aspire 7700G intel core2 quad CPU Q9550 2.83GHZ 2.83GHz give enough juice to support this card.
What is your take and or advice on this?

thanks Roy

 

[djt]

thanks DJT:

wonder if you have heat problems like the internet rumours so much about 480 hot as a frying pan.
thanks Roy

I've got my 480 GTX in a Corsair 800D case with Noiseblocker replacement fans and I'm not having any temperature issues.

Does my aspire 7700G intel core2 quad CPU Q9550 2.83GHZ 2.83GHz give enough juice to support this card.

I'm not sure why you included the mobile processor in there but with the Q9550 I'd say you'd want to get it to at least 3.6GHz + and even at that clock speed I'd consider it a bottleneck for the 480 GTX.