What computer do you run trainz on?

[conrailfan1999]

Hello all, in this thread I would be intrseted in hearing what computer you use to run trainz on and how it performs. Things to include May be
1. Laptop or desktop
2. Computer manufacturer
3. Specs
4. In game performance such as average fps and fps in high detail areas
5. Are you satisfied with your computer?

I believe this thread may be very useful for users that are looking for new computer for trainz

 

[gary6204]

Well, I have a Desktop
It's home built
Asus a55m-usb3 motherboard
AMD APU A-8 5600k 3.6ghz
4 gigs of ram (I need more when I have money)
AMD 7000 series Graphics integrated running off of the APU with 768 megs dedicated ram, up to 2 gigs shared memory
I am very satisfied with this system. Even with out the use of a dedicated graphics chip, I am capable of running most modern games on Medium to High settings.

 

[Gandalf0444]

Desktop
Built it myself
AMD FX 8350 4.0GHz with a Thermaltake NiC C5 CPU heatsink
16GBs G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1600mhz Dual Channel
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 Rev 3.0
EVGA GeForce GTX 660TI SC 2GB
Rosewill Lightning 1000W PSU
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Recon3D Fatality
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD, Kingston Hyper X 3K 120GB SSD, OCZ Synapse Cache, OCZ Revodrive 120GB, Two 1TB Seagate Momentous 7200rpm, One 1TB WD Green, One 2TB Seagate Momentous 7200rpm
Corsair 900D case(with 14 120mm fans controlled by a NZXT Sentry fan controller)
Razer Naga Molten Edition gaming mouse, Razer DeathStalker Ultimate gaming keyboard, Three 20 inch HP Pavilion 20xi monitors using Nvidia Surround.
I get about 60 fps in trainz but I get a crap ton of stutters for no apparent reason, I even have trainz on a PCI-E SSD and it still stutters like all hell.
I am satisfied with the performance of this machine outside of Trainz. But I feel the issues I am having have more to do with trainz at this point.
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[JCitron]

Home-built:

Intel Z77-serie Mobo
32 GB RAM
EVGA/NVIDIA 680GTX
3x 2TB Seagate HDs.

I too play all other games on the highest settings. The only one that gives me fits is TS12 with its issues.

I also have an older Alienware M17x Laptop which handles most games as well, although it is getting a bit 'tired' as they say.

John

 

[pdkoester]

Hello all, in this thread I would be intrseted in hearing what computer you use to run trainz on and how it performs. Things to include May be
1. Laptop or desktop
2. Computer manufacturer
3. Specs
4. In game performance such as average fps and fps in high detail areas
5. Are you satisfied with your computer?

I believe this thread may be very useful for users that are looking for new computer for trainz

1. I have used both, but prefer the desktop I built in 2010.
2. This is not made by a specific manufacturer, it is a homebrew/build
3. From the Speccy application:
Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 Extreme 975 @ 3.33GHz 51 °C
Bloomfield 45nm Technology
RAM
24.0GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 801MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P6T (LGA1366) 47 °C
Graphics
SyncMaster (1920x1080@60Hz)
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 (ZOTAC International) 54 °C
Storage
111GB Intel Raid 0 Volume (RAID)
931GB Intel Raid 0 Volume (RAID)
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS40
Audio
Creative X-Fi Audio Processor (WDM)
Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 64-bit
Computer type: Desktop
4. I have all details and distance view drawing set to maximum details/values. I'd say, during a session, average FPS is about 60 since build 61388 build. Before that was around 30. Other than that, peak to above 100, when idle on menus it is 200.
5. I am satisfied, but would like to change the 931GB Raid 0 Volume (two physical rotating platter hard drives) to SSD dual drives in RAID0 configuration. This will load and unload faster, prevent the stutters, etc. I cannot complain, as I have almost five years of nonstop smooth games since it was first built.

Paul

 

[conrailfan1999]

Wow some interesting stuff! The home built ones really neat and getting 60 fps would be awesome!

 

[pdkoester]

Wow some interesting stuff! The home built ones really neat and getting 60 fps would be awesome!

Usually, you get a better machine if you build one, or have someone build it. The off the shelf units are kind of like a generic stamp, with some limit in upgrades, usually. Not always...

And, you could get a Apple, it will boot via BootCamp, then you can run Windows. I would just suggest getting a MAC that has a good GPU in it, lots of RAM, if you go that route.

Paul

 

[boc61]

I run on a desktop that I had built 2 years ago by a company called Maingear

It's a stock i5 2500 @ 3.3 Ghz,Intel DZ60DB mainboard with 16GB Corsair XMS 1333 DDR3 Ram.
1 Crucial M4 250GB SSD system drive, 1 TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM HDD data drive and another 250 GB M4 SSD for Trainz. I also have a WD Caviar 80GB HDD in an external enclosure
GPU is an EVGA GTX 680 2 GB card
PSU is an 850W Seagate Gold PSU.
On board sound, LG DVD drive.
24in Dell flat screen LCD monitor
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.

I will probably start upgrading later this year.

 

[pdkoester]

I run on a desktop that I had built 2 years ago by a company called Maingear

It's a stock i5 2500 @ 3.3 Ghz,Intel DZ60DB mainboard with 16GB Corsair XMS 1333 DDR3 Ram.
1 Crucial M4 250GB SSD system drive, 1 TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM HDD data drive and another 250 GB M4 SSD for Trainz. I also have a WD Caviar 80GB HDD in an external enclosure
GPU is an EVGA GTX 680 2 GB card
PSU is an 850W Seagate Gold PSU.
On board sound, LG DVD drive.
24in Dell flat screen LCD monitor
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.

I will probably start upgrading later this year.

If you can just drop in an i7 2700, or better, you would be fine. Otherwise, 5-15% gain is not worth it in my opinion.

Paul

 

[conrailfan1999]

Usually, you get a better machine if you build one, or have someone build it. The off the shelf units are kind of like a generic stamp, with some limit in upgrades, usually. Not always...

And, you could get a Apple, it will boot via BootCamp, then you can run Windows. I would just suggest getting a MAC that has a good GPU in it, lots of RAM, if you go that route.

Paul

You just really caught my attention because I want a Mac because they are great for video editing (I have a lot of railfaning videos I want to make into Blue-rays) and you said I can run windows too (for trainz 12). It seems adding windows can be done simply and what iMac or MacBook would you suggest for trainz12?

 

[UnumProvident155]

My computer is an HP d5000t(2009 model)
Windows Vista Ultimate
Intel Core (TM) 2 cpu 6400 @ 2.13 2.13
8 GB Ram
32 bit OS
750 GB Hard Drive
Nvidia 9800 GT

and Trainz 12 runs good on my computer

 

[pdkoester]

You just really caught my attention because I want a Mac because they are great for video editing (I have a lot of railfaning videos I want to make into Blue-rays) and you said I can run windows too (for trainz 12). It seems adding windows can be done simply and what iMac or MacBook would you suggest for trainz12?

From here, you can read their information about it... https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

My understanding:

1) it will repartition the hard drive (make it set up the drive for more than one operating system, keeping the iOS intact, and allowing you to install Windows to reboot onto)
2) it will have drivers and related items you need to install the Windows operating system.
3) it is from Apple, so it is supported and legitimate way to run it.
4) since you do boot into Windows with it, and not run it inside iOS as a virtual computer (Parallels software) it will perform just as good, some say better, than normal PC hardware computers.

The only gotcha is you need your own copy of Windows to add, it will work with 7, 8, 8.1, etc. I think it did work with XP, but you don't want to take a HUGE step backwards. I'd say Windows 7 is good, but 8.1 is faster.
Also, I'd suggest getting a system with i7 CPU, at least 16GB of RAM (trust me, it is better in the long haul) and dedicated GPU that has 2GB or more of video RAM. iMac or Macbook Pro with Retina is ideal for that.

Paul

 

[generalman]

I run TS12 with mine, and it runs smooth as silk on the Mojave Sub. The only route that has any lag is the Appalachia Coal, but I've yet to find ANY computer that doesn't lag on it.
My specifications are:
Toshiba Satellite C55-A
Windows 8.1
Processor: Intel Pentium CPU 2020M @ 2.40GHz
750GB of storage
6GB RAM
64-Bit Operating System
I got it at Staples in February.

 

[conrailfan1999]

Well that makes sense, thanks Paul! I think I will try to purchase a MacBook Pro with retina then!

 

[cascaderailroad]

Grass cutting season is once again upon us ... Save up some more money, and buy something good in a desktop PC ... Preferably Windows ... Or retrofit an old desktop with quality parts.

My cheepo integrated graphics Toshiba Satellite 105 laptop barely runs TRS2006, with 6-16 FPS at best. :hehe:

 

[boc61]

If you can just drop in an i7 2700, or better, you would be fine. Otherwise, 5-15% gain is not worth it in my opinion.

Paul

That and I want to upgrade the gpu as well.

 

[SuperSpeedMaglev]

For me its Windows 8.1, with a AMD-A8-6500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics. 60.GB of ram. 64-Bit Operating and a 64-bit operating system. Games runs kinda well with this.

(It's a computer, HP)

 

[Filus]

Specs:
Gpu: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2gb
Cpu: HexaCore AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3.00 GHz, 3,50 GHz in turbo mode
12 GB ram
1 Hard drive 465 gb and sceond have 931 gb and two USB sticks 8gb and 31 gb
Two monitors
Motherboard: Asus M4A79XTD Evo
Sound Cart: VIA VT1708S @ ATI SB750 - High Definition Audio Controller
Windows 7 Profesional 64bit

And trs2009 is running at 2500m draw distance.
(Need do some test before will agree if it can handle higher settings.)
Some games can run on high settings.
I'm happy with this.

Filus :wave:

 

[pdkoester]

That and I want to upgrade the gpu as well.

I'm not sure how much better the 780 version of your card would be. I think more CPU is better, isn't it? I'll look around and find out more detail.

Paul

 

[Gandalf0444]

I'm not sure how much better the 780 version of your card would be. I think more CPU is better, isn't it? I'll look around and find out more detail.

Paul

In the older versions of trainz the CPU was the workhorse so more CPU the better, but with the current generations of trainz (2009 to 2012) some of the work has since been off loaded to the GPU...although still not nearly as much as other games do or how the next version of trainz will.