Minimum specs for playing constistently at 60fps?

PremiumOrange

Just wondering what the recommended specs are to run smoothly at 60 fps
I'm on an old dual core 2.3 GHZ with an ATI 4770, it actually runs fairly decent in the beginning of a round (bearing in mind the 5+ minute load times oooh myyy), but nearing the end of a round it drops close to a slideshow, especially when nearing a base
that said, are there any magical tricks to get more fps? I'm already running at lowest detail in 800x600

ball2hi

It's a real pain in the ass for me to play with anything below 100 FPS even though I have a 60hz monitor. Things feel a lot more consistent/smooth for me whenever I'm over 100 fps.

I have a 4770k/GTX760 and end-game 22 slot servers, I still drop below 35 FPS. With Multithreading, I stay a big over 43fps.

Nordic

I would recommend a used i5, preferable sandy bridge or newer. If afraid of used the lowest cpu is the pentium g3258. That will relieve the cpu bottleneck. Then I would recommend about a 7750 or 650 or better.

This is at the lowest, just to get you 60fps.

Obraxis

I can tell you I'm running around 80% of the time at over 144fps using this system:

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor (Overclocked @ 4.6Ghz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Storage: Seagate 600 Series 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (Used Externally in a caddy)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (OEM) (64-bit)
Case: NZXT H440 Red & Black
Monitor 1: Iilyama GB2488HSU 24" 144hz Monitor
Monitor 2: Samsung SyncMaster P2450 24" 60hz Monitor
Monitor 3: Samsung SyncMaster 943BW 19" 75hz Monitor

I went a bit overkill, but this thing can pretty much run anything.

If you want a constant 60FPS, I would recommend an i5 or i7 about 3.5Ghz and overclock it to at least 4Ghz. Get 8-16GB of RAM, a SSD and a half-decent GFX card like a GeForce 770 or an AMD 280 or 285. That will keep you stable and above 60fps constantly.

Racer1

On minimum settings, any Intel i5 or better at 3.5 Ghz and any AMD 270X or GTX 260 should be more than enough. There is NO reason to spend over $200 on either your video card or your CPU.

Also, NS2 uses only 2 GB of RAM, so 4GB should be plenty. That said, RAM is cheap so 8 GB recommended.

PremiumOrange

Okay, I'll upgrade at some point, its not really playable for the moment
otherwise, can we expect more performance optimization tweaks/patches in the future?

Obraxis

PremiumOrange wrote: »

Okay, I'll upgrade at some point, its not really playable for the moment
otherwise, can we expect more performance optimization tweaks/patches in the future?

Probably small improvements over time, but nothing major atm.