need help on a new computer for l2

[sain]

Well im just lookin around to buy some computer to play l2 and i need some help for it. i have about 1800USD to spend on it, just wondering what some ppl would recommend to play REALLY smoothly (so i could fraps full detailed on sieges n stuff)... maybe a r4870 x2 would be great on it please comment ur suggestions,
thanks in advance.

ps. if you do have a nice pc please you could post ur specs here? ty.

[Renegade]

Biostar TPOWER i45 Mobo
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz clocked to 3.5GHz)
Artic cooling Freezer 7 Pro Cooler/Fan
Regular 7,200 RPM HDD
ATi 4870 512mb,
4GB (2x2) OCZ Reaper DDR2 1066MHz RAM,
700W Jeantec PSU
Vista x64 Home premium.

is my PC currently,
my fps @ Aden siege this weekend was approx 20-30 when there was 350+ people around north gate.
Very respectable fps imo ~

As a few examples of other fps in L2,
char select 220+ fps.
Hunters Village 160+ fps
Aden Clanhall 130+ fps

[kex]

4870 x2

This is a great computer

[dave2041]

get an intel i7 imo
the 920 is great value for money when overclocked compared to the others from the i7 family.

with an asus p6t mobo and 3gb of ddr3 ram
your choice of gfx/hdd/case/psu depending on rest of budget

[Trovaricon]

If it is supposed to be computer for smoothest playing of Lineage 2, then i7 920 is worthless (performance gain in games agains Core2 architecture is insignifficant).

Graphic card (HD4870) is powerful enought to run with all eye candy effects.

my opinion:
C2D E8400 (or 8500) OC 4GHz
8/16 GB DDR2 RAM (depends on motherboard selection how much it support, 4*2GB stiocks are extremely cheap now, 4*4 is a bit more expensive option)
choosing HDD is very important thing for L2.
best solutions (without raid)
cheap: WD6400AAKS (wisely divided into partitions - outer track = fastest seek)
expensive: intel X-25 (M or E based on your budget) - and while using ramdisk, this will not improve L2 performance - its a luxury thing

soft:
XP/Vista x64 (its new comp, so Vista is prefered)
RAMDISK software (there are more options, which one to choose - even free version)

with 16GB RAM option you can create 10GB ramdisk, copy lineage into it and store its image on HDD (after restart you wil only load image of "L2 drive" into ramdisk)
with "only" 8 GB you need to divide L2 folder using softlinks (yeah, NTFS supports them) and store in ramdisk textures and animations (sounds and music leave on HDD) eg. you will have 5GB ramdisk and 3GB memory left for applications (enought for single client with background programs running)
this should give you smoothest run of L2 (no hdd loading), no fps drop caused by massive HDD loading ...

and one more thing: DISABLE using of swap

why ramdisk ? because 7200rpm drive load l2files at maximum 10MB/s (avg) - this number if far from what you read in previews about superb drive performance in sustained read/write (this is least important thing for real performance)
ramdisk, on the other side, will be limited by CPU - instant load of data, its only on CPU how fast it can "consume" loaded data

[Renegade]

Ive not read into these new i7 chips.
am I right in saying they have 'Triple Channel'
much like 2 sticks of RAM but with 3?

[Trovaricon]

Originally Posted by Renegade

Ive not read into these new i7 chips.
am I right in saying they have 'Triple Channel'
much like 2 sticks of RAM but with 3?

yes they are able to use DDR3 in triple channel configuration and have integrated memory controller in CPU (as AMD K8 and K10 CPUs). this change boosted performance vs core architecture but unfortunately not in games but in creating and editing multimedia contens as well as in server applications.

[HnsnSig]

A 4850 or 4870 Video card with a Quad core processor and 4 - 8 GB of ram is the best setup, in my opinion. If you have a ton of money you can go with an Extreme...

[Junkers]

i want to know if C2D e6600 2.4ghz, nvidia 9800 gtx+ and 2GB RAM are good for l2
tnx

[grg]

Buy an E 8600 just ROCKS !