Best computer to run railworks on

[houndog1372]

Hello
I have a acer aspire and it is terrible at playing railworks and on lowest setings it still struggles. It used to play fine but not anymore and i cannot fix it so am wondering what is the best computer to run railworks on? I mean like best one to run it with top graffics and tsx mode on.

[gptech]

Probably the one that hasn't been built yet.....

What PC to buy depends on your budget, it's easy to recommend stuff but if it's too pricey for you then it's a waste of time.
The Intel Sandybridge platform is widely regarded as the one to aim for.

[houndog1372]

Probably the one that hasn't been built yet.....

What PC to buy depends on your budget, it's easy to recommend stuff but if it's too pricey for you then it's a waste of time.
The Intel Sandybridge platform is widely regarded as the one to aim for.

Ok would it be better if i built my own gaming computer i know some people have and rw plays realy good.

[archiea]

Ok would it be better if i built my own gaming computer i know some people have and rw plays realy good

When you build your own you do get more value for your money IMHO so I would say yes.

You could of course buy a PC with the same specifications, but it will cost more than buying the parts and assembling it yourself.

[secludedsfx]

I run railworks with an i7 950 and a GTX 580, it runs very nicely but I wouldn't recommend spending your money on a 580 if you just would use it for railworks.

I'd recommend a i5 2500k and a GTX 560-570 or AMD 6870 - 6950.

[msey0002]

Whatever RSC use

[tomhas2]

I run :

I7 2600K unlocked 3.4ghz and can overclock to 4.7 before it bluescreen and can take no more
8GB Ram Corsair Vengance low profile
ASUS P8Z68 - V/GEN3 mobo
ASUS gamers of rebublic GTX 580 1.5GB
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

then my extras which are soundcard wiresless network card etc

Its runs all the major routes that are very demanding such as wcml and woodhead fine the odd jolt here and there
hopefully the next update can get that right.

But it then goes for how much your willing to spend my pc cost a hefty £1500 once i bought a nice bassy headset and mouse keyboard etc

I5's are a good way to go as you can then always overclock it to bump it up
With a bit of good research you will get a decent build its just a shame rsc wont spill the beans on there specs would be nice to know to make it a perfect runner

Cheers Tom

[styckx]

Yeah, it's hard to say.. 3X3 SSAA is laughable..2X2 SSAA on most routes for me, a route like WCML or Woodhead I will drop down to 1x2.. Highest settings with bloom and dof turned off.. Dislike those effects.

Railworks is an odd bird and performs so accordingly depending on the weather. It's a game based off the likes of DirectX 10 and 11 having a baby but DirectX 9 is the real father..

[trainsmit]

Say the upcoming patch is really super, somehow even entry level configs run the WCML-N at 30 FPS without a glitch (unlikely, probably even impossible) in TSX!

What would happen then?

In all likelihood some much more realistic, detailled, assets and content would emerge covering longer and more complex lines. In less that 6 months we would be back to slide shows having to wait another year or so while RSC figured how to break the subspace barrier in parallel programming by manipulating the Hicks particles in the CPU effectivel rendering your PC into a WMD. Some 3 weeks later a bulgarian creator uploads a complete rendition of the NEC, Boston to DC, including working animated Hot-Dog stands. Some spoiled kids of 50+ download the thing to their treaty breaking 14 degrees Kelvin hyper cool rigs, power up the first scenario and blacks out the power grids of the northern hemisphere.

Okay, this is a monster scenario. (No! You'd argue, it was an all stops service to Trenton.) The point is that train driving simulation is about train driving. Though it can be used to make wonderful artistic recreations of reallity too.

Not realizing, that the sky is the limit - or as we said in the old days: shooting one self in the foot - is the main challenge of the railway simulation hobby. Making the experience as realistic as possible with as little runtime effort as possible.

[Acorncomputer]

My experiences suggest that a solid state drive helps a lot, particularly with route loading. Typically four times faster than a moving hard disc on my two comparison computers although these seems to be no particular difference when the game is in play.

There also seems to be a consensus that 64 bit Windows 7 works very well with TS2012.