Estimated Release Date?

I don't care when it comes out as long as its good and I'm not dead

 

This may help the thread

 

Even though my computer is crappy AMD (I know, bad) and I cant run Beam NG, I cant wait to see it in action

 

What's wrong with an AMD processor? The computer I had before the one I currently use had an AMD processor and it was great! I also plan on getting an AMD FX processor on the next PC I get. Though you probably don't have one the better AMD processors.

 

Its a crappy 2008-era Athlon x2 4400+ paired with a GeForce 6150SE. Pretty tough to run any good games on it :/. Im hoping to get a Dell Precision with dual xenons so I can actually run this game.

 

Potentially a bad idea. Don't let the numbers fool you, those are number crunchers, not gaming chips. Sure they can chew up numbers like no tomorrow and make for excellent CAD stations, but they like to take their time, as these systems are typically counted on to be reliable, not necessarily fast in the gaming sense. I'd recommend getting a high-end i5 or a mid range i7, coupled with 8 gigs of RAM and a decent DX11 compatible video card. (Heck, my GTX 260 Black (DX11, but most games see it as a DX9 card) has lasted me this long, with only minor compatibility issues that have very simple workarounds, -nod3d10 FTW)

tl:dr) A workstation like a Dell Precision is designed for work, as it's name implies. It may be good for gaming as a side effect, but the designers' main focus was to build a workhorse, not a racehorse.

On Topic: Somebody needs to put something in BIG BOLD LETTERS on the landing page along the lines of "DO NOT INQUIRE ABOUT THE RELEASE DATE.", or just pull a number out of your magic tophats, release dates seem to be about that relevant these days anyway.

 

Interesting! Honestly, even if the Alpha is just the test map, and 2 or 3 cars, I see myself playing it more than any other game I've played. Well, maybe not Skyrim, but more than anything other than that lol

 

There is already about 5 maps and about 5 cars, but I do get your point, I would play the hell out of it too. I could try to make a mod (it's horrible, because everyone is modelling and creating terrains but I want to do some lua...)

 

Ive talked to several people about the Precision and they all agree that it's performance is better than every current i5 and a few i7s. By the way, its a Dell Precision T7400 with dual xenon (L5420) running at 2.5 ghz with 16gb ram and a 1TB HDD. With the graphics card I plan on getting, a Saphire HD 6850, the performance should be excellent. Back on topic, the game will be released when it gets released so how about all the 9 and 10 year olds stop asking when it's gonna be released.

 

Trust me on this one, you do not need dual xeons, the graphics card is what matters here for gaming. A latest gen I5 or When the next gen AMD black edition comes. They are all you need, hell, even the latest i7 Outperforms the Xeon chips in gaming, xeons are only good for high traffic server usage and Incredibly intensive professional video editing. My FX-8350 when it hits 5ghz can hit a cinebench score of 8.05. You need to be spending your money on the video card, not the CPU. Get a GTX 780 or AMD 7970 with an i5 or 8350, or even an AMD 6300 and the performance will be FAR better for gaming than the xeons. With my setup on BF3 I can achieve 90FPS Max on ultra settings. Don't kid yourself into wasting your money, build your own PC or let Cyberpower do it for you.
Anyway, could people please stop posting these, nobody knows when and wasting space on the forum.

 

Well the actual computer is only about $399 on eBay so I'm actually saving money on it. It includes an Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 card but I'm upgrading to one that is pretty sweet actually. I will never go back to AMD no matter what so thats out of the question.

 

You're missing the point. XEON PROCESSORS ARE WORKHORSES, NOT RACEHORSES! Have a look here, a chart comparing that model Xeon to a bunch of other processors. (CPU Mark is a benchmarking software to rank processors.) Hence why the Precision is called a workstation, not a gamestation. Not to mention, very few games can natively take advantage of both chips, and thus will only use one, so your performance on the processing end will be slower anyway because your 2nd chip will sit there doing nothing. If you force an application to use both even though it doesn't support it natively, you may actually get even worse performance then when it's using one. Additionally, server/workstation boards (two processor sockets) aren't, once again, designed to shuffle data quickly, unlike dedicated gaming hardware. Just trust us on this one, go with a more traditional gaming system. If you had to do intensive video editing/CAD work, and wanted it to game on the side, then it'd be a good choice. If gaming is your priority, though, then get a more traditional gaming rig.

 

Nvidia Quadro FX 4500? That's not meant to work on games, trust me you're buying the worst computer possible for gaming. Xeon + Nvidia Quadro and you won't be able to play most games.

 

Why does every other thread turn into pc spec talk?


EDIT: http://www.beamng.com/threads/898-Your-PC-s-(Specs)

 

I don't really intend to go off topic, but some of you are wrong. Yes not at server processors are good for gaming (like AMD Opterons) but some Xeons are actually. The Intel Xeon E3-1230V3 is basically the same as an i7-4770, but with a 100MHz lower clock and other minor things. If you were building a PC and you weren't overclocking, I would go with the Xeon over an i5.

 

I multitask a LOT with the occasional gaming (5-7 photoshops open at once, movie maker, sketchcrap, etc. ) so I definitely need the power yet I need something thats reliable and will definitely last me down the road (Precision) and its cheap ($399) so whats not to like about it?