Hey all,
I've been scouring the web trying to find the recommended requirements for the pc version of this game. I can't seem to find them, anyone have any idea in the slightest what this game is gonna need to run at its max resolution.
I've got dual 8800 GT's, they are a little dated, but they are able to run most NEW games at decent settings, but I want to play AVP at max, any ideas/suggestions?
Hey all,
I've been scouring the web trying to find the recommended requirements for the pc version of this game. I can't seem to find them, anyone have any idea in the slightest what this game is gonna need to run at its max resolution.
I've got dual 8800 GT's, they are a little dated, but they are able to run most NEW games at decent settings, but I want to play AVP at max, any ideas/suggestions?
Best Regards.
I don't believe they have posted spec's yet. However if your looking to make a new rig for AVP3 then visit this post Are you AVP3 Ready hope that helps.
I'm going to be building a new system on a budget so I'm also curious about the requirements. I probably won't run max resolution but I do want max detail. I also don't want to bog down every time antivirus starts up (my current system is crippled during AV scans). If anyone hears anything please let us know.
I'm going to be building a new system on a budget so I'm also curious about the requirements. I probably won't run max resolution but I do want max detail. I also don't want to bog down every time antivirus starts up (my current system is crippled during AV scans). If anyone hears anything please let us know.
If you don't mind me asking whats your scanner? I found Nortons and Mcafee to be the worst system hogs with that real time scanning bs. Not to mention how bad I found Nortons firewall. I run AVG but I recently had a problem with it detecting Securom as a Vundo trojan lol.
I have heard Trendmicro's arn't too bad but I will be damned paying for a licence every year. AVG makes your machine start a bit slower but at least its free and isnt resource heavy during operation.
I currently run AVG free, STOPzilla, and Threatfire.
PC doesn't get slow either. AVG handles the viruses, STOPzilla has been great with some of the adware/malware that AVG couldn't take care of, and Threatfire has the active monitoring going on.
If you don't mind me asking whats your scanner? I found Nortons and Mcafee to be the worst system hogs with that real time scanning bs. Not to mention how bad I found Nortons firewall. I run AVG but I recently had a problem with it detecting Securom as a Vundo trojan lol.
I have heard Trendmicro's arn't too bad but I will be damned paying for a licence every year. AVG makes your machine start a bit slower but at least its free and isnt resource heavy during operation.
I don't mind. I'm currently using AVG IS upgraded from AVG free. I have had problems with AVG and false positives as well. For some reason it detects ServU FTP server as a trojan as well. Doesn't bother me anymore because as nice as ServeU is I'm using Filezilla now and love it. I tend to prefer open source and freeware anyways. :P
I used to use Symantec Corporate but the scan engine became too outdated and worthless. My WoW account was hijacked and after switching to AVG free I found more than 20 infections Symantec/Norton had missed. They have a new version available now but I see no reason to invest in it anymore. AVG does everything I need but much cheaper. I do have to say that AVG's IS is bloated. It does offer a large amount of protection and tools but on my single core dinosaur I just don't have the resources available. I have considered going back to AVG free but lately have been hearing very nice things about Avira's free AV.
Just want to add that personally I find all of Norton's AV/Firewall services to be inferior to others on the market and generally at twice the cost. I haven't researched any personal firewalls to recommend but the one included with certain flavors of AVG AV seemed to be pretty decent.
I don't mind. I'm currently using AVG IS upgraded from AVG free. I have had problems with AVG and false positives as well. For some reason it detects ServU FTP server as a trojan as well. Doesn't bother me anymore because as nice as ServeU is I'm using Filezilla now and love it. I tend to prefer open source and freeware anyways. :P
I used to use Symantec Corporate but the scan engine became too outdated and worthless. My WoW account was hijacked and after switching to AVG free I found more than 20 infections Symantec/Norton had missed. They have a new version available now but I see no reason to invest in it anymore. AVG does everything I need but much cheaper. I do have to say that AVG's IS is bloated. It does offer a large amount of protection and tools but on my single core dinosaur I just don't have the resources available. I have considered going back to AVG free but lately have been hearing very nice things about Avira's free AV.
Just want to add that personally I find all of Norton's AV/Firewall services to be inferior to others on the market and generally at twice the cost. I haven't researched any personal firewalls to recommend but the one included with certain flavors of AVG AV seemed to be pretty decent.
Thanks for the info - it sort of confirms what I suspected about Nortons. Would you believe while behind a Nortons firewall once I had a hack attack? I was playing a game with a greifer who was mic spamming for ages with loud static so I muted him. The mistake I made was telling him he was muted. About 2 minutes later he comes back on mic! Turns out he had enabled some Microsoft sub system to be able to continue to spam me. I got rid of Nortons the next day.
I used to tell the admins on my servers that if they caught someone hacking (proof positive and everyone had to go through at least some hack spotting training) that they were to ban the ip/game id without warning and not to identify themselves as the source of the ban. We even had admins being traced with all seeing eye and hit with ddos and all sorts.
All that for trying to provide a clean free server for people to play on. Ain't life grand?
Thanks for the info - it sort of confirms what I suspected about Nortons. Would you believe while behind a Nortons firewall once I had a hack attack? I was playing a game with a greifer who was mic spamming for ages with loud static so I muted him. The mistake I made was telling him he was muted. About 2 minutes later he comes back on mic! Turns out he had enabled some Microsoft sub system to be able to continue to spam me. I got rid of Nortons the next day.
I used to tell the admins on my servers that if they caught someone hacking (proof positive and everyone had to go through at least some hack spotting training) that they were to ban the ip/game id without warning and not to identify themselves as the source of the ban. We even had admins being traced with all seeing eye and hit with ddos and all sorts.
All that for trying to provide a clean free server for people to play on. Ain't life grand?
Well, I don't mean to bash Symantec/Norton. I'm sure they have decent products, it's just that all of their products I have tried have been flawed. Anyone else remember the trouble with XP SP3 and Norton? The problem with spammers and hackers is that the only way to keep up with them is to be one yourself. There will never be a one-stop solution to assist against them because they adapt and change too quickly.
To give Microsoft credit though, they are taking better steps to prevent attacks. The main reason *nix systems are largely virus free is because of the way the user accounts and all services are separated from each other. By default Windows Vista and 7 no longer have an active "administrator" account and all accounts are created as standard users with lower access rights. This prevents harmful programs and scripts from being run with admin or system privileges. With any luck we may get to a point where the prevention techniques actually surpass the spammers abilities.
Well, I don't mean to bash Symantec/Norton. I'm sure they have decent products, it's just that all of their products I have tried have been flawed. Anyone else remember the trouble with XP SP3 and Norton? The problem with spammers and hackers is that the only way to keep up with them is to be one yourself. There will never be a one-stop solution to assist against them because they adapt and change too quickly.
To give Microsoft credit though, they are taking better steps to prevent attacks. The main reason *nix systems are largely virus free is because of the way the user accounts and all services are separated from each other. By default Windows Vista and 7 no longer have an active "administrator" account and all accounts are created as standard users with lower access rights. This prevents harmful programs and scripts from being run with admin or system privileges. With any luck we may get to a point where the prevention techniques actually surpass the spammers abilities.
I hope that means that you can still give accounts more privileges though, but the default being a lower access level. I will be going to Windows 7 shortly for AVP 3 (I wish it had a better name eh) and I am hoping that its a bunch more secure than XP.
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