[Shadowrunner]

I bought this game a long time ago when it first came out .... i had a average computer ... i think it had a intel 3ghz processor 1gig of ram and and a radeon 9800 (256mb) pro graphics card. it was a good gaming computer a few years ago and i thought it shoulda easily played this game ... but i was wrong ... i like to play really large galaxies with max players (no neutrals) and highest settings and in the later stages of the game it took several minutes to process turns ... by the time it got too like turn 50+ i was finding things to do while my turn processed ... hehe. make food ... grab a drink .. see whats on tv ... go build a house ... then come back an play my next turn ... after a while this just seemed stupid .. so i gave up an decided to come back after some patches.

well i bought a game a few months ago called Oblivion and my computer that was pretty decent a few years ago couldnt even start it hehe. so i figured it was time for an upgrade ... so i went an got a nice gaming rig to play the latest games on max settings.

my new rig is
AMD athlon 64 X2 4600+ Dual Core
2 gigs RAM
250GB hard Drive
650 watt BFG PSU with Dual Rails for SLI
and a Radeon X1950pro (512) graphics card

got this system for about $1000 at best buy. bought the tower,dual-core,and XP then tossed in a PSU an card.

I am waiting for the DX10 cards to come out then i am gunna get a couple of the best midrange Cards an run them in SLI ... might get 8800GTX tho cause that card is pretty amazing with its Unified Architecture and kills all the other cards on stress tests.

anyways to get to the point .. i can play oblivion and any other of the most advanced graphic type games on max setting with HDR enabled on my 19" widescreen hp LCD HD flat screen at 1440x990 resolution .

So since i got a nice new rig that should most definatly be able to play this game an quickly process anything it can dish out .. im gunna give SEV another shot. I just installed it an upgraded to the latest patch. lets see if i have the same problems as before.

I'm gunna make a game on max settings with biggest galaxy and max players (no neutrals) and after about 10-30 turns when the galaxy starts filling im gunna start timing my turns and post the results ... if it starts taking too long ill start adjusting the settings a bit to see if that helps.

we should all post our process times and size and settings of their games maybe we can find a way to optimize the turn process through settings or hardware config.

ohh ya ... btw this is my first post .. greetings everyone.