My computer

Posted by Zuurix on March 16, 2015, 12:38 a.m.

If you ever wondered with what beginner indie developers make their amazing games…

Processor: Intel Atom D2500 1.86 GHz

RAM: 2 GB

Graphics card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3600 Series

Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2 GHz 4 cores

RAM: 8 GB

Graphics card: AMD R9 280X 2GB

I wait to open programs. If I drag folder to desktop, "Moving element (18MB)" pop-up appears, with damn loading bar. I wait close programs. It lags while scrolling in Word.

I wait a lot to open larger sprite in GameMaker. Talking about GameMaker, my current game is slowly becoming too good for this computer. It's starting to lag.

Comments

LAR Games 9 years ago

I know dat feel. I started on a laptop as well. 512mb of ram. :(

On the bright side, the first parts of the computer I'm going to build are arriving tomorrow. 16Gb of ram, baby!

I have never been this excited.

Zuurix 9 years ago

It's not laptop.

LAR Games 9 years ago

Oh. :(

Zuurix 9 years ago

Guess 'these days' were 10 years ago… And yeah, it's "PC". Cannot say it without quotations, because PC gives wrong impression :P

Nopykon 9 years ago

I remember thinking about going with an Atom for my desktop PC long ago, but I went with AMD Athlon x2 instead.

My main work machine is a 14" laptop with a 1.4 GHz intel and intel graphics, hooked up to M&K and a 1080p 24" monitor. For gaming, I have a really nice but empty chassis that I'm going to fill with components at some point. Perhaps when I know the requirements for HL3.

DesertFox 9 years ago

Eeesh - even the shitty budget laptop I had back when I still used GM was better than that :<

I'm guessing you're on a netbook?

RC 9 years ago

I started with an old Windows 98 PC before moving on to a Toshiba Satellite with 856(?)MB RAM, dual core 1.9GHz CPU, and an integrated Radeon X1200 with 128MB dedicated VRAM.

Using GM wasn't too bad on either of those, but honestly I never made anything that pushed them to the limits.

Mega 9 years ago

I started off with a 1.6Ghz Celeron, single core, in 2008. Had a whopping 512mb of RAM, ran XP Home, and packed a huge 80GB HDD. It sufficed for basic Game Maker 8 related stuff, but would crash often. :<

And technically, earlier, I started programming on a 486DX running Windows 95, 32MB of RAM, and a 6GB HDD (QBasic development; was fine for it).

Second machine I remember was a Pentium 1, 200mhz, with 64MB of RAM, an SIS Video Accelerator, Windows 98 and the same 6GB HDD from the previous machine. Good times.

LAR Games 9 years ago

I just scored a free copy of windows 8. Student perks can be great!

LAR Games 9 years ago

Ooh! Does that get you more free stuff than Dreamspark?