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What are the minimum specs for 4x D3 + 4x DB

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PapaBash

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About to invest in another machine tomorrow, but I am quite ensure, what would be able to pull it off, with a safe amount of + capacity in terms of CPU power, I don't want it to be like 90% CPU power at all times as an example.

Maybe someone here is running exactly that and has just the specs I would need?

Help appreciated
 
I have read that D3 is very CPU dependent. Meaning, if you have an i7, you will probably have no problems to run 4+ D3. As always, RAM memory, the more the better, i would say, that for each D3 add 1GB, that meaning, for 4 D3 clients + operating system, 6+ RAM would be enough for 4-6 D3 clients. Thou, need testing . . .
 
I7 930 36 GBs of Ram 2 D3s both running DB take up 16% of my CPU. I've loaded 7 D3s without any lag.
 
I think the i7 might be overkill already, although it would certainly work.

The main difference I am looking at is CPU and I have 2 contestors there:
Intel Core i5-2400 (4x3.1ghz)
and
AMD FX 4100 (4x3.6 ghz)

Other specs would be 12 gb of Ram and Nvidia 560 GTX as graphic card.

That being said the AMD would be 100€ less to pay for and if I can safely assume, that it can take on 4 copies + 4 bots, then that is all I need for the moment.

Would be glad to have more input on that matter.
 
I'm running 4 clients and 3x DB on a Phenom II X6 1100T with 8GB. It would also work with 4GB RAM. CPU is undervolted and runs at 3GHz only. When I assign one CPU core to each client manually, this core runs at about 60% load with max effects turned on.

So I'm pretty sure any Quad-Core will do it easily, but those AMD 6-cores are pretty cheap and perfectly useful for multi-clients.
 
Holzroller said:
I'm running 4 clients and 3x DB on a Phenom II X6 1100T with 8GB. It would also work with 4GB RAM. CPU is undervolted and runs at 3GHz only. When I assign one CPU core to each client manually, this core runs at about 60% load with max effects turned on.

So I'm pretty sure any Quad-Core will do it easily, but those AMD 6-cores are pretty cheap and perfectly useful for multi-clients.
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Thanks a lot, this is an option that didn't occur to me. Ram is so dirt cheap that it doesn't really matter if you go 4,8 or 12. However I know 4 gb could handle it since my d3 usually eats 800ish. However would add another 4 minimum just to have everything operating as smoothly as it can.

I have to admit though, that I wonder why it works so well for you. I was at my brothers yesterday and he is running a 6 core too. We didn't assign anything manually but I opened up 3 D3's without any bot and run a bit here and there and when idling the general CPU% would go as high as 70% (50% if none of them where in act 3 town which seems to have some problems).

Although he is running a 6 core I don't know yet how much ghz he was running. Thanks a lot will take this completely into consideration

Edit: We did that on 1024x768 low effects all of them windowed next to each other
 
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PapaBash said:
I have to admit though, that I wonder why it works so well for you. I was at my brothers yesterday and he is running a 6 core too. We didn't assign anything manually but I opened up 3 D3's without any bot and run a bit here and there and when idling the general CPU% would go as high as 70% (50% if none of them where in act 3 town which seems to have some problems).

Although he is running a 6 core I don't know yet how much ghz he was running. Thanks a lot will take this completely into consideration

Edit: We did that on 1024x768 low effects all of them windowed next to each other
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That CPU load that is displayed in windows, isn't accurate IMO. If the CPU has not at 100% load, it will go into sleep or reduce frequency/voltage etc. to save energy. Actually, modern CPUs change their C-state thousands of times per seconds. So in the task manager the CPU seems "weaker" than it is, because there's more potential than windows can know.
 
That CPU load that is displayed in windows, isn't accurate IMO. If the CPU has not at 100% load, it will go into sleep or reduce frequency/voltage etc. to save energy. Actually, modern CPUs change their C-state thousands of times per seconds. So in the task manager the CPU seems "weaker" than it is, because there's more potential than windows can know.​
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^^this

i7 also shift loads from one cpu to the next to even out workload, wich causes inflatetd % numbers
 
Holzroller said:
That CPU load that is displayed in windows, isn't accurate IMO. If the CPU has not at 100% load, it will go into sleep or reduce frequency/voltage etc. to save energy. Actually, modern CPUs change their C-state thousands of times per seconds. So in the task manager the CPU seems "weaker" than it is, because there's more potential than windows can know.
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Ah the voltage of course. I didn't know that wasn#t factored in, good to know. Unfortunately didn't work out the retailers in my proximity simply don't offer the phenon anymore
 
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