Server 2008 R2 Joy

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by antillie, August 14, 2013.

  1. antillie

    antillie Member

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    I am happy to report that PA runs fine on Windows Server 2008 R2. Its not surprising really considering that 2k8r2 and Windows 7 share something like 95% of the same code base but it is nice none the less.

    Also PA runs great on an AMD A10-6800K APU with 8 gigs of RAM and no stand alone GPU. Since this is the 2k8r2 box and it happens to also be a domain controller, DNS server, and a RADIUS server I think that it is safe to assume that lesser APUs will run PA very well on a more application optimized OS like Windows 7 that isn't doing as many things in the background.
  2. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    You're running an alpha on a Domain Controller??? :eek:

    Awesome that it works though ;)
  3. antillie

    antillie Member

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    Its amazing what you can get away with in the middle of the night. ;)
  4. Gorbles

    Gorbles Post Master General

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    I want to work where you work :p

    That said, I have Magicka on my office laptop here . . .
  5. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    We're still running Server 2003 at my work :oops:, so even if I wanted to sneak it on it wouldn't run.
  6. cwarner7264

    cwarner7264 Moderator Alumni

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    That's a bit cheeky ;)

    I'd never get away with it here - we have an open-plan office and at any given time several people can see my screen. I can just about get away with posting on forums from work (as long as I'm typing something, they assume I'm working ;)) but I think having robots killing each other on my screen might raise a few eyebrows...
  7. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    "It's just a burn-in test for the new RAM"
  8. cwarner7264

    cwarner7264 Moderator Alumni

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    Alas I'm not a techie - I'm a shipbroker. I cannot think of a single feasible reason to justify exploding robots on my screen :p
  9. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    But there's naval units! :D
  10. cwarner7264

    cwarner7264 Moderator Alumni

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    If someone can make a mod that makes it look like this, I might be able to :D

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