How many Multi-boxers use only 1 system?

[Eniledahs]

How many Multi-boxers use only 1 system?

Just curious on how many multi-boxers use only 1 system to play any game...

If your a multi-boxer that uses only 1 system (no matter how many game instances you use on that one system) please say your one of them... :P

Thanks for your time.

[DLoweinc]

*raises hand*

[Owltoid]

132

Although if I move to 10-boxing then it will be 131 since I'm not sure my current system could handle 10 in Cataclysm (please chime in if you think it could... possible successful thread hijack!)

[smokebum]

*raises hand

[Tdog]

1 system here

[Darelik]

1 on a 57" lcd in the living room :D so it's like htpc by day, gaming rig at night.

[thefunk]

*Raises both hands

Tbh I haven't a scoobie how to go about setting up 2 comps

[MiRai]

One system.

Perhaps the mods could turn this into an actual poll? Or, I think regular users can make polls, no?

[Saoul]

Rocking one sys :)

[ElectronDF]

Can't you use a poll, then you won't have to get people to actually reply, or did you want names of people to talk to?

[SideWays]

One system =)

[heyaz]

I use one system. quad core q6600, 8GB crap ram, ati 4870, intel SSD (the newer, economy model). I get very good performance 5 or even 6 boxing.

Of course I have quite a few optimizations. I've done just about every little optimization (registry changes, services disabled, etc.) you'll find on various websites. I do not run a resident anti-virus (you know, the modern ones that run like 15 processes and hook into all system calls including I/O), because they absolutely murder performance, even the lightweight ones. I run it manually if I need to, like the old days. But that was the biggest performance boost, other than the SSD, that I've ever seen.

[blast3r]

I 5 box on one system. I 9 boxed for a while on this system. Ran a bit slower but was still doable.

i7 processor and 12 gigs ram.

[kate]

Five on one here, though I've run as many as ten on it. Alas, running ten requires I turn everything down, graphically.

[Zub]

used to have 5 on 1 machine, but it's a crap machine and it was very laggy, so now i'm using my second crap machine to lead, and have 4 on the other machine.

[ZooljinX]

Ive used both one and two, one is just as good :) less hassle if the machine can handel it

[Iru]

does separately mboxing on both you desktop (when homer) and laptop (when travelling) count? If I get super keen I might try 10boxing between the two of them (but only when at home obviously)

[Ualaa]

Five box on one PC, one 30" monitor.
Using IS Boxer for my software.

i7 920.
12GB Ram, 1600mhz DDR3
Vista 64-bit.
Patriot SSD.

[Vociferate]

One system for 5 boxing.

[Grondir]

5 box on 1 system. i7 920, 6gb ram, hd5770

[Auris]

i also 5 box on one system, AMD Phenom II x4 955, 6GB ram, ATI 4870, SSD Kingston V+

[grap]

5 box on 1 system. i7, 12Go ram, sapphir 5870, raid 0 ssd, 3 screens

[misterkurk]

4 box on 1 system... It's an IdeaPad (Lenovo) Y550P

[Mercurio]

Five box on one PC, one 30" monitor.
Using IS Boxer for my software.

i7 920.
12GB Ram, 1600mhz DDR3
Vista 64-bit.
Patriot SSD.


This is my exact setup.

Except I do it twice (2 5-man systems to 10-box)

[SideWays]

This is my exact setup.

Except I do it twice (2 5-man systems to 10-box)

May I ask why you use Vista instead of Win 7? Just curious.

[Smoooth]

I use 1 computer and used to run 10 accounts on it. It ran all 10 just fine but I went back to 5 boxing because I just wasn't getting enough out of 10 for it to be worth it.

AMD Phenom II x4 955 3.2GHz, 16GB (4x4GB) DDR2 667, Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 x2 2GB, and a 64gb SSD for Win 7 and the wow folder.

[WaffleFrie]

it really depends on the game i'm playing, if i can multi-client then i'll run it on 1 but if not, i'll run it on 2

[Ualaa]

May I ask why you use Vista instead of Win 7? Just curious.

In my case, have not been bothered to format and install Win 7.
Just lazy, as I do have a copy of Win 7, even.

[Enoah35]

I was using 2 pcs till recently started to 5box with 1 pc. Using I7 860 8gb ram hd5870 gfx card. Using few addons on the main (tank view) window but the rest uses 1-2. Graphics are set near max on main window and lowest on other 4. Works great so far.

[alcattle]

! for Me Too but it won't run 5 toons right now

[Silence]

1 PC here, running 5 just fine without any additional tweaks.

[SideWays]

In my case, have not been bothered to format and install Win 7.
Just lazy, as I do have a copy of Win 7, even.

Ah ok, thought there might be something special about it I missed :P

[PineBeach]

I run five instances of wow on one machine. I turn all the graphics settings to low, except the view distance and envrionment detail.

32" Monitor
Intel Quad Core 2.6Ghz
4GB RAM
PNY Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 1GB
HotKeyNet

I have the screen set to 2560 x 1600 and each window set to 720x576, then I use HKN to resize and position the windows. Because the screen is set to 2560 x 1600 all the graphics look really sharp, though a little squashed when a window is maximised. If I'm going to play with one window maximised for extended periods I minimize the others to reduce the strain on the system.

[Tutunkommon]

5 boxing on a toshiba laptop. 4gb ram quad-core machine running Win7 Professional. I can get as many as 6, but 10 boxing was complete fail.

[lamf123]

I have 3 systems but I only use 1 for 5 boxing (Phenom x4, 8gb, Nvidia 250/9800, Ocz SSD.
I have a dual monitor setup with the second monitor attached to the first and second system. Second system is my file server dvd/netflix/tv tuner watching system and file server.
Third system is a scratch box on a kvm with the second system,

[kalvindeane]

*Raises hand*

Quad-box, one screen :)

[Yopie Ismypie]

I have 5 separate systems and I operate 4 of them with 1 keyboard and 1 mouse. The other one is the master and its on its own keyboard and mouse.

[Ximinez]

I have run 4 instances of LOTRO on 1 PC before, but usually I only run 2-3.

My laptop isn't that great, I expect people with good machines can probably run more...

Intel Core I5
4 Gig ram
ATI Mobility Radeon 4570
320 gig hd

I turn down all the graphics to low basically and it gets a little laggy, but playable in most areas. (even Moria)

[valkry]

6 box on 1 system

[death]

5 box 1 system 1 screen

i7-930
gigabyte x58a m/b
12gb corsair 1333 ram
1.5 tb seagate HDD
21.5" monitor
ATI Radeon 5770

[Littleburst]

5 box, 2 22"screens, 1 pc.

Used to play with 2 PC's, but the simplicity of 1 is worth a lot for me.

[nauren01]

5 box on 1 system (max graphics, 60 fps)

lenovo D10 workstation
Intel Xeon Quad Core E5420 / 2.5 GHz
6 GB RAM
nvidia GTX 470
2 monitors (22", 26")

the system can do 8 boxes at low graphics and 30 fps, at 9 boxes CPU is at 100% - so I am thinking about adding a second cpu + more ram to be able to do my 10box on one system

anyone experience with that?

my laptop can do 5 boxes on low graphics just fine (MSI GT640 with nvidia 9800)

[JackBurton]

i started out using three systems when i played EQ1 using MQ. now i have a faster rig and i play(ed) wow.

[Kalyse]

I've only been boxing on trial accounts but so far it runs smoothly. I'm using 6GB on a i7 930.