Friendly Poll on what you use to Multibox Hardware wise.

[ElectronDF]

5 computers, 3 PCs 2 Macs. I would love a key broadcaster that works cross-platform, but no one has stepped up to the plate. So I use HotKeyNet and VNC to talk to the Macs.

If there was a cross-platform key broadcaster (don't need windows resizing, don't need window swaping, don't need anything but keys passed and round-robin-ness), I would use 4 Macs and 1 PC. I still need a PC for games that don't get ported to the Mac and so I can update at my own speed (SSD, video card, processor, etc) so my main computer is pretty fancy without bying a new computer all together.

[Ashley]

Nice. i didnt think laptops could do it! What settings do you run them on?

I sometimes 5 box on my Sony Vaio, everything on low, specs are:

Dual Core processor, 4gb RAM, 512mb graphics.

Bit painful in built up areas, but can still quest and dungeon/bg!

[Yahtzee]

Nice. i didnt think laptops could do it! What settings do you run them on?

Same way I'd play even if I wasn't boxing! Everything on low, draw distance at max, with only particle density and projected textures on. Cranking the graphics up gives me a headache, can't stand it.

Runs really well too, rarely any slowdowns, if it all. I can even run Fraps flawlessly while boxing. Computers are getting pretty ridiculous now-a-days, amazing what they can cram in a laptop enclosure.

[Vecter]

5 computers, 3 PCs 2 Macs. I would love a key broadcaster that works cross-platform, but no one has stepped up to the plate. So I use HotKeyNet and VNC to talk to the Macs.

If there was a cross-platform key broadcaster (don't need windows resizing, don't need window swaping, don't need anything but keys passed and round-robin-ness), I would use 4 Macs and 1 PC. I still need a PC for games that don't get ported to the Mac and so I can update at my own speed (SSD, video card, processor, etc) so my main computer is pretty fancy without bying a new computer all together.

I use Synergy, works across my 3 Windows 7 machines, 2 mac OSX machines. There are some oddities with Synergy though when playing wow (crazy cursor, spinning movement) but for non-gaming it works great.

[Gomotron]

5 computers, 3 PCs 2 Macs. I would love a key broadcaster that works cross-platform, but no one has stepped up to the plate. So I use HotKeyNet and VNC to talk to the Macs.

If there was a cross-platform key broadcaster (don't need windows resizing, don't need window swaping, don't need anything but keys passed and round-robin-ness), I would use 4 Macs and 1 PC. I still need a PC for games that don't get ported to the Mac and so I can update at my own speed (SSD, video card, processor, etc) so my main computer is pretty fancy without bying a new computer all together.

Sounds similar to my setup.

I use:

1 Mac Pro (8 core)
1 27" i7 Imac
3 Windoze boxes

I broadcast keys with a hardware key broadcaster. Mac OSX is unusual in that the USB keystrokes using my broadcaster don't always succesfully get to the iMac unless the iMac has the "focus". I.e. I have a KVM switch from ATEN that has a broadcast capability, but I believe that the keystrokes are broadcast first to the computer that is assigned as the "primary" computer and then routed to the other attached computers. If the iMac is NOT the focus, then it misses about 1/3 of the keystrokes. When I run the iMac in Windows (Bootcamp), I don't experience this issue.

I am interested in trying the broadcasters from Vetra, but I have a hard time plunking down the money for a hobby that I keep thinking I am going to quit soon!

[Apps]

Single PC:

(5) clients - One on Ultra, and rest on med or low.

i3-560 3.3GHz
10GB DDR3 1600
Nvidia GForce 240 GT
SSD
800W PWS
Intel board 1656 Mhtz
Win7 64bit Home Premium
23" Asus Display

Love to upgrade the video to the the GForce 460 overclocked.
Mmmm this looks so good

[lamf123]

I'm still rockin AMD but my next system will like be Intel.


I 5-box on this
AMD Phenom x4 3.2Ghz
890fx motherboard
12GB DDR3
Windows 7 Ultimate
128GB OCZ SSD for OS and Games
2x 500GB hdd for mass storage
nVidia 560ti for main monitor 24"
nVidia 460 for second monitor 22"
Intel CT nic (I turned off the onboard nic and use the intel for the cpu offload)
Creative Xi-fi sound card
Antec 300 case


File server/Media system
AMD quad proc 2.9
8GB DDR3
Windows Home Server 2011
4 hard drives in a raid 5 for about 2.5TB total
Nvidia 250
Creative Xi-fi sound
Antec 300 case


I have a second system I use as a file server and to watch video on the 22" monitor I don't box on it but I do watch dvds/netflix when I box without slowing my game machine down. I have the second video card on the game system rendering the slaves but I don't even look at them as I have the second system on that monitor playing movies. I then have two kvms hooked up to the two monitors/keyboards/mice so besides these two systems I can have my work laptop hooked up and a spot to hook up whatever computer I'm working on for somebody without having to disconnect anything.