Required system specs

[tibilicus]

http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/114/1143058p1.html

Pretty demanding stuff. Although I guess it was expected.

[Nelson]

My two-week-old machine should get the job done as it meets or exceeds the recommended specs.

Time will tell, of course...

[A Nerd]

:O I should be able to run it, but just barely. I never have the settings high except on unit detail anyway. My computer isn't that old either! :(

[Veho Nex]

Well boyz, looks like they dropped the axe on me. As my gamermanhood rolls down the hill please remember me as you slaughter each other and other samurai lords.

[pevergreen]

I built my computer midrange about 14-16 months ago. It will handle this fine.

[drone]

I'm guessing my laptop is about midway between the minimum and recommended. I don't like zooming into the action anyway...

[TosaInu]

My PC is above low level.

[Barkhorn1x]

Mine is fine.

[Andres]

Between minimum and recommended. Should be fine in the lower settings.

[Furunculus]

fine.

the new AMD Llano fusion chips due in july should make for an excellent TW:S2 laptop.

[Wishazu]

My laptop will run it on minimum specs ok but I'm gonna try and get a new machine in the next 2 months or so.

[Double A]

I'm getting a new computer to play S2TW, among other things.

[Cecil XIX]

My two-week-old machine should get the job done as it meets or exceeds the recommended specs.

Time will tell, of course...

I too acquired a new computer around that time, and am in a similar situation. I don't know what an AMD processor is equivalent to to an Intel Core i5 processor, but hopefully six CPUs and 2.7 GHz will do the trick. I'm used to playing TW games with reduced settings anyway, so I don't think I'll be disappointed.

[TosaInu]

I'm guessing it will run ok on med settings on my C2D @ 3ghz. The big bottleneck will be the RAM, which is just 2 GB.

I used to have 512 MB Ram around 2004, that was fine, until I had to open some txtfiles. Moved to 2 GB then, thinking I'ld be safe for ever, but I get crashes again on some. Another 2 GB stick won't hurt.

I've heard and noticed good things about Win7 and its 64 bit version.

[Furunculus]

I too acquired a new computer around that time, and am in a similar situation. I don't know what an AMD processor is equivalent to to an Intel Core i5 processor, but hopefully six CPUs and 2.7 GHz will do the trick. I'm used to playing TW games with reduced settings anyway, so I don't think I'll be disappointed.

oh yes, that will be more than sufficient.

i have the 3.2GHz version of that CPU.

I'm guessing it will run ok on med settings on my C2D @ 3ghz. The big bottleneck will be the RAM, which is just 2 GB.

I used to have 512 MB Ram around 2004, that was fine, until I had to open some txtfiles. Moved to 2 GB then, thinking I'ld be safe for ever, but I get crashes again on some. Another 2 GB stick won't hurt.

don't know about DDR2, but right now DDR3 is ridiculously cheap at £35 for 2x 2GB PC12800 (DDR3 1600) sticks.

eight months ago i paid nearly £95 for the same product.

[TosaInu]

My sticks don't seem to be available anymore at my shop, they do in a quad pack. Provided that my mobo supports it physically (yes it supports up to 8) I might as well get a pack with 4 *2 GB sticks. It's double the capacity for much less than double the cost.

[Togakure]

I'll definitely need to upgrade in order to play, but I knew that. Hopefully the game will be so good that upgrading will be fully justified.

[xploring]

Will AMD AM3 Athlon II X2 255 and ATI 5770 be good enough to play this game? This may be the only "new" game I will play so don't want to spend too much if I don't have to.

[Obadiah]

I'm pretty much around min specs: 2.6mhz, 2GB Ram, Vista (sigh), GeForce 8800. So I think I'll run it ok at low settings, but wonder if its worthwhile to upgrade video card or other components. Comments?

[Jappa]

I'm not even sure where I lie in that...

AMD Dual Core 2.2ghz
RAM: 3GB
Graphics Memory: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Any help/advice would be appreciated... thanks in advance

[drone]

You are in between minimum and recommended, similar to my laptop. If you can get more memory, it would help, but the video card is going to hurt (mine is a Mobility 4850, a little better but still underpowered).

[Jappa]

You are in between minimum and recommended, similar to my laptop. If you can get more memory, it would help, but the video card is going to hurt (mine is a Mobility 4850, a little better but still underpowered).

Thanks.


So, I'm guessing mid to low details. Maybe some options have to be disabled?

[Furunculus]

I'm not even sure where I lie in that...

AMD Dual Core 2.2ghz
RAM: 3GB
Graphics Memory: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Any help/advice would be appreciated... thanks in advance

you're going to struggle i'm afraid.

an athlon64 dual-core is about as fast as a 1.83GHz Intel C2D dual-core.

and the ATI 4250 is an integrated chipset with only 40 shaders whereas drone has an 800 shader dedicated GPU with a 256bit DDR5 connection to video memory.

[Jappa]

you're going to struggle i'm afraid.

an athlon64 dual-core is about as fast as a 1.83GHz Intel C2D dual-core.

and the ATI 4250 is an integrated chipset with only 40 shaders whereas drone has an 800 shader dedicated GPU with a 256bit DDR5 connection to video memory.

Okay, well that's a downer.

So does it make a difference that my processer is actually AMD athlon II dual core 2.2ghz ????

[Furunculus]

Okay, well that's a downer.

So does it make a difference that my processer is actually AMD athlon II dual core 2.2ghz ????

actually, yes it does.

if it is an Athlon II based of the propus K10.5 core then it has equivalent grunt to an Intel C2D on a clock for clock basis. in which case your CPU would exceed the min-specs by a small (but useful) margin.

the GPU was always your real problem however, but i'm hoping your going to tell me it is a desktop system which can have a graphics card installed, and not a laptop.........................?

if it is a desktop then a £60 graphics card will allow you to play STW on low settings with a decent framerate.

[Jappa]

actually, yes it does.

if it is an Athlon II based of the propus K10.5 core then it has equivalent grunt to an Intel C2D on a clock for clock basis. in which case your CPU would exceed the min-specs by a small (but useful) margin.

the GPU was always your real problem however, but i'm hoping your going to tell me it is a desktop system which can have a graphics card installed, and not a laptop.........................?

if it is a desktop then a £60 graphics card will allow you to play STW on low settings with a decent framerate.

Ahhh, unfortunately I have a laptop.. a VAIO......


Is there no way I can upgrade my laptop at all to suit STW?

[Furunculus]

sadly not.

you might find that on low settings you can play the campaign fine (which would be no problem for me as i always auto-resolve battles), but i think the battles would be a slide-show.

[Judge]

I am upgrading soon, altho my current system shud be ok to start with.

[antisocialmunky]

I am upgrading soon, altho my current system shud be ok to start with.

C2D 6400 @3.2
4 GB Ram
260 GTX

I will make this work by overclocking the hell out out of everything even more.

[Thaddeus]

Best to load the demo when it is released and see how your system handles it . Mine is slow but ETW and NTW were still playable