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ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88
10-31-2008, 16:57
Hey All,
Anyone have any idea about ETW's System Requirements? I hope 1 Gig of RAM will run it.... :wall:
System requirements only climb. 1 gig is borderline effective these days.
The real question isn’t, IMO at least, what sort of rig will let the game run, but what will be needed to make it run smoothly in all situations. I suspect that we will need a tremendous setup.
So far, CA has been keeping pretty quiet about what kind of system can run Empire. They did say something to the effect that it should run reasonably well on average machines, but I've not seen any more specific information than that.
I would *think* that 1 Gig of RAM would be enough, but it's probably best not to quote me on that just yet. ~;)
Sol Invictus
10-31-2008, 20:31
I am counting on needing to make major upgrades or even a new system. I could run M2TW at close to max at an acceptable rate, but I expect to need more juice for ETW. I will definately need a new Vid card at the absolute minimum. CPU is also getting a bit weak.
yeah, I'm gonna order me a good computer tomorrow(my old one needs replacing) that will definitely be good enough for ETW
Megas Methuselah
10-31-2008, 21:35
I bought a rockin laptop for both Empire and other games. Ah'm rrrready! :yes:
Owen Glyndwr
10-31-2008, 22:39
Yep, I took one look at ETW, and decided that I've been needing a computer overhaul for awhile now, I guess ETW is just the kind of motivation I need to get off my :daisy: and upgrade my computer. AT the least I'm going to need more ram and a new processor, at least my graphics card is great.
ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88
11-01-2008, 00:17
I'm hoping that 2.8 GHZ and 1 Gig Of Ram will help me, plus 6MB Cable Internet for MP and a 256MB Video Card I got :clown:
Megas Methuselah
11-01-2008, 05:17
One more gig of ram wouldn't hurt...
One more gig of ram wouldn't hurt...
Indeed -- I myself have 2 gigs, which I believe should be more than sufficient (if not exactly robust). Still, I believe Warman's difficulty lay in that he'd probably have to convince his parents to spring for the extra memory. :sweatdrop:
Oleander Ardens
11-01-2008, 08:30
Given that I will invest in a new system this spring I guess I will be ready :)
1 Gig seems on the very low end.
The way they are holding back the game so they can optimize it's performance, and get rid of the rough ends, makes me think that the specifications needed would be no more than M2TW. They said that they wanted the game to run smoothly on lower end and average machines. They also said that having a top notch gaming computer would ofcourse give spectacular results.
Anyway, somehow, I can't help feeling optimistic, that this might be the game where everything is as perfect as it can get in this age of the world :clown:
Fingers crossed.
ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88
11-01-2008, 19:48
Indeed -- I myself have 2 gigs, which I believe should be more than sufficient (if not exactly robust). Still, I believe Warman's difficulty lay in that he'd probably have to convince his parents to spring for the extra memory. :sweatdrop:
Martok is right.... :sweatdrop:
I personally got money for 1 gig of RAM and that is it.... Parents are broke :wall:
I actually have 512 RAM now... I get 1 gig of RAM, then I'll have 1.5 Gig... A little better?
Megas Methuselah
11-01-2008, 20:04
I suppose? Lol, I have 4 gigs. :wiseguy:
I actually have 512 RAM now... I get 1 gig of RAM, then I'll have 1.5 Gig... A little better?
It would definitely be an improvement, yes. Whether or not 1.5 gigs will be enough, however, is another matter entirely. I still think it will be, but it's obviously impossible to know for certain until CA/Sega releases the exact requirements.
ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88
11-01-2008, 21:38
I suppose? Lol, I have 4 gigs. :wiseguy:
Well I would have more but you got more money then me chief :beam: :laugh4:
Anyone think 3 gigs, a dual core AMD 3.0, and an 8400 GS will be enough?
adembroski
11-04-2008, 06:38
I've got a stripped down OS, but only 1 gig. Oblivion runs at max, M2TW runs at max, I figure Empire will at least run good.
I have 356 MB of RAM. Am I awesome or what? :D
Mikeus Caesar
11-04-2008, 12:56
My knackered old piece of junk manages to run MTWII maxed out quite beautifully.
I really don't know how though.
AMD 3200+ 64 bit processor, 1.5gb RAM, and at the time an ATI x800 graphics card. Since upgraded to an x1950. According to the laws of physics, my computer should spontaneously combust after approximately 27 minutes of game time.
And yet with the right tweaking, it plays Crysis on high...peculiar...
Athlon 64 3700+, Nivida I don´t know card with 256 MB, 2 Gigs of Ram?!?!? Will it run smoothly? What do people in the know think?
Just outta curiosity...I am still busy playing EB and BC (a lot faster & nicer) thanks to new gigs.....
Mikeus Caesar
11-04-2008, 14:53
Athlon 64 3700+, Nivida I don´t know card with 256 MB, 2 Gigs of Ram?!?!? Will it run smoothly? What do people in the know think?
Just outta curiosity...I am still busy playing EB and BC (a lot faster & nicer) thanks to new gigs.....
If you can find out specifically what kind of card, that would be helpful. However, the rest sounds fine. Nice choice on buying a 64-bit 3000 series by the way. Those things are hella good.
Apparently my 3200+ has a clock speed of 2.01GHz, but on account of it being 64-bit, it's more like 3GHz.
Polemists
11-05-2008, 14:26
Well don't quote me on this but i'm almost sure I heard a dev say something like, if you can run mtw2 you can run empire.
Now what does this mean? I don't really know.
I'd assume this means you can play the campaign just fine, have battles just fine, and enjoy decent graphics. If you look closely you'll notice it is indeed the same engine as MTW2 so if you could get high details on that, you can get high details on this.
However as there are more animations, ai, and stuff, I'd think the question will come to unit count.
How many units can I battle with and see them awesome?
I'd say if you could run mtw2 good, probably 2k v 2k is good, 4k v 4k your limit.
If you have dual core and 2 gigs you can probably go to max.
1.5 I don't know, depends on where you buy your memory from. I mean there are diferent qualities of memory.
My advice is go to www.systemrequirementslab.com
Test your pc.
Forget whatever you bought, got sold, or made, test it. That site will show what it actually will be rated at as some things outperform (or under perform) depending on who made them.
edyzmedieval
11-06-2008, 22:01
New comp will have Core 2 Duo Extreme 2.8GHZ, 4GB RAM, 512 video card 8800GTX, probably try to do SLI.
Should be plentiful room to run on MAX. :beam:
I hope I can play empire on max with my new computer which I'll get next friday(Core2Quad Q8200, Asus EAH4850 and 4 gigs of RAM :cheerleader:)
Pantsalot
11-07-2008, 23:25
I've recently got a new graphics card which is the maximum my PC can get to without having
to replace it, but it was made in 2004 so it's not all that gr8 at all. But there r thoughts of
getting a new one around Christmas. Apparently Empire will be more compatible even for it's
graphics so it's likely that if you can work MIITW then you should be able to work Empire, though
likely with some more lag.
Since every1 is saying their system specs I might as well tell a quick bit.
Dell XP Pentium 4 CPU, 2.8GHz & 1.5GB of RAM
hellenes
11-08-2008, 00:31
New comp will have Core 2 Duo Extreme 2.8GHZ, 4GB RAM, 512 video card 8800GTX, probably try to do SLI.
Should be plentiful room to run on MAX. :beam:
Im 100% sure your rig cannot max M2TWKingdoms...And by maxxed I mean: 8 armies of 3000 soldiers each in custom battles...
Even a QUad Core Extreme a $1200 CPU struggles...
Ahhh the folly of youth, getting up when one pleases, heading out on a Saturday morning, buying truckloads of PC parts, connecting them all together, switching on, blowing the whole lot up and going back out again to do the very same all over again. Happy days.
:medievalcheers:
Celtic_Punk
11-13-2008, 12:09
True say... Seriously though CA get crackin on tellin us what kind of system we need. This hunk of junk hardly runs RTW so i need to know now so I can build it.
Anyone think 3 gigs, a dual core AMD 3.0, and an 8400 GS will be enough?
Yes sir. I have 4 GB RAM, AMD X2 3,06 GHZ and XFX 8800 GTS 640 MB. But that barely manages MTW2 on highest settings in the larger battles. Im thinking of replacing my RAM for better ones, buying a new GPU 9800-series and maybe getting one of those 10,000 RPM HDD :yes:
I refuse to get kicked out of the illusion when some text before an epic battle says "One ore more armies have been delayed and will not participate in the battle. Try upgrading your GPU".
Eusebius86
11-14-2008, 16:24
I'm playing MTW2 on highest res. and graphics with a 2.53 dual-core wolfdale, 2 GB gskill RAM (1066), evga 8800GT, and a seagate 7,200 rpm hard drive. So hopefully my system will handle ETW at the higher settings...
TevashSzat
11-14-2008, 22:00
Yes sir. I have 4 GB RAM, AMD X2 3,06 GHZ and XFX 8800 GTS 640 MB. But that barely manages MTW2 on highest settings in the larger battles. Im thinking of replacing my RAM for better ones, buying a new GPU 9800-series and maybe getting one of those 10,000 RPM HDD :yes:
I refuse to get kicked out of the illusion when some text before an epic battle says "One ore more armies have been delayed and will not participate in the battle. Try upgrading your GPU".
Don't buy the 9800 series. Nvidia really messed up in naming the 9000 series. Essentially, the 9800GTS would be the same as the 8800GTS, but overclocked, which you can do easily as long as you are careful about temperature and stability.
A better upgrade would be to their new GTX 260 or GTX 280
I'm playing MTW2 on highest res. and graphics with a 2.53 dual-core wolfdale, 2 GB gskill RAM (1066), evga 8800GT, and a seagate 7,200 rpm hard drive. So hopefully my system will handle ETW at the higher settings...
Well, yes, so does mine. What I am saying is that when the larger battles occur, with more than 10,000 units on screen, it gets laggy. But I only had the opportunity to this problem when I was surrounded by the vast armies of the mongols. And when playing online with massive armies, ofcourse.
Don't buy the 9800 series. Nvidia really messed up in naming the 9000 series. Essentially, the 9800GTS would be the same as the 8800GTS, but overclocked, which you can do easily as long as you are careful about temperature and stability.
A better upgrade would be to their new GTX 260 or GTX 280
Possibly. Hopefully the GTX 260 and 280 will suffer from a rather severe price drop until February. The difference between my GPU, 8800 GTS 640 MB and the GTX 260? Is it worth it? It seems to me that the hardware is far more advanced than the software which uses it nowadays. My two year old GPU handles Crysis, Far Cry 2, etc without any serious problems.
Eusebius86
11-15-2008, 04:32
Well, yes, so does mine. What I am saying is that when the larger battles occur, with more than 10,000 units on screen, it gets laggy. But I only had the opportunity to this problem when I was surrounded by the vast armies of the mongols. And when playing online with massive armies, ofcourse.
I wasn't trying to discredit you... I've never attempted to put more than 10k units on a screen,
As far as the 9800 series goes, it was a HUGE upgrade from my 7600gt. The only reason I purchased the 9800gt over the 8800gt is because the 9800gt was on sale for $99 at newegg.com. Hard to beat that price!!! If the gtx 260 or 280 ever get that cheap I'll buy them instead!
TevashSzat
11-15-2008, 22:23
Possibly. Hopefully the GTX 260 and 280 will suffer from a rather severe price drop until February. The difference between my GPU, 8800 GTS 640 MB and the GTX 260? Is it worth it? It seems to me that the hardware is far more advanced than the software which uses it nowadays. My two year old GPU handles Crysis, Far Cry 2, etc without any serious problems.
Yeah, it won't be a tremendous upgrade, but it would be enough so that it is noticeable.
I would recommend that you wait since the 8800 GTS should run ETW with no problems. Don't upgrade your GPU until the next generation of cards come out so you can either get a much greater upgrade or the GTX 260/280 will be alot cheaper
Eusebius86
11-15-2008, 23:45
Yeah, it won't be a tremendous upgrade, but it would be enough so that it is noticeable.
I would recommend that you wait since the 8800 GTS should run ETW with no problems. Don't upgrade your GPU until the next generation of cards come out so you can either get a much greater upgrade or the GTX 260/280 will be alot cheaper
No kidding. The 9800gt was selling for $250 when it came out in the spring. Now it's only $99 on newegg.com!
Yeah, it won't be a tremendous upgrade, but it would be enough so that it is noticeable.
I would recommend that you wait since the 8800 GTS should run ETW with no problems. Don't upgrade your GPU until the next generation of cards come out so you can either get a much greater upgrade or the GTX 260/280 will be alot cheaper
Hm. Does anyone know when the next generation of GPUs will come out?
TevashSzat
11-17-2008, 01:36
The next line of the Nvidia GPUs would be the GTX 270/290 which are essentially the same as the GTX 260/280, but with a die shrink. I think it would be out around November 2009 since the 260/280s were only released over the summer. Waiting would still help since the GTX 280 already fell by like $250 since its launch
Currently, the best powerhouse out there is the Radeon 4870 X2 which is available for desktops and should be available on laptops in a few months.
Belgolas
11-17-2008, 08:18
guys with 1 gig of ram or less just get more. 1 gig of ram is cheaper then the freaking game.
Anyways I recommend you should be looking at least getting a dual core CPU for this game.
Megas Methuselah
11-17-2008, 08:52
:laugh4: Heh heh, my new laptop's gonna pwn Empires soooo bad! Yay! Have fun, ye rascals who're fruitlessly attempting to up ur comp!
:clown:
Polemists
11-17-2008, 11:23
dual core CPU
This is not required, if you plan to do future gaming sure, but this will doubtfully be a requirment for ETW, MTW2 worked fine without dual core, and as devs have stated multiple time, ETW has similiar requirments do to same engine.
Belgolas
11-17-2008, 18:50
Well they also said they are making it more multi threaded.
Belgolas
11-17-2008, 18:55
:laugh4: Heh heh, my new laptop's gonna pwn Empires soooo bad! Yay! Have fun, ye rascals who're fruitlessly attempting to up ur comp!
:clown:
Um no laptop today is nearly as fast as a comparable cost desktop. Also laptops are generally more expensive and if you have a high end gaming laptop you only have a few hours of battery life anyways so it is kinda pointless. A $1000 desktop will smoke a $1000 laptop. A $2000 desktop will pwn any laptop ever made, even the $6000 ones.
Megas Methuselah
11-18-2008, 05:04
Um no laptop today is nearly as fast as a comparable cost desktop.
I didn't say that laptops were. I merely stated my laptop will KILL empires with ease! Besides, I use a cord, rather than rely solely on the battery. :egypt:
Polemists
11-18-2008, 05:29
you only have a few hours of battery life anyways so it is kinda pointless.
Clealry someone has never owned a laptop. Unless you are traveling you can plug your labtop into the wall same as a pc, but instead of 1903085 wires, you just have the one, or I do anyway.
Gaming labtops are also not nearly that expensive, yea you can get a alienware labtop but you can also get a alienware pc and either way you'd spend high dollar for pretty lights.
You can get a decent gaming labtop for same price as a decent gaming pc with similiar if not identical specs. Just have to know where to look.
That said, I stick with what I said, there is no reason this game would require dual core, multi threaded or otherwise. It may be recommended tho but i'm pretty sure you can run this game on a average system/ low end system because that's been TW's history.
Yes the techno ppl would love if it required a quad core 8 gig graphics card of doom requirement so only hard core players could play it, but in reality devs try to get the most players to buy a game not the least lol
Eusebius86
11-18-2008, 05:36
If the developers make ETW like MTW2, then the system requirements will cater to all types of pc owners. I had a P4 with a nvidia 7600gt for my first pc which could handle MTW2 at medium graphics, medium resolutions. I now have a e7200 wolfdale (2.53 dual-core) and an evga 9800gt and I can run the game at max graphics, max resolution no problems. In all honesty, as much as I like having better graphics, MTW2 was still awesome to play with the older gpu!
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